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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  All years (1779-1982) are available, however only the rehoused records are listed in this finding aid.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["LOI 42\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"collection_title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia Land Office\n"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia Land Office\n"],"acqinfo_ssim":["No acquisition information available.  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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026 George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n","Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n","John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026 compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026 sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026 the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026 the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026 construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026 its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026 July 26).\n","The majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026 Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026 Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026 James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026 Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n","Wilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026 chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026 replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n","Claiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026 Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026 fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026 ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026 leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026 the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n","Bernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026 accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026 accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026 equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026 25; \u0026 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026 the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026 the need for a cart \u0026 horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026 Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n","Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026 transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026 King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026 Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026 required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026 Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026 the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026 Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026 Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n","John Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026 qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026 payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026 Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n","John Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026 John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026 Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n","Governors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026 Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026 John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026 replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026 Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026 applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026 March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026 Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026 supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026 humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026 other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026 William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026 James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026 resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026 New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026 Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026 Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026 ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["41887\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["4.33 cubic feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann Randolph was born on 1 October 1768 at \"Tuckahoe\" in Goochland County, Virginia. Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026amp; George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026amp; 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026amp; 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Thomas Mann Randolph was born on 1 October 1768 at \"Tuckahoe\" in Goochland County, Virginia. Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026 George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n","John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026 compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026 sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026 the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026 the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026 construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026 its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026 July 26).\n","The majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026 Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026 Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026 James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026 Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n","Wilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026 chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026 replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n","Claiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026 Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026 fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026 ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026 leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026 the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n","Bernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026 accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026 accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026 equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026 25; \u0026 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026 the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026 the need for a cart \u0026 horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026 Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n","Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026 transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026 King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026 Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026 required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026 Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026 the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026 Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026 Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n","John Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026 qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026 payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026 Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n","John Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026 John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026 Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n","Governors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026 Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026 John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026 replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026 Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026 applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026 March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026 Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026 supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026 humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026 other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026 William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026 James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026 resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026 New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026 Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026 Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026 ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":182,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:10:07.698Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026amp; James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026amp; compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026amp; sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026amp; the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026amp; the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026amp; construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026amp; its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026amp; 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026amp; James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026amp; July 26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026amp; Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026amp; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026amp; James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026amp; Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026amp;\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026amp; chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026amp; replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClaiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026amp; Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026amp; fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026amp; ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026amp; leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026amp; the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026amp; accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026amp; accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026amp; equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026amp; 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026amp; 25; \u0026amp; 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026amp; the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026amp; Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026amp; the need for a cart \u0026amp; horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026amp; Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026amp; 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026amp; 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026amp; transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026amp; 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026amp; 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026amp; 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026amp; King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026amp; Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026amp; required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026amp; Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026amp; the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026amp; 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026amp; Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026amp; Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026amp; qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026amp; 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026amp; payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026amp; 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026amp; Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026amp; Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026amp; Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026amp; 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026amp; 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026amp; John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026amp; Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026amp; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026amp; 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026amp; John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026amp; replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026amp; Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026amp; applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026amp; March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026amp; Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026amp; supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026amp; humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026amp; other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026amp; William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026amp; Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026amp; 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026amp; 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026amp; 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026amp; 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026amp; 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026amp; 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026amp; 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026amp; 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026amp; 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026amp; 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026amp; 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026amp; 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026amp; 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026amp; 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026amp; 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026amp; 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026amp; 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026amp; 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026amp; James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026amp; 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026amp; resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026amp; New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026amp; Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026amp; Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026amp; ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00881_c04"}},{"id":"vi_vi00881_c05","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1821","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00881_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00881_c05","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00881_c05"],"id":"vi_vi00881_c05","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00881","_root_":"vi_vi00881","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00881","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00881","parent_ssim":["vi_vi00881"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00881"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"text":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822","1821"],"title_filing_ssi":"1821\n","title_ssm":["1821\n"],"title_tesim":["1821\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1821"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":13,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":83,"_nest_path_":"/components#4","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:10:07.698Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00881","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00881","_root_":"vi_vi00881","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00881","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00881.xml","title_ssm":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822\n"],"title_tesim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["41887\n"],"text":["41887\n","Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822","4.33 cubic feet","Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n","Thomas Mann Randolph was born on 1 October 1768 at \"Tuckahoe\" in Goochland County, Virginia. Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026 George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n","Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n","John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026 compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026 sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026 the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026 the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026 construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026 its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026 July 26).\n","The majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026 Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026 Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026 James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026 Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n","Wilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026 chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026 replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n","Claiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026 Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026 fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026 ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026 leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026 the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n","Bernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026 accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026 accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026 equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026 25; \u0026 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026 the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026 the need for a cart \u0026 horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026 Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n","Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026 transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026 King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026 Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026 required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026 Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026 the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026 Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026 Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n","John Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026 qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026 payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026 Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n","John Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026 John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026 Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n","Governors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026 Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026 John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026 replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026 Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026 applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026 March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026 Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026 supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026 humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026 other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026 William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026 James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026 resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026 New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026 Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026 Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026 ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["41887\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"collection_ssim":["Governor Thomas Mann Randolph Executive Papers,\n 1819-1822"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["4.33 cubic feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann Randolph was born on 1 October 1768 at \"Tuckahoe\" in Goochland County, Virginia. Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026amp; George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026amp; 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026amp; 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["Thomas Mann Randolph was born on 1 October 1768 at \"Tuckahoe\" in Goochland County, Virginia. Randolph was the son of Thomas Mann Randolph and Anne Cary, daughter of Archibald Cary. Educated at the University of\nEdinburgh in Scotland from 1785 to 1788, Randolph returned to Virginia and married his cousin Martha Jefferson, daughter of Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello in 1790. The couple settled at \"Edgehill\" in Albemarle\nCounty and had eleven children including Thomas Jefferson Randolph \u0026 George Wythe Randolph. Although he failed to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1797, Randolph served in the Eighth and Ninth\nCongresses of the U. S. House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807. He was defeated in his reelection attempt in 1809. A lieutenant-colonel in the Virginia Militia, Randolph received a commission as colonel in the\nU. S. Army in March 1813. Randolph helped recruit men for the Twentieth Regiment of Infantry and was ordered to Sackett's Harbor, Lake Ontario, under General James Wilkinson. Randolph returned to political life in\n1819 with his election to the Virginia House of Delegates. That same year, Randolph was elected to his first of three one-year terms as governor of Virginia. While governor, Randolph was responsible for completing\nsome of the work begun by his predecessors including the establishment of the University of Virginia and the mapping of Virginia's counties. Following his governorship, Randolph returned to the House of Delegates\nas a representative of Albemarle County in 1823 \u0026 1824. His last political appointment came in 1826 \u0026 1827 as a federal commissioner to determine the boundary between the state of Georgia and the territory\nof Florida. Despite financial difficulties and the estrangement from his family in his later years, Randolph returned to Monticello where he died on 20 June 1828. He is buried in the family graveyard at\nMonticello.\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n","John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026 compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026 sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026 the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026 the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026 construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026 its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026 James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026 July 26).\n","The majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026 Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026 Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026 James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026 Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n","Wilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026 chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026 replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n","Claiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026 Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026 fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026 ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026 leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026 the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n","Bernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026 accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026 accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026 equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026 25; \u0026 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026 the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026 the need for a cart \u0026 horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026 Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n","Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026 transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026 King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026 Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026 required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026 Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026 the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026 Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026 Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n","John Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026 qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026 payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026 Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026 Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n","John Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026 John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026 Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n","Governors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026 Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026 John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026 replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026 Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026 applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026 March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026 Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026 supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026 humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026 other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026 William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026 James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026 resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026 New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026 Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026 Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026 ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":182,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:10:07.698Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann Randolph's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1819 to 11 December 1822. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; the Lexington Arsenal; the Virginia Penitentiary; Capitol Square; John Wood's survey of Virginia's\ncounties; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition to correspondence,\nthere are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; muster rolls; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns; certificates; qualifications; petitions; reports;\nappointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams,\nSecretary of State; John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War; William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Thomas Daugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives;\nHenry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and James Johnson \u0026amp; James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in Congress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, writes to request a copy of the Statutes of Virginia (1819 Dec. 28). On 22 March 1821 Adams writes with respect to the Treaty of Ghent \u0026amp; compensation for owners of\nslaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 March 22). Later, Adams encloses copies of a letter from the Minister of Britain complaining of an extra charge for pilotage required\nfrom British vessels in the port of Norfolk (1821 July 2). On 19 January 1822, Adams encloses a certified copy of the returns of the inhabitants of Virginia by the 4th Census. Adams also forwards a copy of the\nadditional census of Alabama (1822 Nov. 6). Finally, Adams acknowledges receipt of depositions of the number, value, age, \u0026amp; sex of slaves carried away from Virginia by British officers after the conclusion of\npeace with Great Britain (1822 Nov. 8). As Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, writes concerning the fire in the War Office in 1800 \u0026amp; the roll of the Virginia line on Continental Establishment (1820 Jan. 19);\nthe cession of jurisdiction over the sites of the fortifications under construction at Old Point Comfort \u0026amp; the shoal called the Rip Raps (1821 Jan. 26); and a report from the Ordnance Department regarding the\nplan \u0026amp; construction of the Arsenal near Richmond \u0026amp; its defense (1821 April 24). William H. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury, writes regarding the law authorizing the location of the Cumberland Road\n(1822 Jan. 18). Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States, writes regarding the claims of Virginia against the U. S. on account of expenditures during the late war (1821 May 10 \u0026amp; 1822 April 26); Thomas\nDaugherty, Clerk of the House of Representatives, writes on 19 February 1821 to inform the governor of the death of Representative William A. Burwell. