Robert Carter Wastebook, 1762-1790.

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:

Robert Carter Wastebook, Manuscript MS 57.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Summary

Creator:
Robert Carter, 1728-1804.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Robert Carter Wastebook, Manuscript MS 57.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Background

Scope and content:

Rough ledger kept by Robert Carter III (1728-1804), of Nomini Hall containing accounts with employees; records of products sent and received from various minor plantations and quarters; and memoranda of bonds and promissory notes. Among the names in the book are James Gregory, Sr., Peter Lyons, Henry Tazewell, and John Tyler.

Biographical / historical:

Resident of Nomini Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland. Carter was made a member of the Governor's Council in 1764. He was married to Frances Anne Tasker, youngest daughter of Benjamin Tasker of Maryland.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 1957.
Physical description:
1 item (142 p. ; 22 cm.)