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College of William and Mary

Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers, 1760/1890, bulk 1765/1817

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Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.

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Agan Blair (Anne Blair), Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Mary (Blair) Braxton, "Newington, " King and Queen County, Virginia, 1769 Box 1, Folder 1

Meets Mrs. Price who she believes is buying wedding "geer for his Betsey"; Mr. Price tells her he is going out of town this evening; plans on going to drink tea at the Attorney's who breakfasted with thefamily that morning; relates that she is well after taking "two vomits and a purge" but that she is very delicate after so much "evacuation"; says it was worth being sick to have a "Lord [Botetourt] enquiring after one's health"; plans on taking Betsey [Braxton?] with her this afternoon. Betsey sends her duty to her (MB) and love to her brother; Mr. Taliaferro is making her (MB) a wooden pair of steps; called on Mr. Graig and Mr. Bucktrout and neither of their works are finished; plans to send her sister's paste pins through Mr. Price; plans to send both cloggs she promised through Mr. Price if he is not overloaded by the things he bought from Miss Mrs. Hunter and Pitt; wishes for her company in Hampton; plans with Polly Clayton and T. Burwell to make an excursion thither for a week; asks to be remembered to Mrs. Orell and also to George; asks if Mrs. Robinson has returned; hopes she (MB) is well; encloses her letters that were for Boston to England by Captain Peterson; encourages her sister to write another for there "are several ships to sail"; family desire thier love; Sister [in-law Jean] Blair plans to write "but heaven know whether she will or not." 2pp. ALS.

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Anne Blair to "Dicky" (Richard Randolph), 1769 Box 1, Folder 1

Relates the story of her sister's [?] reaction to a love letter from Mr. L. Tunstall; promises to show him the letter; hopes that all other men who interest in her sister [?] will "scrape all the skin off their shins" while stepping over the bench at church; plans to visit in King William on Monday next; presents her love to "Dicky" and his "little women"; hopes to see him soon. 4pp. ALS.

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Anne Blair, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Mary (Blair) Braxton, 1769 Box 1, Folder 1

Reveals to her sister that Mr. Starke will be sending her (MB) a letter at the end of the week; regrets that she (MB) was not able to be in Eltham where she {MB] saw Sis[te]r Blair and Cousin Burwell; has received a letter from Betsey and Captain Thompson who expected to sail to England in mid July; Mr. Dedington said Betsey and Captain Thompson left Boston a week before himself; Mr. Katon sent his "platonick" [sic] love to her [AB]; Billy Sharp and [?] are on a tour of "Rode" [sic] Island; Betsey Thompson said she was sick only because of the sea; Governor Tryon, his lady, and Mr. Edwards [the Governor's Secretary] took tea with the family on their way home; his Lordship [Botetourt?] was invited; thinks that Governor's wife is very haughty and "rules the roost" in their home; the conversation at tea centered on Lady Tryon's three scalded fingers; Pasteur was called in to cut the burned skin off Lady Tryon's fingers after she and the Governor had arrived at Lord [Botetourt's]; thinks that she should have been in Hampton, Virginia, where she and her Sis[te]r Cary told her the Viper which was commanded by Captain Linsey and first Lieut[enant] Mr. Frederick, a relation of the Duchess of Beaufort, was anchored; looses [sic] opportunity to send letter through Mr. Stark; Mr. Cary's ill health continues; Betsey [Braxton?] liked dancing and surprised her teacher Mr. Fearson with her knowledge of the minuet; Betsey [Braxton?] quarelled with her cousin Jenny [Blair?]; regrets that she is not able to obtain silk for a coat for Miss Dolly, Betsey [Braxton's doll?]; obliged for the care her sister gave her "duds" [clothes]; plans to convey shift to her sister through Mrs. Starks; Mrs. Dawson and family spent afternoon and evening yesterday; while singing with the Dawsons, a person with a candle and lantern [Lord Botetourt?] was observed who said "in a most rapturous voice, charming: charming: proceed for God's sake, or I go home directly" to which the group responded "pray walk in my Lord", he sat down on the step and shared a few "ha, ha, ha's"; wishes she could obey her sister's summons; prompts her sister to tell Franky Bourne if she had her just "desserts" she would be sent to Major Taliaferro's; if no cotton to be had would wait until next year when Sis[te]r Blair promises some to her [AB] from her crop; exclaims about an awful sound which she is told is an infant; send love to Mrs. Orrel; wishes Mr. Orrel was "winding" for her; fears that when Mr. Starke calls of (MB) to play the spinnet "they will not move with that action spring" as they did when she [AB] was at "Newington"; plans to get the songs as promised and forgot this evening; steeple being built on [Bruton] Church "as Dicky can tell you" [probably Richard Randolph}; encourages her sister to ask her company about all the news that could be told in relation to the church; sympathizes with Mrs. Brown "who must be under great affliction"; Major Watson's family has arrived; describes Major Watson's elder and younger daughters; requests that her sister send her letters back quickly so she can answer them; relays the message that the cap Miss Hunter had promised to make for Fanny Bayler is not yet finished and she has none ready made but that "she can make them equal to the English" and she [AB] will send it as soon as possible" 10pp. ALS.

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Hampden-Sydney College

A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975

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The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

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A.J. Morrison Collection, 1754/1975 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 Box

The collection contains an unfinished manuscript by A.J. Morrison about Prince Edward County, along with letters, newspaper clippings, and various documents about local history. Dates of materials range from 1754-1975.

College of William and Mary

Virginia Counties Collection, 1600/2000, bulk 1730/1890

30.00 Linear Feet

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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College of William and Mary

Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748/1900

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Papers of Alexander Brown relating to the writings of his books, including notes, transcripts, drafts and correspondence with publisher Houghton, Mifflin & Co. and with members of his family requesting genealogical information.