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, writes\nregarding the resignations of James Pleasants and George French Strother from the House of Representatives (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 1820 June 5). Lastly, James Johnson \u0026amp; James Pindall, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, write to resign their seats in the House of Representatives (1820 June 5 \u0026amp; July 26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in Thomas Mann Randolph's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Wilson Bryan,\nSuperintendent of Public Improvements of the Capitol Square; Claiborne W. Gooch \u0026amp; Bernard Peyton, Adjutants General; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Blair Bolling, Commandant of the Public\nGuard; Samuel P. Parsons \u0026amp; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney General; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates; John Burfoot \u0026amp; James E. Heath,\nAuditors of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; and John Wood \u0026amp; Herman Boye, Surveyors.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilson Bryan completed the work of Arthur S. Brockenbrough as Superintendent of Public Improvements of Capitol Square. On 13 December 1819, Bryan writes to the governor regarding the trees on the south \u0026amp;\nwest sides of the Capitol. Later, Bryan provides an estimate of the cost to protect the Public Square with posts \u0026amp; chains (1819 Dec. 16). In October 1820, there were various proposals submitted to the governor\nfor graveling, turfing, \u0026amp; replanting trees on Capitol Square. Bryan writes on 20 October 1820 requesting to superintend the workmen engaged in finishing Capitol Square.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClaiborne W. Gooch, Adjutant General, corresponds with the governor in his role as Adjutant General and Commissary General of the Ordnance Department. Gooch writes regarding artillery in Lynchburg (1819 Dec.\n14); the condition of the sick in the Public Guard (1820 Jan. 10); arms in Monroe \u0026amp; Greenbrier counties (1820 Jan. 4); a new regiment within the limits of Lewis County (1820 Jan. 15); the consolidation of the\nmilitia of Randolph County with Lewis County into the 125th Regiment (1820 Jan. 19); a drum \u0026amp; fife for Capt. Paxton at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 Jan. 27); the condition of the public edifices (1820 Jan.\n[N.D.]); the contract for a supply of rations to the convicts in the Penitentiary (1820 Feb. 26); arms \u0026amp; ammunition to prepare against an insurrection (1820 March 14); repairs to the Barracks yard \u0026amp; leaks\nin the roof of the Capitol (1820 June 22); arms left by the militia in Maryland \u0026amp; the District of Columbia during the late war (1820 July 3); the inspection of arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1820 July 17); a\nletter from Col. John Floyd regarding the services of a detachment of mounted riflemen on 12 September 1814 (1820 Feb. 16); the application of Capt. William Hutcheson for arms (1820 Oct. 23); arms at the Lexington\nArsenal (1820 Oct. 29); a letter from Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, regarding repairs to the Capitol (1820 Oct. [N.D.]); repairs to the Public Warehouse (1820 Nov. 28); the arms of the 115th Regiment\n(1820 Nov. 28); the case of Capt. John O'Bannon of the 55th Regiment (1821 Jan. 5); artillery sheds (1821 Jan. 9); and the protection of the turf, trees, etc., on the Capitol Square (1821 Jan. 25). On 6 March\n1821, Gooch writes Governor Randolph to resign as adjutant general.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Peyton succeeded Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. Peyton writes regarding similar issues including: the account of John Caskey for transporting muskets to the Lexington Arsenal (1821 April 13); a\nletter from Capt. William Finney re. the arms of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues (1821 April 23); the commission of Benjamin B. Bradford as lieutenant colonel of the 44th Regiment (1821 June 15); the formation\nof a volunteer company of artillery to be attached to the 54th Regiment (1821 Aug. 7); a requisition of arms \u0026amp; accoutrements for a volunteer company of light infantry in Suffolk (1821 Dec. 5); Mordecai Cook's\nrequest for equipment for a company of volunteer artillery of Portsmouth (1821 Dec. 18); a requisition of Capt. Byrne for a piece of artillery \u0026amp; accoutrements (1822 Jan. 14); the certificate of election of\nofficers to a company of volunteer riflemen to be attached to the 2nd Battalion of the 31st Regiment (1822 Feb. 11); and a claim for transporting arms and a requisition for cannon \u0026amp; equipment for a company of\nartillery attached to the 14th Regiment (1822 Feb. 21).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, encloses half-monthly returns of the Public Guard under his command (1819 Dec. 16 \u0026amp; 1821 Feb. 15). In addition, Paxton writes\nconcerning such topics as musket boxes (1819 Dec. 16); supplies (1820 Jan. 19; 1822 Jan. 2, 5, \u0026amp; 25; \u0026amp; 1822 Dec. 9); John Jordan's contract for rations (1820 Feb. 16); the hiring of a new drummer (1820\nOct. 10); the discharge of two privates in the Public Guard (1820 Dec. 20), a substitute for a private in the Public Guard (1821 Sept. 17); increased compensation for Dr. William H. Montgomery as surgeon at the\nArsenal (1821 Oct. 20); and clothing \u0026amp; the contract of John Jordan for repairs to the Arsenal (1821 Oct. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026amp; Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general. In these roles, Bolling writes regarding\nthe following topics: deserters (1820 June 13); an estimate of the cost of making a pair of steps at the eastern end of the Barracks (1820 June 20); his application as adjutant general (1821 March 8); the\nauthority to purchase things necessary for the preservation of the turfing on Capitol Square (1821 March 12); the discharge of a soldier in the Public Guard (1821 March 14); an examination of the Magazine near the\nPenitentiary (1821 March 15); the retraction of his withdrawal of his candidacy for adjutant general (1821 March 19); powder in the Magazine owed by private individuals (1821 March 20); repairs in the turfing on\nCapitol Square \u0026amp; the need for a cart \u0026amp; horse (1821 March 28); authority to perform certain duties relating to the Office of Superintendent of Public Property (1821 March 31); cannon at the Penitentiary for\nthe Public Guard (1821 June 27); repairs to the Portico of the Capitol (1821 Aug. 21 \u0026amp; Sept. 4); accounts for work done on the Capitol (1821 Nov. 14); the claim of William Ritter who was contracted to make\ncushions for the Hall of Delegates (1821 Dec. 20); James Warrell's request for a hydrant to carry off excess water through pipes under the Public Square (1822 Jan. 24); an estimate of skids to preserve the cannon\nat the Armory (1822 May 17); the discharge of John McGahan from the Public Guard (1822 May 30); and boxes made at the Penitentiary for packing arms (1822 Sept. 20).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel P. Parsons, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, communicates with Governor Randolph regarding the receipt for an escaped prisoner named Billy (1820 Feb. 11); the case of John Fink convicted of grand\nlarceny (1820 May 18 \u0026amp; 31); the case of Abner W. Mercer (1820 Aug. 16); the case of Billy Walden (1820 Sept. 15 \u0026amp; 1821 Aug. 14); a statement of the Penitentiary's account with the Commonwealth as\npurchasing agent (1821 Feb. 17); the value of slaves confined in the Penitentiary for sale \u0026amp; transportation (1821 June 25); the escape of a slave named Archer (1821 Nov. 26 \u0026amp; 27); the pardon of prisoners\nbefore he leaves office (1822 Feb. 27); and the pardon of two convicts in the Penitentiary (1822 March 18). Parsons was replaced by Edmund Pendleton, Jr., as Superintendent of the Penitentiary in February 1822.\nPendleton writes regarding the removal of Andrew M. Crew, one of the turnkeys in the Penitentiary, and the appointment of his nephew John T. Page in his place (1822 March 18, 26, \u0026amp; 27). Pendleton also writes\nconcerning boxes to be constructed at the Penitentiary for arms in the Armory (1822 June 7; 1822 July 6; \u0026amp; 1822 Sept. 19). Lastly, Pendleton encloses statements of the manufacturing operations of the\nPenitentiary from 1 March 1822 to 13 September 1822 (1822 Dec. 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the bond of the Treasurer (1820 Jan. 24); the sheriffalty of Monongalia County (1820 Feb. 14); the appointment of sheriffs in the counties of Nansemond\n\u0026amp; King William (1821 Oct. 23); and the obligation of banks to receive certain bank notes of the Treasurer (1821 Oct. 24). Robertson also writes regarding the contracts entered into by the Executive with John\nP. Shields \u0026amp; Thomas Strode (1820 May 30).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, often submits legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a resolution that the Executive be authorized \u0026amp; required to add to the publication directed by\nthe 124th section of the militia law (1820 Feb. 16); a resolution announcing to James Barbour his reelection as senator in Congress (1821 Jan. 16); an act concerning the Potomac Company (1821 March 1); an act\ncreating a new county out of parts of Bath, Botetourt, \u0026amp; Monroe (1822 Jan. 30); and an act providing for the repairs of the Armory \u0026amp; the preservation of the public arms (1822 March 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: James E. Heath as auditor of public accounts (1820 Jan. 1); William Robertson as a member of the Privy Council (1820\nJan. 1); Isaac Booth as brigadier general of the 20th Brigade (1820 Jan. 7); William McCoy as brigadier general of the 18th Brigade (1820 Jan. 20); William Yates as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Jan. 27);\nThomas M. Randolph as governor (1820 Dec. 17); Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1821 Jan. 15 \u0026amp; 1822 Jan. 14); Maj. S. Pitts as brigadier general of the 21st Brigade (1821 Feb. 15); Alexander L. Botts as a member of\nthe Privy Council (1821 Feb. 15); Matthew Woodson as master armorer for the Manufactory of Arms (1821 March 5); commissioners of the Kanawha River \u0026amp; Road and James River navigation (1822 Jan. 21); Edmund\nPendleton, Jr., as superintendent \u0026amp; Matthew H. Rice as storekeeper or general agent of the Penitentiary (1822 Feb. 18); and James Pleasants, Jr. as governor (1822 Dec. 10).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Burfoot, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Randolph regarding various financial matters. Burfoot transmits a statement of the receipts into the Treasury for the year ending 30 September\n1819 (1819 Dec. 15). Burfoot was replaced by James E. Heath in January 1820. Heath writes on 8 January 1820 regarding the vacancy in the Council of State as a result of his acceptance \u0026amp; qualification as\nauditor. In addition, Heath writes regarding the claim of Ensign Thomas C. Clarke of the 1st Regiment of Virginia Militia (1820 Jan. 6); a request that the Adjutant General inspect the Auditor's Office to enlarge\nthe fireplace or add another one (1820 Jan. 11); the employment of additional copying clerks to expedite the copying of tables of assessment for the commissioners of the revenue (1820 Feb. 4, 18, \u0026amp; 23); a\ncertificate of the amount due him as a member of the Privy Council (1820 Feb. 11); the appointment \u0026amp; payment of clerks to copy tables of assessment (1820 March 1); the expenses of the assessment(1820 March 13\n\u0026amp; 14); a statement of the interest paid by the Commonwealth to the Bank of Virginia \u0026amp; Farmers Bank of Virginia on loans (1820 March 15); advances to the riders for carrying out notices to delinquents (1820\nMarch 23); a lot of land in Boydtown not sold for want of bidders (1820 April 10); the papers of Fayette Johnston, administrator of Richard Johnston, quarter master during the late war (1820 April 18); an agent to\nsuperintend the sale of certain property in Boydtown (1820 April 29); an estimate of the cost of changes proposed to be made in the furniture of the Auditor's Office (1820 July 1); delinquent counties (1820 Aug. 7\n\u0026amp; Oct. 28); the sheriff of Loudoun County (1820 Oct. 3); presses in the Capitol (1820 Oct. 7); the sale of lands of delinquents (1820 Oct. 29); the disposal of the presses in the Auditor's Office (1820 Nov.\n15); the account of Virginia against the United States (1820 Nov. 29); the reassessment of part of Norfolk County (1821 Jan. 30); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as collector of revenue for Norfolk County (1821\nMarch 6); his absence from Richmond (1821 March 31); the appointment of Joseph L. Fry as agent to sell lands (1821 July 9); the appointment of John F. May as agent to sell lands (1821 July 17); bond of John F. May\n(1821 July 27); the bond of E. M. Wilson as agent to dispose of lands (1821 Aug. 23); the bond of John J. Allen as agent in Harrison County (1821 Oct. 6); the bond of M. Wilson (1821 Nov. 7); the bond of William\nG. Pendleton as Register of the Land Office (1822 Jan. 19); claims against the United States (1822 Feb. 27); the bond of Valentine W. Southall as agent for the Commonwealth (1822 April 25); the bond of Richard G.\nMorris as agent for Gloucester County (1822 May 20); a request for certain papers to be used in a suit against James Pindall (1822 Aug. 7); a request for an absence (1822 Aug. 16); the unsettled accounts against\nthe General government (1822 Oct. 1); and the claim of Valentine W. Southall (1822 Oct. 10).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding the state of the Treasury (1820 May 1); a bill of repairs for the Treasury Office (1820 June 22); a report of the state of the public funds (1820 July 21); the accounts\nof John Preston, late Treasurer (1820 Oct. 9); witnesses in the Commonwealth's cases against late Treasurer John Preston (1820 Oct. 10); the propriety of discharging the debts due on account of loans made during\nthe last fiscal year by the Bank of Virginia \u0026amp; Farmers Bank (1820 Nov. 4); the account against the late Treasurer (1820 Nov. 13); an additional table for his office (1820 Dec. 4); and the cleaning of the flues\nof the chimney in his office (1821 July 2).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wood corresponded with the Governor regarding his work creating maps of Virginia's counties. Wood periodically informs the Governor of the completion of two plans for several county maps (1820 Feb. 14;\n1820 June 29; 1820 Oct. 10; 1820 Dec. 21; 1821 March 14; 1821 Aug. 14; 1821 Nov. 30; \u0026amp; 1822 Feb. 4). On 3 January 1820, Wood writes regarding county boundaries and the scale on each county map. In addition,\nWood writes concerning the scale of counties west of the Blue Ridge (1820 Oct. 5 \u0026amp; 10). John Wood died in 1822 before he could finish his work. Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill Wood's contract. Herman Boye\nwrites on 15 May 1822 proposing to complete Wood's contract to survey the state of Virginia and make a general map of each county, along with a general map of the state. He writes on 13 November 1822 regarding his\npay to complete the Wood's contract. Lastly, Herman Boye writes requesting an extension for completing the contract between the Commonwealth \u0026amp; John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors: Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown \u0026amp; Allen Trimble, Ohio; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; William\nFindlay, Pennsylvania; Samuel Sprigg, Maryland; Shadrack Bond, Illinois; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; and DeWitt Clinton, New York.