PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00920::Preston-Radford Papers)//EN" "ViU00920.sgm" A Guide to the Papers of the Preston and Related Radford FamiliesPreston and Related Radford Families, Papers 6353 Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2011 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 17, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00920::Preston-Radford Papers)//EN" "ViU00920.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Papers of the Preston and Related Radford Families A Collection in Special CollectionsThe University of Virginia Library 6353

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2011 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of the Preston and Related Radford Families, 1744-1895 6353 ca. 1300 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Papers of the Preston and Related Radford Families, Accession #6353, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

This collection was a gift to the Library from Mrs. William P. Moore of Charlottesville, Virginia, on June 22, 1960.

 Scope and Content

This collection consists of ca. 1300 items (4 Hollinger boxes, ca. 2 linear shelf feet), 1744-1895, chiefly correspondence, financial, land, legal, military correspondence and other records pertaining to four generations of the Preston and later, the Radford family.

The correspondence, 1763-1895, includes several letters from University of Virginia students (see folders for the years 1819 to 1828) mention: negotiation difficulties with a Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Carr, the reputation of "Mr. Jefferson" (1819 August 2) and the intention of General John Hartwell Cocke to "petition to cut a double moat, or construct some kind of barrier to prevent the students from visiting Charlottesville." (1828 June 1)

Land records, 1744-1810 & 1858, include surveyors' field notes and sketches as well as records of transactions involving large acreage of lands in Augusta County and adjoining counties.

Financial records, 1745-1865, include estate settlements, receipts, promissory notes, bills and ledgers.

Military records, 1756-1766 & 1792, are concerned with Fort Miller and Fort George on the Virginia frontier in British North America. These mention "obligations of the country" to various individuals and accounts of provisions for Cherokee Indians. Morning report dated 1792 are also present.

 Arrangement

The documents are arranged chronologically within the individual folders.

 Contents List Correspondence 1763-1815 Box 1 5 folders Correspondence 1816-1847 Box 2 5 folders Correspondence 1848-1895, n.d. Box 3 4 folders Financial 1745-1792 Box 3 2 folders Financial 1794-1865, n.d. Box 3 Land Records: Surveys 1744-1810, 1858, n.d. Box 4 Land Transactions 1745-1818, 1845, n.d. Box 4 Legal 1773-1843, n.d. Box 4 Lists 1770, 1791, 1806-1816 Box 4 Military Records (Financial and Personnel) 1756-1766, 1792, n.d. Box 3 Miscellaneous 1761-1795, 1820, 1846, 1885, n.d. Box 4