1973.34 - gift of Mrs Laura Tucker Fletcher via Dr. R.T. Shields, Jr.
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John Randolph of Roanoke Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Mss. 40 T79 Tucker-Coleman Collection.
Includes John Randolph's Commonplace Book, his will, correspondence and more.
Artificial collection of material relating to John Randolph of Roanoke.
Letter regarding financial business, letter from Randolph to his half-brother, Henry St. George Tucker (1832 March 22), baggage entry document (1830 November 8), letter from Fulwar Skipwith to Randolph (1806 June 24), bill from Parisian silversmith (1806 June 24).
June 24, 1806. Copy of bill from Paris silversmith for items sold to Fulwar] Skipwith and related items. June 24, 1806. Fulwar Skipwith, Paris, to his client John Randolph. November 8, 1830. Baggage entry for 13 packages containing personal effects of John Randolph of "Roanoke." March 22, 1832. John Randolph to his half-brother, Henry St. George Tucker. His inability to write earlier and his ill behavior were due to illness; if Henry St. George cannot aid him, he should let him close, to die; intends to send Griffin for necessaries and all his things from London; tell J.P. Taylor not to let wagons come without Randolph's things; send $100 in specie and $500 in small notes; he writes how because he expects to be "in a state of insensibility" the next day. April 5, 1832. As per letter of John Randolph...$500 in notes and $100 in specie was sent by his overseer Griffin..."
Five book plates with the Randolph family crest, two letters, and one scrap of paper with a clothing order for Randolph.
The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
John Randolph of Roanoke Collection Addition, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.