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors Jonathan Jennings, Indiana; Ethan A. Brown, Ohio; Samuel Bell, New Hampshire; \u0026amp; Thomas Bennett, South Carolina; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution that Congress make no\nlaw to erect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1820 Jan. 3 \u0026amp; 22). The Secretary to Governor Williamson of New Jersey also transmits a resolution regarding the same amendment to\nthe Constitution. Williamson, himself, transmits copies of the state's revised laws on 29 November 1821. Governor Oliver Wolcott transmits a report of a committee to whom was referred certain declarations of the\nCommonwealth regarding slavery (1820 June 10). Governor Ethan A. Brown writes regarding a demand for David W. Gallagher, a fugitive from justice (1821 April 2). Allen Trimble, Acting Governor of Ohio, writes on 4\nFebruary 1822 regarding an exchange of a map of Ohio. Governor William Findlay, Pennsylvania, writes regarding a demand for Isaac Smith (1821 Jan. 8). Governor Samuel Sprigg, Maryland, encloses resolutions\nregarding the appointment of commissioners for the navigation of the Potomac River (1821 June 5). Sprigg also writes regarding a demand for Rezin Wooten, a fugitive from justice (1821 July 4). Lastly, Sprigg\nwrites concerning the correct meridian of the western boundary of Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia (1822 June 22). Governor Shadrack Bond, the first governor of Illinois, transmits copies of the acts of the Illinois\nGeneral Assembly (1821 Aug. 23). William Plummer, Secretary to the Governor of North Carolina, transmits a certified transcript of an act passed relative to the stock in the Dismal Swamp Canal (1820 Jan. 7).\nLater, Governor Gabriel Holmes, North Carolina, transmits resolutions relative to the appropriation of public lands for the purpose of education (1822 June 25). Finally, Governor DeWitt Clinton writes regarding a\ndemand for Eber Hale, an escaped criminal (1822 Nov. 20).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: J. G. Jackson resigning as brigadier general (1820 Jan. 1); applications for the office of Clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); John P. Shields re. the\ncompletion of his contract to plant trees on the Public Square (1820 Jan. 19); applications for assistant clerk or copying clerk of the Council (1820 Jan.); Thomas M. Randolph, President of the Literary Fund,\nencl. the report of the state of the Literary Fund (1820 Feb. 14); John P. Shields re. his claim for work done on Capitol Square (1820 May 1); Robert Stanard, Attorney of the U. S. for the Virginia District,\nrequesting that a convict be received at the Penitentiary (1820 May 26); John Hills, 1st Lieutenant of Ordnance, re. the evacuation of the General Government from Ft. Powhatan and the removal of all property\nbelonging to the United States (1820 July 13); John C. Montague re. his proposal to graduate the graveling part of the Public Square forming a horseshoe (1820 Oct. 17); Robert Watkins \u0026amp; John T. Ayres proposing\nto complete the Capitol Square by graveling, turfing, planting, \u0026amp; replanting trees (1820 Oct. 19); Philip P. Barbour re. compensation as counsel for Virginia in the U. S. Supreme Court (1820 Nov. 25); William\nMunford, William McKim, \u0026amp; Robert Greenhow, Directors of the Penitentiary, submitting a statement of the operations of the Penitentiary (1820 Nov. 30); John W. Taylor re. the death of William A. Burwell (1821\nFeb. 22); Peter Randolph resigning as judge of the General Court (1821 Feb. 22); recommendations \u0026amp; applications for Clerk of the Council in place of John Burfoot (1821 Feb. \u0026amp; March); applications for the\noffice of adjutant general (1821 March); applications for the office of military lands in Kentucky (1821 March 23); Samuel Taylor declining an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 28); Thomas T.\nBouldin accepting an appointment as judge of the General Court (1821 March 30); J. W. Pleasants, Assistant Clerk of the Council, re. pay for performing the duties as Clerk of the Council \u0026amp; Assistant Clerk for\nsixteen days (1821 March 31); Lt. E. Brown, Public Guard, re. receipts for the pay \u0026amp; supplies for the guard stationed at Ft. Powhatan (1821 April 19); C. Tompkins re. an estimate of the repairs of the Magazine\nat Westham (1821 May 26); John Dupignac re. permission to raise a balloon on Capitol Square (1821 Aug. 21); Richard Eppes suggesting a portion of the Public Guard at the Manufactory of Arms for the protection of\npublic property until its operations cease on 1 January 1822 (1821 Dec. 15); William W. Hening requesting access to the archives of the Council Chamber to research the situation of unsatisfied claims for land\nbounties of the troops engaged on state establishment during the Revolution (1822 Jan. 22); James Warrell asking for permission to lay logs to draw off the water continually escaping from the spring in the\nnortheast part of Capitol Square which leaves the Museum in a damp \u0026amp; humid state (1822 Jan. 22); Robert B. Taylor accepting a commission as major general of the 4th Division of Militia (1822 Jan. 28); John S.\nHening re. compensation for his services as agent for the claimants of military lands lying west of the Tennessee River in Kentucky (1822 Feb. 18); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, re. the division of the city into\nwards (1822 March 11); John Adams complaining of the Keeper of the Locks of the James River Canal (1822 May 20); Lt. Col. Bomford, U. S. Ordnance Dept., re. the delivery of arms to the Virginia Militia according\nto the act of Congress for arming the militia of the United States (1822 June 22); E. Brown encl. the sale at auction of the house \u0026amp; other property found at Ft. Powhatan (1822 June 28); Daniel Morgan re. the\ndeath of Thomas Van Swearingen, a representative in Congress (1822 Sept. 2); John W. Green accepting his appointment as judge of the Court of Appeals (1822 Oct. 11); Peyton Drew, Clerk of the General Court, re.\nrepairs to his office in the Capitol (1822 Oct. 11); Philip P. Barbour declining an appointment as chancellor (1822 Oct. 13); and William G. Pendleton, Register of the Land Office, encl. an estimate of certain\nrepairs needed for the Land Office (1822 Oct. 23).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for Thomas Mann Randolph as governor (1819 Dec. 13 \u0026amp; 1821 Dec. 15), Jerman Baker as Treasurer (1820 Jan. 29), William Smith as a member of the Privy\nCouncil (1820 Feb. 23), \u0026amp; William H. Richardson as clerk of the Privy Council (1821 March 7); proclamations of Governor Randolph \u0026amp; Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a reward for the apprehension of\nescaped convicts (1820 Jan. 5 \u0026amp; 15; 1820 June 13 \u0026amp; 19; 1820 July 20; 1820 Oct. 24; 1820 Nov. 18; 1820 Dec. 19; 1821 March 23; 1821 April 16; 1821 Aug. 16 \u0026amp; 25; 1821 Nov. 5 \u0026amp; 26; 1821 Dec. 15; 1822\nFeb. 12; 1822 April 12; 1822 June 28; 1822 July 6; \u0026amp; 1822 Sept. 7 \u0026amp; 20); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1820 March 4; 1820 April 8; 1820 June 10, 17, \u0026amp; 24; 1820 Aug. 12\n\u0026amp; 19; 1820 Oct. 7 \u0026amp; 28; 1820 Dec. 9, 16, \u0026amp; 30; 1821 Feb. 9 \u0026amp; 17; 1821 March 14 \u0026amp; 30; 1821 May 23; 1821 June 13 \u0026amp; 20; 1821 July 5 \u0026amp; 18; 1821 Sept. 26; 1821 Nov. 2; 1821 Dec. 12; 1822\nJan. 23 \u0026amp; 30; 1822 Feb. 13, 19, \u0026amp; 27; 1822 March 8 \u0026amp; 27; 1822 April 17; 1822 May 1 \u0026amp; 29; 1822 July 17; 1822 Aug. 7; \u0026amp; 1822 Oct. 26); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. the compact between\nthe Commonwealth \u0026amp; James River Company (1820 March 16); report of the Committee for examining the Capitol Square (1820 April 21); reports of the Committee to examine the Auditor \u0026amp; Treasurer's Offices (1820\nMay 9; 1820 Dec.5; 1821 April 25; 1821 July 25; 1821 Nov. 20; 1822 March 9; \u0026amp; 1822 Nov. 18); a proclamation of Lt. Gov Peter V. Daniel re. an election to fill the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the\nresignation of James Pindall (1820 Aug. 5); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. indemnification for the loss of slaves carried away by British officers after the conclusion of peace (1821 April 18); proclamation\nof Governor Randolph re. the rates of pilotage for foreign vessels (1821 July 10); report of the Committee to whom was referred the reports \u0026amp; resolutions of the legislatures of Maryland \u0026amp; New Hampshire and\nthe proceeding in the U. S. Senate re. appropriations of public lands for the purpose of education (1821 Dec. [N.D.]); report of the Committee appointed to divide the City of Richmond into wards (1822 March 22);\ncontract between Lewis Ludlam \u0026amp; Bernard Peyton to remove all ordnance, etc., from Ft. Powhatan to the Armory in Richmond (1822 April 17); bond of Arthur S. Brockenbrough, Proctor, \u0026amp; Thomas Jefferson,\nRector, to renew certificate No. 32 in favor of the Proctor of Central College as Proctor of the University of Virginia (1822 July 6); proclamation of Governor Randolph re. an election to fill the vacancy in the\nHouse of Representatives by the death of Thomas Van Swearingen (1822 Sept. 7); proclamation of Governor Randolph appointing Philip P. Barbour as judge of the High Court of Chancery to replace John W. Green (1822\nOct. 11); resolutions of Kentucky providing for the appointment of a Board of Commissioners under the 8th article of the compact with Virginia \u0026amp; ratifying the Convention of the commissioners appointed to make\nthe necessary arrangements for constituting the Board (1822 Nov. 22); and the contract of Herman Boye to complete the work of John Wood (1822 Nov. 22).\n\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00881_c05"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c43","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1821","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c43#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c43","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c43"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c43","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","1821"],"title_filing_ssi":"1821","title_ssm":["1821"],"title_tesim":["1821"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1821"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":4,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":2330,"_nest_path_":"/components#42","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:33:00.399Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42\n"],"text":["LOI 42\n","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n","James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["42046\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["4.55 cubic feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":184,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:12:31.304Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026amp; other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026amp; Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026amp; James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026amp; John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026amp; other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026amp; 20, May 8 \u0026amp; 20, June 14, \u0026amp; Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026amp; 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026amp; P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026amp; June 7 \u0026amp; 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026amp; pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026amp; Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026amp; other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026amp; July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026amp; packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026amp; the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026amp; the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026amp; a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026amp; 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026amp; requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026amp; carriages at the Foundry \u0026amp; the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026amp; Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026amp; the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026amp; Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026amp; fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026amp; cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026amp; punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026amp; pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026amp; storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026amp; 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026amp; for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026amp; May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026amp; Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026amp; fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026amp; July 12 \u0026amp; 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026amp; loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026amp; bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026amp; Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026amp; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026amp; George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026amp; DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026amp; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026amp; Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026amp; 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026amp; Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026amp; Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026amp; May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026amp; 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026amp; resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026amp; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026amp; 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026amp; [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026amp; June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026amp; Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026amp; March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026amp; 10, \u0026amp; June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026amp; 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026amp; resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026amp; advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026amp; territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026amp; R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026amp; night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026amp; materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026amp; 