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William F. Randolph Family Papers, 1792/1869 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Randolph, William F.
William F. Randolph (1800-61) and some of his children and father's papers. Randolph's father, Johnathan, a Harrison Co. justice of the peace, and his predecessors were prominent farmers near Salem. Randolph, who owned a farm south of Salem on Greenbrier Run, was a surveyor, and later a justice of the peace of early Doddridge Co. Some of the papers concern the estate of Johnathan Randolph and the legal conflict between Isaac Randolph, his son, and other heirs. There are estate papers for William F. Randolph and also for his son, Ezra Randolph. Also included are court settlements in which Randolph was involved (mainly Samuel Bond and Jane Van Horn) and his business papers of the Salem-Harrisville turnpike. There are land, tax, militia, store, church, school, debt and news subscription receipts of William Randolph and his children. Also there are manuscripts developed on the basis of this collection by the donor about the Randolph family and early Doddridge County.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Galt, Philadelphia, to Mrs. Elizabeth Galt (Mrs. Gabriel Galt), Richmond, 1796 Box Series 2, Box 1, Folder 6

Scope and Contents He cannot imagine why Mrs. Richards said what she did. He has been unwell, but now recovered. He requests that [William] Lambert attend to some business for him. Alexander Galt is in Philadelphia but leaves Tuesday. Mrs. Wood leaves the same day on Capt. McNarin's ship.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Galt Papers (I), 1745/1892
  3. Series 2: Personal Papers, 1755/1904
  4. Box 1: Personal Papers, 1755/1811
  5. Folder 6, 1795/1798

William G. Brown (1800-1884) Papers, 1789/1931, bulk 1843/1880 0.5 Linear Feet 4 1/2 in. (1 flat box, 3 in.); (1 wrapped volume)

Brown, William G. (William Gay), 1800-1884
William G. Brown (1800-1884) of Kingwood, West Virginia, was an attorney; member of the Virginia Assembly in the 1830s and 1840s; and a member of Congress from Virginia from 1845 to 1849 and West Virginia from 1861 to 1865. Chiefly contains deeds, plats, surveys, and other papers related to Brown's land in Preston and Monongalia counties, West Virginia, from 1860 to 1874 and items from Brown's law office concerning deeds, wills, and financial transactions from 1870 to 1883. A ledger book from Brown records the sale of dry goods items, chiefly food such as bacon, wheat flour, corn, coffee, meat, and tobacco, and notes the cost of items, debts, and account settled. Papers also include typescript essays on American history, the Constitution, and slavery, written circa 1927 and a typed copy of a letter of J.J. Phillips of Lantz, 18 July 1931, concerning the removal of Confederate remains from the Rich Mountain Battlefield.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Graham papers, 1782/1800 0.01 Linear Feet 1 folder

Tucker, Bevereley, 1784-1851

This collection includes items related to William Graham, an early rector of Washington and Lee University, then named Liberty Hall Academy. Included are two drafts of Graham's epitaph. The drafts do not match the epitaph that appears on Graham's current grave on the campus of Washington and Lee University. It could have been for his original grave in Richmond, Va., but no evidence has been found to prove that. There is a note dated April 10, 1782 to Colonel Bowyer from Graham stating he could not make it to town but submits what appears to be requested information in writing which is a list of tithables including the names of four enslaved individuals: Davie, Hill, Ester, and Tabby. There is a "Memorandum or State of Reaffirming [?] in Distress," written by Graham on February 6, 1792, religous writing, and a shared grouping of papers stitched together at the spring with instructions for transmuting brass and copper written going in one direction and documenting an arbitration between "Zech" [Zachariah?] Johnston and John Maupin written going in another. Lastly, the collection includes the appraisal conducted on Graham's personal library after his death dated September 15, 1800.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

William Gray's affidavit in support of Sir Peyton Skipwith's case against Robert Birchett, being unable to attend court The Notarized copy of Gray's affidavit, attested by William Prentis, Recorder, 1796 Box 6, Folder 87

Scope and Contents

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Skipwith Family papers, 1760/1977
  3. Series 1: Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, Map, 1760/1977
  4. Skipwith correspondence, map, and other dated papers, 1760/1977
  5. 1794-1797

William Gregory Family Papers (MS417), 1771/1993 1.11 Cubic Feet 1 document box, 2 flat file boxes, 1 oversize folder (assorted oversize box), 1 object (assorted media box)

Gregory, William, III, 1789-1875

This collection predominantly contains the personal papers of William Gregory, including: journals, notebooks, property records, deeds, and family records. Approximately two-thirds of the collection comprise original correspondence, and late 20th century transcriptions of such.

  1. Alexandria Library

William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland, St. James's Court, for George III, to John, 4th Earl of Dunmore, 1796 Box 3, Folder 109

1796 July 8. [William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of] Portland, St. James's Court, for George III, to John, [4th] Earl of Dunmore. Re: recalled as governor of the Bahama Islands. 1 page. Document signed.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Dunmore Family Papers (I) [in part photocopies], 1650/1899
  3. Box 3: Correspondence, 1749/1797

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