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Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748/1900 4.00 Linear Feet

Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906

Papers of Alexander Brown relating to the writings of his books, including notes, transcripts, drafts and correspondence with publisher Houghton, Mifflin & Co. and with members of his family requesting genealogical information.

George Mason University

Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/1976

7 Linear Feet 7 boxes, 1 map case
The Alexander Haight family collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, account ledgers, photographs, and other materials created and collected by members of the Haight family of Fairfax County, Virginia, including during their time living and working on Sully Plantation, during and after the Civil War, and into the mid-20th century, including during World War I.
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Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/1976 7 Linear Feet 7 boxes, 1 map case

Haight, Alexander Levi, 1891-1981
The Alexander Haight family collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, account ledgers, photographs, and other materials created and collected by members of the Haight family of Fairfax County, Virginia, including during their time living and working on Sully Plantation, during and after the Civil War, and into the mid-20th century, including during World War I.

Series 2: Legal and financial documents, 1764/1948 Box 2-3, 5, 7

Series 2: Legal and financial documents (circa 1764-1948) includes personal and professional legal and financial records, most connected to members of the Haight family, including account ledgers, bank, registered letter, and tax receipts, formal and informal contracts and agreements, and other legal documents created by organizations within Fairfax County. Additional documents include Union Army passes issued to Alexander Haight during the Civil War, Alexander Levi Haight's Fairfax County draft classification card issued during World War I, a New York court summons for Stephen Sweet Haight, a California gold dig payment issued to George Sweet, currency notes, including Confederate paper money, and military orders issued during the Civil War. This series is arranged alphabetically either by last name of the subject or creator of the document or by title of the document.

George Mason University

Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/1977

13 linear feet (19 boxes and 12 unboxed objects)
This collection contains materials of the Haight family, who have lived in Northern Virginia since the 1840s, and who owned Sully Plantation during the Civil War. Materials include correspondence, household financial records, photographs, Civil War documents, and artifacts. The artifacts in the collection consist of American Indian arrowheads and Civil War relics. Most of the materials date from the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century, but the collection also includes a ledger dating from before the American Revolution and a few items dating from after the First World War.
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Alexander Haight family collection, 1764/1977 13 linear feet (19 boxes and 12 unboxed objects)

Alexander Haight
This collection contains materials of the Haight family, who have lived in Northern Virginia since the 1840s, and who owned Sully Plantation during the Civil War. Materials include correspondence, household financial records, photographs, Civil War documents, and artifacts. The artifacts in the collection consist of American Indian arrowheads and Civil War relics. Most of the materials date from the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century, but the collection also includes a ledger dating from before the American Revolution and a few items dating from after the First World War.

Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1764/1976

This series contains miscellaneous printed materials, notes, and facsimiles. Materials include old business cards; brochures on local history; a newspaper facsimile (ca. 1975) on old Fairfax families, the Haights and Milans; a scrap book of old newsclippings; and a ledger full of accounting records dating from before the Revolutionary War.

Alexandria Library

Ethelyn Cox Collection (MS287), 1956/1980

22.33 Linear Feet 56 boxes

This collection consists of Mrs. Cox's research files and manuscripts, as well as papers from her membership in HAF. Research files contain typed and handwritten notes, news clippings, and correspondence. The main focus of the collection is in support of "Street by Street". Included are the Historic American Building Survey inventories of Worth Baily. Also in the collection are manuscripts and notes of several projects that Mrs. Cox assisted on, and pamphlets related to Alexandria History or Historic Preservation and Restoration.

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Alexandria Library

Alexandria, Virginia City Records (MS019), 1750/1983, bulk 1825/1875

30.48 Cubic Feet 73 Boxes

The collection contains reports, correspondence, account books, minutes, warrants, court orders, vouchers, bills to be paid and to be collected, some printed matter, stocks and bonds, petitions, election returns, and poll books, ranging in date from 1750 to 1983, predominately 1825-1875. Topics include both the city auditor and the city treasurer records of receipts and expenditures for many city functions--the poor house, the police, employee pay records, etc.--, election results, the issuance of Corporation stocks and bonds, railroads, and canals.

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Alexandria, Virginia City Records (MS019), 1750/1983, bulk 1825/1875 30.48 Cubic Feet 73 Boxes

Alexandria (Va.) (1749-)

The collection contains reports, correspondence, account books, minutes, warrants, court orders, vouchers, bills to be paid and to be collected, some printed matter, stocks and bonds, petitions, election returns, and poll books, ranging in date from 1750 to 1983, predominately 1825-1875. Topics include both the city auditor and the city treasurer records of receipts and expenditures for many city functions--the poor house, the police, employee pay records, etc.--, election results, the issuance of Corporation stocks and bonds, railroads, and canals.

College of William and Mary

Lee Nicholson Papers, 1827/1938

7.50 Linear Feet

Papers, 1837-1938, of Lee Nicholson, a genealogist of Sussex County, Va. Includes correspondence, notes and charts concerning many Virginia families. Among them are the Batte family, Bolling family, Branch family, Briggs family, Chappell family, Heath family, Jones family, Land family, Mallory family, Mason family, Morton family, Neblett family, Nicholson family, Peebles family, Pegram family and Rives family.

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College of William and Mary

Susan H. Godson Papers, 1980/1993

3.50 Linear Feet 4 boxes.

Contains Susan H. Godson's notes from her contributions to The College of William & Mary: A History (1993). Most of the notes are handwritten on yellow legal or letter-sized paper and relate to the college's history beginning around 1888 and continuing throughout the twentieth century. The papers include research-related correspondence, including several letters from the late College President Paschall. The papers also include reproductions of numerous archival documents and news clippings.

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