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026amp; gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026amp; Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026amp; 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026amp; Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026amp; Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026amp; 23); George \u0026amp; Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026amp; planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026amp; internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026amp; Scott \u0026amp; Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026amp; 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026amp; Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026amp; Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026amp; correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026amp; other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026amp; Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026amp; 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026amp; Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026amp; 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026amp; 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026amp; 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026amp; 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026amp; 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026amp; 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026amp; 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026amp; 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026amp; 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026amp; 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026amp; Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026amp; 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026amp; Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026amp; expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026amp; Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026amp; accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026amp; accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026amp; packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00882_c02"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c44","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1822","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c44#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c44","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c44"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c44","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","1822"],"title_filing_ssi":"1822","title_ssm":["1822"],"title_tesim":["1822"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1822"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":2335,"_nest_path_":"/components#43","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:33:00.399Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42\n"],"text":["LOI 42\n","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. 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This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThese records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n","James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["42046\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["4.55 cubic feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":184,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:12:31.304Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026amp; other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026amp; Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026amp; James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026amp; John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026amp; other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026amp; 20, May 8 \u0026amp; 20, June 14, \u0026amp; Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026amp; 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026amp; P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026amp; June 7 \u0026amp; 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026amp; pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026amp; Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026amp; other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026amp; July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026amp; packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026amp; the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026amp; the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026amp; a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026amp; 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026amp; requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026amp; carriages at the Foundry \u0026amp; the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026amp; Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026amp; the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026amp; Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026amp; fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026amp; cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026amp; punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026amp; pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026amp; storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026amp; 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026amp; for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026amp; May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026amp; Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026amp; fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026amp; July 12 \u0026amp; 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026amp; loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026amp; bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026amp; Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026amp; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026amp; George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026amp; DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026amp; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026amp; Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026amp; 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026amp; Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026amp; Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026amp; May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026amp; 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026amp; resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026amp; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026amp; 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026amp; [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026amp; June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026amp; Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026amp; March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026amp; 10, \u0026amp; June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026amp; 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026amp; resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026amp; advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026amp; territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026amp; R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026amp; night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026amp; materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026amp; 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026amp; gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026amp; Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026amp; 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026amp; Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026amp; Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026amp; 23); George \u0026amp; Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026amp; planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026amp; internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026amp; Scott \u0026amp; Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026amp; 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026amp; Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026amp; Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026amp; correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026amp; other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026amp; Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026amp; 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026amp; Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026amp; 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026amp; 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026amp; 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026amp; 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026amp; 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026amp; 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026amp; 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026amp; 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026amp; 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026amp; 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026amp; Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026amp; 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026amp; Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026amp; expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026amp; Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026amp; accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026amp; accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026amp; packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00882_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c45","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1823","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c45#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c45","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c45"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c45","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","1823"],"title_filing_ssi":"1823","title_ssm":["1823"],"title_tesim":["1823"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1823"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":2341,"_nest_path_":"/components#44","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:33:00.399Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42\n"],"text":["LOI 42\n","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n","James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["42046\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_title_tesim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"collection_ssim":["Governor James Pleasants Executive Papers,\n 1822-1825"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"acqinfo_ssim":["Acquired prior to 1905.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["4.55 cubic feet"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eArranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement\n"],"arrangement_tesim":["Arranged chronologically by date of document with pardons and undated items arranged to the rear.\n"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information\n"],"bioghist_tesim":["James Pleasants, Jr., was born at \"Contention\" in Goochland County on 24 October 1769 to James Pleasants and Anne Randolph, aunt of Thomas Jefferson. Pleasants briefly attended William and Mary College in 1785\nbefore reading law with Judge William Fleming of the Virginia Court of Appeals. In 1790, he married Susanna Lawson Rose, second daughter of Col. Hugh Rose. Pleasants fathered eight children, including John\nHampden, founder of the Richmond Whig, who died in a duel with Thomas Ritchie. In 1791, Pleasants joined the bar of Amelia County. He began his career in politics in 1797 with an election to the House of Delegates\nrepresenting Goochland County until 1802. Between 1802 and 1811, Pleasants served as clerk of the House of Delegates. Though elected judge in the Court of Appeals in 1811, Pleasants declined the post in order to\nserve the first of four terms in the U. S. House of Representatives as a Democrat Republican. An anti-British advocate during the War of 1812, Pleasants supported the growth of the navy as chairman of the\nCommittee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy. Pleasants resigned on 14 December 1819 in order to accept an appointment by the Virginia Legislature to replace John W. Eppes in the U. S. Senate. While in\nthe Senate, Pleasants served as chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses. Pleasants later resigned from the Senate in December 1822 in order to succeed Thomas Mann\nRandolph as governor. During his three one-year terms as governor, Pleasants coped with a fire at the Penitentiary, boundary issues with the state of Maryland, and General Lafayette's visit to Virginia. In\naddition, Pleasants managed the settlement of Virginia's claims against the United States for War of 1812 expenditures and the establishment of the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia. Although Pleasants\nretired from public life following his governorship, he remained active in politics as an Anti-Jacksonian. In 1829, Pleasants was elected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830. Pleasants died\non 9 November 1836 at his home in Goochland County following a long illness.\n"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["James Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026 recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026 Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026 other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026 revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026 House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n","The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026 Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026 James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026 John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026 other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n","As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026 20, May 8 \u0026 20, June 14, \u0026 Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026 House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n","John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n","Daniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026 P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026 June 7 \u0026 9).