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College of William and Mary

J.T. McAllister's Notebooks on the Revolutionary War and Virginia Counties

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Notebooks of typescript or handwritten abstracts of land documents and Revolutionary War records kept by J[oseph] T . McAllister, a lawyer from Warm Springs, Virginia. Most of the land abstracts are from Bath County, Virginia from the late 1700's to mid 1800's, though some records are from the 1910/11 era for Bath County and 1904 era for Highland County. The Revolutionary transcripts include many war service declarations from many Virginia Counties.

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Book B: Title Book, Bath County, with Surveys Box 3, Folder 1

Title Book B, Surveys of Bath County in order as they appeared in Bath Survey Book (1795-1804). Includes typed carbon of all surveys in Survey Book Number 3 of Bath County. 1846-1904.

Book D:  Bath County Grantors, A-D Box 1, Folder 1

Handwritten summary of Bath County Grantor records on 1906 Deed Book forms. Includes name of grantee, grantor, date, deed book number, description and acreage. Alphabetical range, A-D. Book D.

Book E:  Bath County Grantor, E-M Box 1, Folder 2

Handwritten summary of Bath County Grantor records on 1906 Deed Book forms. Includes name of grantee, grantor, date, deed book number, description and acreage. Alphabetical range, E-M. Book E.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

James M. Guiher, Jr., Papers

26.63 Linear Feet 13 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 12 record cartons, 15 in. each; 3 oversize record cartons, 17 in. each; 1 small flat storage box, 3 in.; 1 small flat storage box, 5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 1 in.; 1 artifact tray, 2.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 1 item; 1 framed item, 0.5 in.; 9 unboxed pieces of artwork
Personal papers of James M. Guiher, Jr. (1927- ), Editor and Head of Textbook Division of Prentice-Hall books, and son of James M. Guiher, Sr. (1897-1965), a prominent lawyer, politician, and community leader from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and Harvard Universities, his career at Prentice-Hall, as well as his writings (including essays and plays). The writings regard an evolving view of life influenced by art, existentialism, and experiences in Italy and Greece. There are publications regarding the history of, and places and events in Clarksburg and Harrison County (including booklets, pamphlets, programs, maps, clippings, and post cards; ca. 1953-1999). There is also a group portrait photograph of his father James M. Guiher, Sr. as a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, West Virginia University, 1917. There is a book of historical autographs collected by Guiher, Jr., including those of George Washington and Martha Custis Washington, John and Abigail Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, among others. There are also addendums including five portrait photographs (2014-02-24); papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects; James M. Guiher Sr.'s service in WWI; four paintings and two artworks (2014-08-29); and three paintings (2015-08-17).
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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Nourse Family Papers 1751-1918

31 manuscript volumes and ca. 1400 manuscripts of the Nourse family of Weston, Herfordshire, England; Berkeley County, W. Va.; Washington, D.C.; and Weston, Fauquier County, Va.; and of related Bull and Morris families.

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Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Robert B. Carper papers

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The collection includes items related to Carper's time as a student at the Medical College of Virginia, a daguerreotype of Carper, and a lock of his hair.

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Books Box 1, Folder 1

Consists of two books: Military Laws , By C. W. Gooch, 1820. There is a stamp of "B. Carper" on the front page. This book was a compilation of military laws, military medical and general knowledge involving the US Army of that time period. Printed by the Adjunct General's Office of Virginia.

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Carper, Robert B. (Robert Benjamin), 1836-1862

The collection includes items related to Carper's time as a student at the Medical College of Virginia, a daguerreotype of Carper, and a lock of his hair.

College of William and Mary

Manuscripts - Geographic Names, Business Names and Subjects

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An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's.

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Books, Publications and Language Box 1

The Critical Review Title pages removed from books. On the 1797 title page, a handwritten note about the 1807 comet. 15 pages. 1792-1803. Gibbon's "Rome" Notes made on James Gibbon's "Rome." 1806. Language – Word Definitions Scrap papers with words and their definitions. Undated, but possibly 1800's. Bookseller A twelve page advertising pamphlet, "Proclamation by Charles I and James I of England Concerning the Colonies" from Orion Booksellers, Ltd. London, England. Undated. Scuffling her Way Copy of Scuffling Her Way, by Sally Nelson Robbins, cut out of periodicals and pasted into a book. Presented by Mrs. William G. Stanard to the Woman's Club. Richmond, Virginia. March 1912. The Virginia Quarterly Typed article entitled, "The Gentleman from Indiana" by A.A. Roger. Undated.

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Slavery Box 2

Letter to Mrs. J.M. McCrabb of Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Captain Hill and another Captain. States "about to discharge all the negroes in government employ." He is discharging her "boy Bill" and has paid Major Lee for his services. Note on back, "For Clement Coxe, Esq., Gay St." August 16, 1842. Agreements signed by John F. Parker and A.S. Parker to hire negroes. Gives price and conditions of the hire. 1860, 1863, 1867. Printed bill of sale of a slave. Handwriting is illegible. Broadside for public hire of negroes belonging to Mariana Bolling. Possibly in Virginia. December 1821. Slave manifest for Jonathan Cooper, Master of the Sloop Delight in Charleston, South Carolina, to ship one female slave to Savannah, Georgia. Slave owned by Thomas Folker of Charleston. March 3, 1823.

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College of William and Mary

Booton-Modesitt Family Papers

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Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.

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Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt

Papers of the Modesitt-Booton families of Luray, Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to Lucy Marye of Luray, Virginia who married James Modesitt in 1815. She was widowed in 1827 and remarried James Booton in 1830. Lucy was born to Peter and Eleanor Marye and was sister to William Staige Marye, who is considered one of the founders of Luray, Virginia Also included are letters by John Booton and others relating to slavery and politics, children's copy books, account books, a broadside, invoices, legal contracts and documents.

Letters Box 1, Folder 13

Complaint of 1824: 3 page complaint, 1824, about a slave that was hired for a year threatening to run away with her husband. Her husband actually comes and demands that he sell her back to the previous owner or she will run away.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Boots (Steiffel) and Peterson (Biedert) Families Genealogies

0.29 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Family genealogies in this collection include: Biedert, Boots, Peterson, and Steiffel.
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College of William and Mary

Borland Family Papers

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The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.

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Borland Family Papers 1.50 Linear Feet

The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin.

The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Historic newspapers collection

3.75 Linear Feet 15 boxes

The collection includes 185 titles spanning 200 years; all related to George Washington, his family, and Mount Vernon.

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College of William and Mary

Bound Music Collection

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This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.

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Bound Music Collection 20.00 Linear Feet

This collection contains a large variety of bound volumes of sheet music, spanning the 18th to the 20th century.

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