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Colonial Williamsburg

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Primary Collecting Areas:
A. Lawrence Kocher Collection, Donald Streeter Collection, Francis, Nicholson Papers, John Norton and Sons Papers, Major-Marable Family Papers, Richard Corbin Papers, Robert Anderson Papers, Singleton P. Moorehead Collection, William Blathwayt Papers, 18th century Williamsburg imprints, 18th century Virginia manuscripts, 18th century Music, Early trade manuals, British legislation regarding the American colonies, Visual works depicting Williamsburg
Description:
The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is dedicated to advancing knowledge of colonial British America, the American Revolution, the early United States, and the history of the Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. Unique to the library is the body of research on the buildings, people, trades, and material culture of 18th-century Williamsburg.
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528
Start Over Repository Colonial Williamsburg

1 70 Folders (426 items) Box 1

A collection of reference sketches and elevations signed by Singlton P. Moorehead of various historic buildings around Virginia created in his research of Colonial Virginian architecture. Some of the elevations include whole buildings or a layout of buildings, while others are of fine details. A large number of the items are Photostat black print copies from his sketchbook of architectural details. There is also a number of Cyanotype blueprints of the reference elevations, as well as regular copies of those elevations. Not all of the reference drawings are created by Moorehead, occasionally he notes that he copyed the image from a photograph or book, and some elevations are copied with consent from detailed drawings by W. M. Macomper. Contains field drawings, elavations of architectural details, and photo-reproductions of many elevations and sketches. As well as 9 loose photostats of decrotive interior details.

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  2. Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972

10 two wooden index card boxes (1175 items) Box 10

The cards are a mix of handwritten and typed reference notes set up in alphabetically order as quick reference for a variety of subjects relating to the restoration of historic Williamsburg. They include citations, quotations, drawings, photographs, and some direct information about the titled subject.

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  2. Singleton P. Moorehead Papers, 1923-1972

1736 March 23 4 pages Folder 1

Letter of Adam Cuninghame, Newcastle upon Tyne, to his father William, in Edinburgh, March 23, 1736. Cuninghame requests a meeting with his father and requests that it be kept secret from his mother and siblings. Cuninghame explains his financial difficulties and requests that "I may be transported from Port Glasgow to some of the forreign [sic] Plantations where I may pass the remainder of my days in a Sincere repentance for my former folly."

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  2. Journal and letters of Adam Cuningham 1728-1736

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