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Library of Virginia 2002 Ute Schechter Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia William Beverley Records, 1655-1749 29634 Misc. reel 68 1 reel of microfilm English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

William Beverley. Records, 1655-1749. Accession 29634, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Lent for microfilming by the New York Public Library, 10 February 1949.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Colonel William Beverley (1696-1756), son of Major Robert Beverley, was a member of the House of Burgesses and of the Colonial Council. He was a wealthy merchant and inherited, patented and purchased large estates. He built "Blandfield", on the Rappahannock River in Essex County, Virginia, where he lived and died.

 Scope and Content Information

Includes a letter book, 1737-1744, which predominantely relates to Beverley's tobacco trade with English and Scottish merchants; rental account books of land owned by Beverley, 3 v., 1737-1747; 1742-1743; 1745- 1749; a volume of accounts concerning the settlement of the estate of Harry Beverley, 1743-1744; a volume containing copies of patents, deeds, leases, and wills relating to [Old) Rappahannock and Essex Counties, Virginia; as well a an order for timber, March 25, 1745. See also Robert Beverley Letter book, 1761-1793 (acc. 29108).