\n","The majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026 Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n","Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026 pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n","Blair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026 Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n","James Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026 other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026 July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026 packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n","Edmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026 the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026 the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026 a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n","Samuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026 requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026 carriages at the Foundry \u0026 the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026 Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026 the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026 Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026 fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n","John Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n","William Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026 Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026 cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026 punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026 pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n","Additionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026 storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n","James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026 for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026 May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n","Jerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026 Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026 fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n","As Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026 July 12 \u0026 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026 loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n","Herman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026 bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026 Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n","Governors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026 Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026 George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026 DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026 Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n","Governors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026 Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026 Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026 Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026 Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026 May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026 Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026 resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026 Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026 [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026 June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026 Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026 March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026 Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026 10, \u0026 June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026 resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n","Additional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026 advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026 territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026 R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026 night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Maryland \u0026 Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026 materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026 gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026 Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026 Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026 Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026 23); George \u0026 Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026 planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026 internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026 Scott \u0026 Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026 Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026 Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026 correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026 other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026 Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n","Other noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026 Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026 Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026 Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026 expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026 Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026 the dividing line between Virginia \u0026 Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026 vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026 accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026 accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026 packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n"],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":184,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:12:31.304Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eJames Pleasants' Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his three one-year terms as governor from 11 December 1822 to 11 December 1825. The correspondence in this collection\nrelates to a variety of topics including appointments \u0026amp; recommendations for state positions; the Public Guard; Virginia's claim against the U. S. for expenditures during the War of 1812; Herman Boye's map of\nVirginia; the Virginia Penitentiary; slavery; the boundary between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia; the Western Lunatic Hospital; General Lafayette's visit to Virginia; the Bell Tower \u0026amp; other improvements to Capitol\nSquare; the Lexington Arsenal; resignations; extraditions; state expenses \u0026amp; revenue; elections; and others. These papers are arranged chronologically with pardons arranged to the rear of each year. In addition\nto correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate \u0026amp; House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; pardons; proposals; receipts; certificates; proclamations; contracts; petitions; reports; appointments;\nresignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; applications; and other sundry items.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include John Quincy Adams\n\u0026amp; Henry Clay, Secretaries of State; John C. Calhoun \u0026amp; James Barbour, Secretaries of War; Daniel D. Tompkins \u0026amp; John C. Calhoun, Vice Presidents; Thomas T. Tucker, Treasurer of the United States; Henry\nClay, Speaker of the House of Representatives; and Littleton W. Tazewell, Jabez Leftwich, James Barbour, Charles F. Mercer, \u0026amp; other representatives of Virginia in Congress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams writes to Governor Pleasants on several occasions acknowledging receipt of documents transferred to him by the governor in support of claims of citizens of Virginia for\nslaves carried off by British officers during the late war (1823 March 13 \u0026amp; 20, May 8 \u0026amp; 20, June 14, \u0026amp; Dec. 9). In addition, Adams transmits copies of the public journals of the Senate \u0026amp; House of\nRepresentatives (1823 April 30). Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk of the Dept. of State, forwards copies of laws passed in Congress (1823 Oct. 2). Brent also transmits an act confirming the act of the Legislature of\nVirginia entitled \"an act incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company\" and an act of the Maryland Legislature confirming the same (1825 June 10). On 2 June 1823, Adams requests a list of factories or\nmanufacturing establishments in Virginia incorporated by the laws of the state according to the resolution of the Senate dated 1 March 1823. Lastly, Adams transmits a joint resolution providing a place of deposit\nfor the portrait of Columbus and directing the distribution of copies of the Declaration of Independence (1824 June 30). As Secretary of State, Henry Clay writes to transmit the laws passed in the 2nd session of\nthe 18th Congress (1825 Oct. 26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, writes on 6 February 1823 regarding a company of artillery stationed at the Bellona Arsenal. James Barbour replaced Calhoun as Secretary in March 1825. Barbour encloses a\nletter from Peter Hagner regarding evidence to be presented by Virginia to obtain payment of interest under the law passed by the last Congress (1825 March 18). On 19 April 1825, Barbour writes regarding\nVirginia's claim for interest and $50,000 placed to the credit of the Treasurer of Virginia. Lastly, Barbour writes regarding the adjustment of Virginia's claim for interest against the United States (1825 July\n8).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaniel D. Tompkins, Vice President, and later, John C. Calhoun, write regarding the resignations of James Pleasants, Jr., and James Barbour from the Senate (1822 Dec. 16 \u0026amp; 1825 March 9). Thomas T. Tucker,\nTreasurer of the United States, writes regarding the adjustment of the claims of Virginia by the United States (1823 Jan. 17). Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives, corresponds with Governor\nPleasants regarding the death of William Lee Ball (1824 March 20). Littleton W. Tazewell writes on 10 December 1824 accepting his appointment as senator in Congress. On 21 February 1825, Jabez Leftwich, a\nrepresentative from Virginia in Congress, writes to suggest the appointment of John Floyd to replace James Barbour. Jared Williams, William McCoy, J. S. Barbour, \u0026amp; P. P. Barbour, Virginia's representatives in\nCongress, also write to recommend Floyd as Barbour's replacement (1825 Feb. 22). Before his appointment as Secretary of War, James Barbour writes regarding a bill awarding payment of interest to Virginia (1825\nMarch 2). On 11 March 1825, Barbour writes resigning his seat in the Senate to become Secretary of War. Lastly, Charles F. Mercer writes regarding the appointment of commissioners on the part of Virginia to act\nwith Maryland in opening books for subscriptions to the stock of the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal Company (1825 May 20 \u0026amp; June 7 \u0026amp; 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of correspondence in James Pleasants' Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include Bernard Peyton, Adjutant General;\nBlair Bolling, Commandant of the Public Guard; James Paxton, Commandant of the Lexington Arsenal; Edmund Pendleton, Jr., \u0026amp; Samuel P. Parsons, Superintendents of the Penitentiary; John Robertson, Attorney\nGeneral; William Munford, Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; James E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts; Jerman Baker, Treasurer; Cary Selden, Agent for Virginia\nClaims; and Herman Boye, Surveyor.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Peyton, Adjutant General, encloses a letter from Col. McWhorton, 125th Regiment, protesting the regimental court of enquiry (1825 Feb. 28). On 1 April 1825, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert White\nrecommending Thomas Hallbrook to clean \u0026amp; pack the public arms at Lexington. Lastly, Peyton encloses a letter from Robert Triplett regarding his appointment as Virginia Military Land Agent (1825 April 22). [See\nAdjutant General Records (Acc. No. 36767) for additional correspondence from Bernard Peyton]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlair Bolling served as both Commandant of the Public Guard \u0026amp; Superintendent of Public Property, following the resignation of Claiborne W. Gooch as adjutant general in March 1821. In these roles, Bolling\nwrites regarding the discharge of David Cunningham (1823 Jan. 21); three soldiers discharged for the Public Guard who died in the Poor House in Richmond (1823 April 17); and the work of Levi Swain on the Court of\nAppeals (1825 Oct. 8). [See Commandant of the Public Guard Records (Acc. No. 36717) for additional correspondence from Blair Bolling]\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Paxton, Commandant of the Public Guard at the Lexington Arsenal, writes regarding the cost of covering the Lexington Arsenal \u0026amp; other improvements (1824 May 26, June 8, \u0026amp; July 30). On 16 March\n1825, Paxton writes regarding an appropriation to improve the Public Square at the Arsenal. Lastly, Paxton corresponds regarding proposals for cleaning \u0026amp; packing the arms at the Lexington Arsenal (1825 March\n26).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Pendleton, Jr., Superintendent of the Penitentiary, corresponds with Governor Pleasants concerning various subjects. Most notably, Pendleton writes following the fire at the Penitentiary on 8 August\n1823. Pendleton discusses the following topics in his correspondence: an estimate of the expense to alter the culverts in the Penitentiary (1823 April 12); the completion of three hundred boxes for public arms\n(1823 April 16); an escape attempt \u0026amp; the use of force by the Public Guard stationed at the Penitentiary (1823 May 3); the cooking operations at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 13); the smallest number of men\nnecessary for the safekeeping of the convicts (1823 Sept. 12); repairs to the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); smiths bellows from the Armory for the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 12); the condition of the Penitentiary\n\u0026amp; the number of guard necessary to safe keep the convicts (18 Oct. 6); a request for anvils \u0026amp; a vice from the Armory (1823 Oct. 21); the building of another arch in the southwestern wing of the\nPenitentiary (1823 Oct. 23 \u0026amp; 31); the conduct of Thomas Riley (1824 Jan. 5); gun boxes (1824 Jan. 9); the discharge of the auxiliary guard enlisted to insure the safekeeping of convicts at the Penitentiary\n(1824 Jan. 23); the conduct of John Elliott (1824 Jan. 29); and the value of a slave named Daniel brought from Accomack County (1824 Feb. 3).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel P. Parsons replaced Pendleton as superintendent in February 1824. Parsons writes regarding the removal of the house near the Penitentiary for storing cannon carriages \u0026amp; requesting a stronger guard\nwhile repairs continue (1824 April 6); the storage of the cannon \u0026amp; carriages at the Foundry \u0026amp; the cost of clothing for the guard (1824 April 9); the escape of James Irvin (1824 May 20); the trial of Milly\nJackson (1824 June 10); the escape of John Bryant (1824 July 15 \u0026amp; Oct. 28); the examination of the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 July 16); repairs to the Armory \u0026amp; the transfer of iron to the Penitentiary\n(1824 July 29); the contract of Levi Swain for building the Guard \u0026amp; Bell House (1824 July 31); the escape of John Weaver (1824 Sept. 1); the escape of five prisoners (1824 Sept. 17); the case of John Wiley\n(1824 Nov. 20); the dismissal of the additional guard at the Penitentiary (1824 Nov. 23); a recommendation that John Gilmore be transferred to the hospital (1824 Dec. 15); the conduct of John Johnson (1824 Dec.