Turner Southall Receipt Book, 1776-1784.

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Restrictions:

There are no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred citation:

Turner Southall Receipt Book, Manuscript MS 31.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Receipts for money paid by Southall in connection with establishment and building of the state foundry at Westham on James River above Richmond. Included are accounts for Westham canal and for a brewery at Westham. Accounts concern building materials, the use of hired slave labor and expenses for re-capturing runaway slaves. Prominent individuals who are represented in the collection include: William Bagnall, John Ballendine, Charles Carter, George Carrington, Samuel DuVal, Jr., Samuel Ege, William Foushee, Daniel Lawrence Hylton, Joseph Mayo, John Pleasants, Matthew Pleasants, Robert Pleasants, Thomas Pleasants, John Reveley, James Barrett Southall, and Edmund Winston.

Biographical / historical:

Son of Dasey Southall and Edith Southall. Resided in Henrico County, Va. Married to Martha Vanderwall in 1756. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Served on a commission to establish the capital at Richmond and was one of three commissioners for the state foundry at Westham.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1931.
Physical description:
1 item (73 p.)