Thomas Tyler Bouldin Papers, 1834-1850.

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

Email: dmayo@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8521

Email: speccoll@cwf.org

Phone: (757) 565-8520

Fax: (757) 565-8528

Web: www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/research/john-d-rockefeller-jr-library

Summary

Creator:

Thomas Tyler Bouldin. Hezekiah Brooks.

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Thomas Tyler Bouldin, Hezahiah Brooks, Sr., and others include bills, accounts, promissory notes, receipts, letters, and some legal documents. The papers concern family matters, clothing, tobacco, Gilliam family history, and a fine for not attending muster. Includes correspondents from Charlottesville, Charlotte County, and elsewhere. These papers were found inside an eighteenth-century spinet owned by Joanna Tyler Bouldin.

Biographical / historical:

Thomas Tyler Bouldin was apparently the son of Congressman Thomas T. Bouldin and a grandson of Major Wood Bouldin and Joanna Tyler Bouldin.

Acquisition information:

Transferred from the Dept. of Collections, 1987.

Arrangement:

Chronologically arranged.

Physical description:

30 items.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century.
Promissory notes--Virginia--19th century.
Receipts--Virginia--19th century.