\n27); an estimate of the value of the slaves condemned to transportation (1825 Feb. 24); the completion of the Bell House on Capitol Square by Levi Swain (1825 March 18); the commutation of the punishment of George\nDixon (1825 March 19); proposals for alterations to the General Court Room in the Capitol Building including specifications and architectural drawing (1825 April 5); the removal of two convicts from the solitary\ncells (1825 July 27); the theft of articles from the Penitentiary by a member of the Public Guard (1825 April 11); a recommendation that Thomas T. Leonard be removed to the hospital (1825 Aug. 31); permission to\nuse the large screw \u0026amp; fly press at the Armory for the operations at the Penitentiary (1825 Oct. 3); a recommendation that Charles Allen be removed from solitary confinement (1825 Nov. 9); and a recommendation\nthat William Bowers be removed to the hospital (1825 Nov. 23).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Robertson, Attorney General, provides opinions on the duty of the Attorney for the Commonwealth in the case of the escheator of Richmond against the President of the Literary Fund (1823 Feb. 17) and the\nextent to which the superintendent can apply the force of the guard stationed at the Penitentiary in order to prevent escapes (1823 June 24). Robertson also writes regarding the prosecution against Dandridge Hogg\nfor passing a counterfeit note (1825 Jan. 11).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Munford, as Clerk of the House of Delegates, \u0026amp; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate, often submit legislation to the governor. Noteworthy is a joint resolution that the Executive be requested to\ncommunicate the state of the Commonwealth's claim upon the United States for monies expended by the state during the War of 1812 (1823 Jan. 15); an act for completing the publication of the Statutes At Large (1823\nJan. 24); resolutions regarding the 103rd section of the law to regulate the militia passed 9 March 1819 where the Executive is requested to purchase three sites and to have an arsenal erected on each (1824 Dec.\n9); resolutions to appoint a joint committee to wait on the arrival of Gen. Lafayette \u0026amp; cause a seat of each house to be prepared for him during his stay (1824 Dec. 30); a resolution requesting the number of\nconvicts discharged from confinement in the Penitentiary before their term had expired since the establishment of the institution (1824 Dec. 21); a resolution that the Executive communicate to what number of free\nwhite persons convicted \u0026amp; punishable by the infliction of stripes since the act of 21 Feb. 1823 have extended them clemency \u0026amp; pardoned (1824 Dec. 30); and a resolution that the Executive be requested to\ntransmit a copy of the act to the commissioners appointed by the act to authorize the establishment of a Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 Feb. 18).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditionally, Munford transmits certificates of the election of the following individuals: Thomas Nelson as principal agent \u0026amp; storekeeper of the Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 16); John Taylor as senator in\nCongress (1822 Dec. 19); Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1823 Dec. 5); Joseph Wyatt as elector for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 30); Littleton Waller Tazewell as senator in Congress (1824 Dec. 7);\nJames Heath as auditor of public accounts (1825 Jan. 1); Philip P. Barbour as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 7); and John Randolph as senator in Congress (1825 Dec. 9).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames E. Heath, Auditor of Public Accounts, corresponds with Governor Pleasants regarding various financial matters. Heath writes concerning such topics as the settlement of the account of the officers of the\nPublic Guard for servant's clothing (1823 Jan. 6); a statement of the accounts of Virginia against the General Government (1823 Jan. 17); the appointment of Mordecai Cooke as a collector of arrearages of revenue\ndue from Norfolk County (1823 Feb. 24 \u0026amp; 1824 Dec. 21); an account for the expense of delivering notices to various parts of the state (1823 June 25); an advance for employing a special messenger \u0026amp; for\nsending out notices (1823 Aug. 5); the sum paid to members of the last Legislature on account of mileage (1823 Aug. 15); the appointment of William Porter as an agent to collect the debt due in Orange County (1824\nApril 14); the bond of Thomas P. Ray as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 June 23); the accounts of Thomas Ritchie as public printer (1824 June 23); the execution against James B. Ferguson (1824 July 16); the\nappointment of Walter F. Jones as agent for the Commonwealth (1824 Aug. 16); the debt collected by William Jones and paid into the Treasury from the estate of a lunatic (1824 Oct. 1); an estimate of the necessary\nalterations to connect part of the office of the General Court with the Auditor's Office (1825 March 1); the appointment of Dudley Evans as an agent for the Commonwealth to purchase lands in Monongalia County\n(1825 March 16); the bond of Ephraim S. Eddy as agent for Kanawha County (1825 April 12 \u0026amp; May 18); evidence for the payment of interest due to Virginia by the U. S. (1825 April 22); a letter from the escheator\nof Fluvanna County (1825 May 6); the invoice of James A. Campbell for raw materials purchased by him for manufacture at the Penitentiary (1825 May 16); a warrant on the Treasury for money due the post office (1825\nSept. 15); and lands in Norfolk County belonging to the Commonwealth (1825 Dec. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJerman Baker, Treasurer, writes regarding his receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of advances made by Virginia during the late war with Great Britain (1823 Jan. 22); the repair\nof the fireplace in his office (1823 April 7); a financial report to be communicated with the Governor of Maryland (1823 July 9); a drain for the east side of the Capitol similar to the one on the west side (1824\nJuly 6); the payment of $50,000 into the Treasury on the warrant of the 2nd Auditor and put to the credit of President \u0026amp; Directors of the Literary Fund (1825 May 17); a request for the employment of some\nperson to clear the flues \u0026amp; fireplaces in the Treasurer's Office (1825 May 25); and the receipt of a check from the Treasurer of the United States on account of interest on loans or monies borrowed by the\nstate during the late war (1825 July 25).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Agent for Virginia Claims, Cary Selden writes to Governor Pleasants regarding a statement of differences on the settlement of the account of the State of Virginia with the United States for claims during the\nWar of 1812 (1835 June 27 \u0026amp; July 12 \u0026amp; 30). On 9 March 1825, Selden writes regarding the bill enacted by the 18th Congress for reimbursing Virginia the amount of interest paid by the state for different\nsums of money borrowed \u0026amp; loaned to the General Government during the late war (1825 March 9). Lastly, Selden writes regarding compensation for his services (1825 Aug. 13).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHerman Boye was chosen to fulfill John Wood's contract to create maps of Virginia's counties and the general map of the state. Herman Boye writes on 8 June 1823 requesting further time to complete the contract\nmade by the Commonwealth with John Wood. Boye also writes requesting a commission to specify the powers vested in him as commissioner to meet with the commissioners of Maryland (1824 July 12). In addition, he\nwrites concerning the completion of the general map of the state (1825 April 1); proposals of sundry engravers in Philadelphia for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 10); arrangements made in\nPhiladelphia with Henry S. Tanner for engraving the general map of Virginia (1825 May 22); the contract \u0026amp; bond of Henry S. Tanner (1825 June 3); the progress of the engraving of the general map (1825 July 30);\nthe receipt for part of his salary for superintending the engraving (1825 Sept. 21 \u0026amp; Oct. 5); and expenses in publishing the general map (1825 Oct. 5).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors from other states comprise a significant amount of correspondence received by the governor. This correspondence primarily relates to amendments to the U. S. Constitution, extraditions, and the\ndistribution of laws. Included are letters from the following governors or secretaries of state: Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; John Adair \u0026amp; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; John Brooks, Massachusetts; Samuel Stevens,\nMaryland; John Clark \u0026amp; George M. Troup, Georgia; Joseph C. Yates \u0026amp; DeWitt Clinton, New York; Edward Coles, Illinois; William Hendricks, Indiana; Cornelius Peter Van Ness, Vermont; Albion K. Parris, Maine;\nJoseph Haslet \u0026amp; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio; William Carroll, Tennessee; Walter Leake, Mississippi; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Hamilton R. Gamble,\nMissouri.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGovernors Joseph Hiester, Pennsylvania; Joseph C. Yates, New York; Joseph Haslet, Delaware; \u0026amp; Samuel Stevens, Maryland; write regarding demands for fugitives from justice (1823 Jan. 3, March 7 \u0026amp; 11;\n1825 July 8 \u0026amp; Aug. 18). Governor John Adair, Kentucky, writes regarding commissioners appointed on the part of Kentucky to decide matters of difference between the states of Virginia \u0026amp; Kentucky (1823 Jan.\n7). Governors John Brooks, Massachusetts; John Clark, Georgia; \u0026amp; Joseph C. Yates, New York; transmit resolutions against the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Pennsylvania that Congress make no law to\nerect or incorporate any bank except within the District of Columbia (1823 Jan. 20, 29, \u0026amp; May 31). Governor Samuel Stevens, Maryland, writes regarding a report of the commissioners appointed by the Executives\nof Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia to survey the Potomac River (1823 Jan. 24). Later, Governor Stevens encloses an act confirming the act of the General Assembly of Virginia incorporating the Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Canal\nCompany (1825 Feb. 2). Governors Governor Edward Coles, Illinois, transmits acts of the Illinois General Assembly (1823 June 10 \u0026amp; 1825 June 5). Coles also transmits a report \u0026amp; resolutions on the subject of\nthe claim originated by the State of Maryland to grants of lands from the United States for the purpose of education (1823 Aug. 10). Governor William Hendricks, Indiana, encloses a joint resolution relative to the\nIllinois grant in Clark County (1823 July 3). Governor Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont, writes to recommend Timothy Hubbard (1823 Oct. 20). Governor George M. Troup, Georgia, encloses a resolution proposing an\namendment to the U. S. Constitution that no part of the Constitution be construed to authorize the importation or ingress of any person of color into any one of the United States contrary to the laws of the state\n(1824 Jan. 10). Governors Albion K. Parris, Maine; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; Joseph Desha, Kentucky; Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; William Hendricks, Indiana; \u0026amp; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; transmit\nresolutions against the amendment proposed by the State of Georgia (1824 Feb. 26 \u0026amp; 28; 1825 Jan. 31 \u0026amp; [N.D.], Feb. 5, \u0026amp; June 1). Governor Walter Leake, Mississippi, \u0026amp; Secretary of State Hamilton R.\nGamble, Missouri, transmit resolutions in favor of Georgia's proposed amendment to the Constitution (1825 Feb. 4 \u0026amp; March [N.D.]). Governor Jeremiah Morrow, Ohio, transmits resolutions proposing the gradual\nemancipation of slaves (1824 Jan. 24). Governors Isaac H. Williamson, New Jersey; Samuel Paynter, Delaware; William Hendricks, Indiana; Oliver Wolcott, Connecticut; \u0026amp; Edward Coles, Illinois; transmit\nresolutions in favor of the Ohio resolution (1825 Jan. 31, Feb. 8 \u0026amp; 10, \u0026amp; June 1). Governors George M. Troup, Georgia, Walter Leake, Mississippi, enclose resolutions disapproving the Ohio resolution (1824\nDec. 22 \u0026amp; 1825 Feb. 7). Governor William Carroll, Tennessee, transmits a preamble \u0026amp; resolutions against Congress nominating persons to fill the offices of president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 20).\nGovernor Jeremiah Morrow also writes regarding the arrest of fugitives from Virginia (1825 Aug. 30). Lastly, Governor DeWitt Clinton, New York, transmits copies of statutes passed at the last session of the\nLegislature (1825 Aug. 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence includes the following: John Taylor accepting his appointment as senator in Congress (1822 Dec. 21); Directors of the Penitentiary re. annual reports of the operations of\nthe Penitentiary (1822 Dec. 21); John Taylor acknowledging receipt of his credential as senator in Congress (1823 Feb, 22); William Gray, British Consul at Norfolk, re. the imprisonment of a free negro named John\nJackson, a British subject from Nova Scotia (1823 March 3); A. S. Brockenbrough, University of Virginia, re. a balance against him for monies advanced to pay for certain improvements around the Capitol (1823 March\n13); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, encl. a letter \u0026amp; advertisement from Ezra A. Stevens concerning his lectures on astronomy (1823 May 17); G. Bomford, Ordnance Dept., re. the apportionment of arms to the\nseveral states \u0026amp; territories of the United States procures under the act of 1808 (1823 Aug. 22); Capt. Samuel Cary offering to raise a company of volunteers to guard the convicts (1823 Aug. 10); Jesse Williams\nproposing to do the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); John Brockenbrough re. a loan from the Bank of Virginia (1823 Aug. 15); James W. Steel \u0026amp; R. M. Gaw, Philadelphia, proposing to engrave the\ngeneral map of Virginia (1823 Aug. 16); John Adams requesting arms for the use of the militia \u0026amp; night watch in Richmond (1823 Sept. 1); Otis Manson re. the completion of the roof of the Penitentiary (1823\nSept. 19); Thomson F. Mason accepting his appointment as commissioner to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Maryland \u0026amp; Virginia (1823 Sept. 20); George R. Myers re. his\naccount for labor \u0026amp; materials expended in the repairs of the brick work at the Penitentiary (1823 Oct. 3 \u0026amp; 22); Lt. Thomas J. Baird, Bellona Arsenal, re. the arrival of a portion of the arms intended by\nthe U. S. for the State of Virginia (1823 Oct. 3); J. Brown, 2nd Auditor, re. the alteration of his office to keep off the dampness (1823 Nov. 24); J. Brown re. his bond as 2nd Auditor (1824 Feb. 9); John A.