Northern Neck Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Northern Neck Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.17 Linear Feet
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Northern Neck Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1672-1936, relating to the Northern Neck of Virginia. Includes plat, 1672, of 40 acres of land belonging to Ambrose Fielding and Jon Southerland and surveyed by Jo. Haynie; photocopy of warrant, 1694, for a survey and grant of Doeg's Island to William Sherwood (signed by Marguerite [Margaret] Culpeper, [Thomas, Lord] Fairfax, Catherine Fairfax, Alexander Culpeper and agents W[illia]m Fitzhugh and George Brent); typescript of petition, 1783, of Robert, Lord Fairfax and Denny Martin [Fairfax] to the Virginia General Assembly; and newspaper clipping, 1936, of an article by F. G. Lankford concerning education in the Northern Neck during the colonial period.

Photostat of 1694 November 14. A warrant, for a survey and grant of Doegs Island in the Potomac River to William Sherwood. Signed by Marguerite Culpeper; Thomas, Lord Fairfax; Catherine Fairfax; Alexander Culpeper and agents William Fitzhugh and Captain George Brent. Photo static copy, 1 page. Including typescript, 1 page.

Typescripts, undated, of 1783 December 5, Petition of Robert, Lord Fairfax and Denny Martin to the General Assembly of Virginia concerning ownership of land in the Northern Neck, previously owned by the Culpeper family. Typescript,2 pages.

1936 March 22. "Colonial ABC's in Northern Neck," an article by F.G. Lankford, in Sunday magazine section "Richmond Times-Dispatch", concerning education during the colonial period in the Northern Neck. News clipping, 2 pages.

24 March 1672. Surveyor's plat of a tract of 400 acres of land belonging to Ambrose Fielding and Jon Southerland, probably located in the Northern Neck; surveyed by Jo. Haynie. Drawing. 1 p. Medium Oversize File

Processing information:

Processed by Cynthia B. Brown in 1983.