Webb-Prentis Family Papers 1770-1908

Location of collection:

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Brenda Gunn

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Summary

Creator:

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Family papers of the Webb-Prentis families and numerous other Virginians including: correspondence, business papers, legal papers, Nansemond County, Va. papers, genealogy, miscellaneous papers, bound volumes including accounts, legal, medical, memorandum, drawings, oversize items, and lecture notebooks and transcripts.

The collection has sections devoted to Joseph Prentis, Sr. and family; Joseph Prentis, Jr. and family; Prentis family; Allen and Darden Families and miscellaneous correspondence.

The collection contains a document appointing Joseph Prentis as Inspector of Revenue for the Port of Suffolk, 1825 March 17, signed by John Quincy Adams.

Also of interest is a floor plan, 1800 Nov. 12, for "Chaumiere des Praries" a log house in Jessamine County, Ky.

Acquisition information:

Gift, 14 November 1972

Physical location:

Physical description:

ca. 10,000 items