\nGimball, Secretary of State of Mississippi, encl. a resolution re. the neutrality of the U. S. in the war against Spain (1824 Jan. 27); William C. Holt, Speaker of the Senate, requesting a carpet for the\nstaircase, passage, \u0026amp; gallery of the Capitol (1824 Feb. 25); Peter Dupuy proposing to lease the Boring Mill at the Armory (1824 March 1); James Madison re. his appointment as visitor of the University of\nVirginia (1824 March 11); Way \u0026amp; Gideon re. the publication of the \"Journals of the Old Congress\" (1824 March 12); Chapman Johnson re. the state's claim against the General Government for interest on advances\nduring the late war (1824 March 23); J. Robertson, Jr., resigning as Register of the Land Office for an appointment as Collector of Customs for the Port of Petersburg (1824 April 23); Daniel Totty requesting\npermission to remove a house from the public ground near the Penitentiary (1824 May 31); Chris Manch enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing)\n(1824 June 13); John Brockenbrough encl. a resolution of the Common Council of Richmond to appoint a committee to enquire of the Commonwealth whether they are willing to relinquish the charge of Capitol Square\n(1824 June 16); Thomas Stanton enclosing his proposal to construct a Bell Tower on the southwest corner of Capitol Square (includes drawing) (1824 June 23); Lewis A. Tarascon re. the propriety of establishing a\nwagon road from the Missouri River to the Columbia River (1824 July 1); Thomson F. Mason re. the boundary line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland (1824 July 10 \u0026amp; 17); John Goddin regarding his proposal to\nconstruct the Bell Tower on Capitol Square (1824 July 13); William Clinton re. the duel between Gen. John C. Hunter \u0026amp; Thomas Hewet (1824 Nov. 21); Lt. Edgar Allan Poe \u0026amp; Capt. John Lisle, Richmond Junior\nVolunteers, re. permission to retain arms drawn from the Armory (1824 Nov. 17 \u0026amp; 23); George \u0026amp; Pleasant Winston proposing to undertake the work for repairing the Penitentiary (1824 Dec. 9); John Tyler,\nChairman of a Committee of the House of Delegates, encl. a resolution appointing a committee to enquire into the expediency of reimbursing from the Treasury the whole or any part of the expenditure incurred in the\nreception of Gen. Lafayette at Yorktown (1824 Dec. 27); James Mitchell encl. a list of Illinois bounty lands for sale or redemption (1825 Jan. 13); Andrew Stevenson encl. a letter from Lafayette accepting the\ninvitation of the General Assembly (1825 Jan. 14); the Committee of the Congregation of Monumental Church requesting the Public Guard to have the bell run every Sabbath to announce public worship (1825 Jan. 28);\nPhilip P. Barbour accepting his appointment as judge of the General Court (1825 Feb. 10); John Brockenbrough, Chairman of the Committee of the Common Hall of Richmond, re. contracts for work to be done on Capitol\nSquare (1825 Feb. 22); John Brockenbrough re. the improvement of the walks \u0026amp; planting on Capitol Square (1825 Feb. 24); John Adams, Mayor of Richmond, requesting the Executive to appoint commissioners to\ndivide the city into wards (1825 March 3); J. S. Johnston, Senate Chamber, encl. resolutions in relation to the application of the funds, derived from public lands, to education \u0026amp; internal improvements (1825\nMarch 4); Thomas Jefferson re. the law passed by Congress authorizing the payment to Virginia of such a portion of her claim as will cover the donation of $50,000 to the University of Virginia (1825 March 10); T.\nCadwallader re. the swords made for Generals Gaines \u0026amp; Scott \u0026amp; Capt. Warrington as gifts from the state of Virginia (1825 April 5 \u0026amp; 20); Edward Valentine, Jr., recommending directors of the Lunatic\nHospital at Staunton (1825 April 9); Claude Crozet re. his opinion of the map of Virginia created by Herman Boye (1825 April 15); Charles H. Hyde, Captain of the Fire Company lately organized in Richmond,\nrequesting the use of the engine belonging to the state (1825 April 17); John Brockenbrough on behalf of the Commissioners of Streets in Richmond requesting permission to remove the earth between the Bell House\n\u0026amp; Bank Street and to convey the water of the spring between the Capitol \u0026amp; Gun House through a hydrant at Bank Street (1825 April 28); T. Mason, President of the Potomac Company, encl. proceedings of the\ngeneral meeting of the proprietors of the Potomac Company (1825 May 19); William Seldon re. his bond as Register of the Land Office (1825 May 23); John Henson re. his claim for an additional allowance for covering\nthe Lexington Arsenal (includes sketch of cupola \u0026amp; correspondence) (1825 May 23); James Monroe re. his message to Congress before his retirement from office (1825 June 7); George Hay re. the resolutions of the\nHouse of Delegates to present to General Lafayette copies of the Bill of Rights \u0026amp; other public acts (1825 Aug. 13); Levi Swain re. the completion of his work at the Capitol (1825 Oct. 4); William H. Cabell,\njudge of the Court of Appeals, re. smoke in the rooms prepared under the act of the General Assembly for the accommodation of the Court of Appeals \u0026amp; Clerk of the Court (1825 Oct. 26); and Anderson Barret re.\nhis examination of the fireplaces in the rooms lately fitted out for the Court of Appeals (1825 Nov. 1).\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther noteworthy items include: certificates of oath for James Pleasants, Jr., as governor (1822 Dec. 17 \u0026amp; 1823 Dec. 17); proclamations of Governor Pleasants \u0026amp; Lt. Governor Peter V. Daniel offering a\nreward for the apprehension of escaped convicts (1823 Jan. 22; 1823 March 28; 1823 April 9; 1823 May 9 \u0026amp; 19; 1823 July 11; 1823 Oct. 10 \u0026amp; 27; 1823 Nov. 24; 1823 Dec. 5; 1824 March 17; 1824 April 30; 1824\nMay 15; 1824 July 16 \u0026amp; 22; 1824 Sept. 29; 1824 Oct. 25; 1825 Feb. 1; 1825 April 1; 1825 May 11 \u0026amp; 31; 1825 Sept. 28; 1825 Oct. 18); proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Penitentiary (1823 Jan. 29;\n1823 March 19; 1823 April 1; 1823 May 5, 21, \u0026amp; 23; 1823 June 11 \u0026amp; 24; 1823 July 30; 1823 Sept. 11; 1823 Oct. 10; 1823 Nov. 25; 1823 Dec. 3, 10, 17, 24, \u0026amp; 31; 1824 Feb. 4, 11, \u0026amp; 28; 1824 March 24;\n1824 April 9; 1824 June 2 \u0026amp; 9; 1824 Oct. 29; 1824 Nov. 18; 1824 Dec. 24; 1825 March 17; 1825 May 2; 1825 Aug. 5; \u0026amp; 1825 Dec. 6); reports of the Committee appointed by the Executive to examine the Auditor's\n\u0026amp; Treasurer's Offices (1823 March 8; 1823 Aug. 16; 1823 Nov. 14; \u0026amp; 1825 Jan. 7 \u0026amp; Nov. 12); a general account of Executive expenditures occasioned by the burning of the Penitentiary House on 8 August\n1823 (1823 Nov. 28); reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary on the practicality \u0026amp; expense of repairing the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 12); a contract with James Bootwright for supplying rations for Capt.\nCary's Company of Militia guarding the convicts at the Penitentiary (1823 Aug. 18); a report of the Executive Committee on the Penitentiary (1823 Sept. 6); an article by James Mease, M.D., \"On the Penitentiary\nSystem of Pennsylvania\" (1823 Dec. 26); a resolution of Alabama that Gen. Andrew Jackson should succeed James Monroe as president (1823 Dec. 26); a bill (H.R. 252) authorizing the payment of interest due to the\nState of Virginia (1824 Jan. 3); resolutions of citizens of Mississippi re. the qualifications of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson as president, the nomination of Gen. Thomas Hinds, Dr. B. C. Barry, \u0026amp; Gen. James\nPatton, and the appointment of a committee of correspondence(1824 Feb. 9); a proclamation by Governor Pleasants re. an election to supply the vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of William Lee Ball (1824\nMarch 5); recommendations for Register of the Land Office (1824 April); a report of the commissioners appointed to settle the western limits of the state \u0026amp; the dividing line between Virginia \u0026amp; Maryland\n(1824 Nov. 1); a proclamation re. the meeting of electors for president \u0026amp; vice president (1824 Nov. 15); an estimate of the expenses in publishing the map of Virginia by Herman Boye (1824 Dec. 20); a report\n\u0026amp; accounts of the committee appointed by the Executive to make suitable arrangements for the reception \u0026amp; accommodation of General Lafayette (1825 Feb. [N.D.]); a report of the commissioners appointed to\nlocate the Western Lunatic Asylum (1825 April 2); the appointment of the Court of Directors of the Western Lunatic Hospital (1825 April 19); the contract of John Woodson for cleaning \u0026amp; packing arms at the\nLexington Arsenal (1825 May 6); and a proposal by the Court of Appeals to change the plan of alterations for the General Court room in the Capitol (1825 June 17).\n\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00882_c04"}},{"id":"vi_vi04879_c46","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"1824","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi04879_c46#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi04879_c46","ref_ssm":["vi_vi04879_c46"],"id":"vi_vi04879_c46","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssi":"vi_vi04879","parent_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi04879"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"text":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","1824"],"title_filing_ssi":"1824","title_ssm":["1824"],"title_tesim":["1824"],"normalized_title_ssm":["1824"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":2347,"_nest_path_":"/components#45","timestamp":"2026-05-01T01:33:00.399Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi04879","ead_ssi":"vi_vi04879","_root_":"vi_vi04879","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi04879","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi04879.xml","title_ssm":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"title_tesim":["Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.\n"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["LOI 42\n"],"text":["LOI 42\n","Plats and certificates of the Virginia Land Office \n 1779-1982.","96 cu. ft.","The act that established the Land Office in 1779, provided for a Register to be at the head, who would be \"appointed from time to time, by joint ballot of both houses of assembly....\" It was the responsibility of the Register to carry out the very carefully structured legislation which provided the procedure for obtaining waste and unappropriated lands. So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. Once the survey had been completed, it and the depleted warrant on which it was based were returned to the warrantee whose responsibility it was to deliver the paper to the Land Office. There, all papers were examined initially for technical error and, if correctly executed, were filed for a period of not less than six months. If, within that time, no caveat was entered on the survey, the plat and certificate of survey were recorded and the grant was issued by the Register. Once written, the grant was signed by the governor, sealed, recorded, and delivered to the grantee.","During the first years of operation, the Land Office was mainly concerned with issuing warrants for military bounty, and satisfying claims originating under the colonial government. Since much of the available land was located in Kentucky, the Register was authorized in November, 1781, to appoint a deputy who would locate his office there.","Following the reorganization of the Land Office, recited in the Virginia Code of 1850, the localities were charged with the responsibilities of issuing titles to vacant lands, while the state issued grants for escheated lands only. To counter dissatisfaction with the existence of the Land Office, which first surfaced mid-19th century as the amount of wasteland declined, the General Assembly adopted the solution of assigning more duties to the Register. First, the office of Superintendent of Weights and Measures was abolished by an act of February 9, 1867, and his duties were transferred to the Register. Then, by an act of February 28, 1874, amended April 29, 1874, the responsibilities of the Superintendent of Public Buildings were assigned to the Register, and the former position was abolished. Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. This transfer of duties was accomplished by January 1925.","In 1948 the records of the Land Office which were in the custody of the Secretary of the Commonwealth were transferred to the State Library and, by Act of Assembly, March 5, 1952, the duties of the Register of the Land Office were transferred from the Secretary of the Commonwealth to the State Librarian.","These records contain plats/surveys, certificates of survey and other accompanying papers on which grants were issued through the register of the Land Office between 1779 and 1924, the secretary of the commonwealth between 1925 and 1948, and the state librarian since 1949. Supplemental papers may include warrants, assignments, affidavits, and copies of county court records.\n","These records are arranged chronologically by the year the land grant was issued.  Within each year, the files are arranged alphabetically.","Included are land grants from numerous Virginia governors including: Patrick Henry (1776-1779; 1784-1786), Thomas Jefferson (1779-1781), Edmund Randolph (1786-1788), Beverley Randolph (1788-1791), Henry Lee (1791-1794), Robert Brooke (1794-1796), James Wood (1796-1799), and James Monroe (1799-1802, 1811). Also included are land patents from King George II (1683-1760) and King George III (1738-1820) of Great Britain. Most of these are housed in oversize boxes with separation notices.","These records are currently being rehoused.  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So thorough was the system that no major change in Virginia's method of distribution of virgin land was made until the mid-20th century.\n","Under the act, any person could purchase as much vacant land as desired upon payment to the treasurer of a fee of £40 for 100 acres desired. The receipt given in return for the fee was taken to the auditor of the commonwealth. For this treasurer's receipt the auditor issued a certificate noting the amount of land to which the person was entitled. This certificate was taken to the Land Office where the Register issued a warrant. This warrant authorized any surveyor to lay off the quantity of land.","The warrantee entered a claim to the land he desired by depositing his warrant with the surveyor of the county in which the land lay. The act specified the method to be employed by the surveyor in returning his survey of the land. 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Next, in March, 1875, the Register was made the Secretary of the Board of Immigration.","Finally by legislative action of March 20, 1924, it was decreed that when the next vacancy in the position of Register of the Land Office occurred, that office was to be abolished and its duties transferred to the Secretary of the Commonwealth. The duties of Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, performed by the Register, were to be taken over by the Superintendent of State Office Buildings, who would assume the former title. 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