Nathaniel Burwell Papers, 1771-1812.

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

Summary

Creator:
Nathaniel Burwell, 1750-1814.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

A ledger of accounts kept by Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) including liquor for Carter's Grove, Carter's Hill, New Quarter, Marsh Quarter, Fouaces Quarter, River Quarter, Mill Quarter, and the Stills. The loose items consist of Burwell's account of the estate of John Bryan (1801-1807), court chits, papers for a suit brought on by Burwell-Tilley heirs, and a letter to a London merchant.

Names mentioned include James Anderson, Samuel Athawes (London), Dr. Philip Barraud, Samuel Beall, Carter Burwell, Lewis Burwell, Mrs. [Christiana?] Campbell, Bartholomew Dandridge, Col. William Digges, John Minson Galt, John Grymes, Edward Lightfoot, Gabriel Maupin, Hugh Nelson, John Page of Caroline County, Edmund Randolph, Sr., Messrs. Rowles, Grymes and Company (London), Dr. John de Sequeyra, Thomas Tilley, and St. George Tucker.

Biographical / historical:

Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) was the son of Carter and Lucy Grymes Burwell. He attended the College of William and Mary between 1759 and 1772. He married twice, first to Susannah Grymes and after her death to Lucy Page Baylor. Both unions produced eight children. Burwell lived at Carter's Grove until his second marriage, at that time, he moved to Clark County, Va., where he erected Carter's Hill. He also managed the New Quarter, Mill Quarter, Foaces and Neck of Land Quarter.

Acquisition information:
Gift, 1981.
Arrangement:

Chronological.

Physical description:
9 items.