Collections : [College of William and Mary]

College of William and Mary

Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Primary Collecting Areas:
Williamsburg and surrounding area Virginia; Southern United States; African American life and culture; Hip Hop History; Movies and film studies; Travel, exploration, and adventure; Veterans papers; Distinguished alumni papers; College of William & Mary; Dogs
Description:
The Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) houses one of the largest and most significant collections of rare and unique materials of any educational institution of comparable size in the United States. Focused on Virginia history but with nationally and internationally important collections, the Manuscripts Collection includes letters, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, business records, organizational minutes, and other items that provide evidence of events great and small and the daily lives of Americans of all backgrounds. The Rare Books Collection, with volumes dating from the 15th century to the present, is strong in dogs, Virginia-related items, early Virginia family libraries, gardening and natural history, religion, book arts, printing history, travel, science, and medicine. The University Archives documents the history of William & Mary from 1693 to the present, including a wide range of materials from administrative records, student organization records, and alumni papers to photographs, audio-visual materials, and artifacts.
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Start Over Repository College of William and Mary Date range 1773

Deed of trust of Robert Walton to Buchanan, Hastie & Co. merchants in Glasgow., 1773 Box 21 (legal), Folder 3

500 acres of on Meherrin River in Charlotte County, Virginia and nine named enslaved persons, three children and one other named enslaved person .

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Tucker-Coleman papers, 1664/1945, bulk 1770/1907
  3. Series 2: Legal Papers of St. George Tucker, 1764/1825
  4. Sub-Series 2.3: County Court Papers
  5. Cases (Court Unknown) and Miscellaneous County Court Cases, 1754/1805
  6. Deeds, indentures and bonds

Deeds, Leases, Accounts, and Tax Receipts, 1714/1859 Box 12, Folder 19

Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of John Dameron with Secretary Thomas Nelson, with account of certificate recorded by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Castleton Harper and John Curd in account with Secretary Thomas Nelson, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1749 Account of Colonel Joshua Fry with Secretary Nelson. Signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, April 1768 Account of Samuel Havistone, 1766, with the auditors with statement of account by Robert Prentis, Williamsburg. 1 p. DS. Account of Williamsburg Resident, 1768 Account of John & Gerry Smith with Secretary Thomas Nelson with account of recording certificate for probating Smith's bill, signed by Benjamin Waller. 1 p. DS. Bassett, William, 1717 Indenture given by trustees of the city of Williamsburg to William Bassett of New Kent County conveying six lots in the city. 14 October 1717. 2 pp. DS including photostatic copies of indenture. Berkeley (?), 1883 Photostatic copies of three letters from Frank to "Berry" and "Monie", 1883 and n.d. from the Berkeley Papers, University of Virginia Library. Custis, John, 1714 . (filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Photostatic copy of indenture, 1 February 1823, between Thomas Nelson, Jr., George Washington Nelson, William Meade, and Thomasia (Nelson) Meade, his wife, and Dr. Alexander Galt for the purchase of a house and lot by Dr. Galt. 2 pp. Cy of DS. John T. James, 1859 Flyer, 28 July 1859, advertising sale of farm three miles from Williamsburg. 1 p. PM. Mouzon, Samuel R., 9 January 1824 Advertised by John T. James. (Filed in Box 19, Folder 5, Williamsburg (folder 19). Receipt of Samuel R. Mouzon for his share of the estate of William Nelson of Williamsburg, $218.64 1/2. 1 p. DS. Tyler [ ], 1812 Typed copy of an advertisement by in the Richmond Enquirer, 2 October 1812, offering for rent a dwelling in Williamsburg, recently occupied by Chancellor Tyler.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Virginia Cities Collection, 1663/1980
  3. Series 32: Williamsburg
  4. Mss. 39.4 V82ci Williamsburg
  5. Box 12
  6. Subect: Deeds to Greeting Cards

Deposition of William Park, 1773 Box 20 (legal), Folder 5

Bute County (now Warren and Franklin counties, North Carolina). Concerns tobacco with a letter to Richard Yarbrough in Blandford, Virginia.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Tucker-Coleman papers, 1664/1945, bulk 1770/1907
  3. Series 2: Legal Papers of St. George Tucker, 1764/1825
  4. Sub-Series 2.3: County Court Papers
  5. Cases (Court Unknown) and Miscellaneous County Court Cases, 1754/1805
  6. Depositions and Statements of Cases

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