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Floyd J. Whitehead Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Dated 1805-1881. Business and personal letters and papers of Floyd L. Whitehead, Deputy Sheriff of Nelson County. Included are day books and fee books of the county; Confederate tax forms for the listing of cattle and agriculture products on which ten percent, tax-in-kind was to be paid; and broadsides advertising lotteries for the District of Columbia, Monongalia Academy, the Dismal Swamp Company and of the State of Virginia.
Report Card from Fleetwood Male and Female Seminary Nelson County, Virginia, October 31 1841. Lottery Tickets: Delaware State, Virginia Free Road, Susquehanna Canal, Monongalia Academy, 1829-1851
Broadside announcing 1847 Alexandria lottery for internal improvements in the District of Columbia. Broadside announcing the Virginia State Lottery for the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, 1826. Broadside announcing Delaware State Lottery, 1851. J.D. Imboden, 1862, broadside announcing organization of a volunteer company of Partisan Rangers. Broadside introducing spring merchandise at Floyd L. Whitehead's store, October, 1850.
Benjamin Watkins Leigh's address to the people of Virginia, delivered at Whig Party state convention, February 22, 1843. Washington, D.C. appeal for donations to erect an equestrian statue in honor of Andrew Jackson, 1845. Nace and Winston Richmond market report, February 2, 1852. Broadside of Hamden and Company announcing arrangements for transmitting money to Europe, September 1, 1847. President Van Buren's address to congress on the recently discovered default of Samuel Swarthout, January 11, 1839 late collector of the customs for the port of New York.
Letter on medical practice and religion in Fincastle, Virginia, June 17, 1845. Letter from L.N. Ligon in the Virginia House of Delegates, on the political situation, February 19, 1842. Letter on speculating in Texas lands, September 6, 1836.
Letter commenting on strong anti-Slavery feeling in western Virginia, September 16, 1845. Letter from Columbia Female Institute, near Nashville, Tennessee, November 24, 1849. Letter from Meridianville, Alabama on crops, life, etc., May 10, 1846. Joseph C. Cabell in Virginia House of Delegates on the bank bill and James River Canal Bill, January 22, 1833. Letter on Whig celebration in Harrisonburg, Virginia of Zachary Taylor's election, November 27,1848. Letter from Spring Grove, Tennessee on Whig Celebration of Taylor's election, November 17, 1848. Letter from L.N. Ligon, member of Virginia Constitutional Convention, on debates over representation, April 30, 1851. University of Virginia student's letter on his busy schedule and examinations, December 17, 1835. Letter from Natchez, Mississippi on the scarcity of money and difficult times, August 16, 1836. Letter on financial depression in Lynchburg, March 25, 1837. Letter from Powhatan Female Seminary, November 6. Letter from Madison Cross Roads, Alabama on students withdrawal and flight from University of Virginia, June 3, 1851. Letter from student at Hampden-Sydney College, February 23, 1842.
Letter from Columbia Female Institute near Nashville, Tennessee commenting on Mr. Polk's reception upon his return home, April 7, 1849. San Augustine, Texas letter on Mexican invasion, political conditions, land speculation, March 17, 1842. Letter on cancer of lip operation, April 14, 1848. Letter on six hour debate at Greenfield, Virginia, on Harrison-Van Buren presidential campaign, August 6th, 1840. Alex Brownletter on debate in Virginia House of Delegates on the bank bill, March 11, 1836. Philadelphia letter from med student setting forth his idea and theories on the practice of medicine, June 21, 1833. Letter from Huntsville, Alabama telling of trip to Virginia, May 24, 1850.
Letter from Huntsville, Alabama critical of people of the community, December 6, 1846. Letter on useless speeches and waster of time in the Virginia Convention in Richmond, February 15, 1861. Letter from Madison's Cross Roads, Alabama, October 23, 1846. Letter on value of ear trumpets and getting them made in Richmond, July 24 1846. Letter from Spring Grove, Tennessee about floods, cholera, politics, and people around Nashville, January 17, 1849. Robert E. Hains (ex-William and Mary student) on his withdrawal from the University of Virginia, May 24, 1849. Charles Williams, med-student in Philadelphia on plans to withdraw from school on account of health and to practice medicine to raise enough funds to return and receive his degree, September 30, 1833. Letter from Charles Williams on the practice of medicine in Rockbridge County.
Lottery broadsides, 1847-1848, 1851, 1852. The Scientific Examiner, 1848, broadside. Douglas, Johnson National Democrats ticket, 1860. Van Buren, Smith Democratic ticket, 1836. Dr. William T. Galt receipt for the delivery of a patient to the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum, January 15, 1826.
Bound Volume -- day book, September 1, 1847-February 29, 1848 of Floyd L. Whitehead, Nelson County, Virginia, merchant.
Poll book of Montebello precinct on Massie's Mills district of Nelson County, Virginia, 1872. Nelson county Deputy sheriff's fee and execution book, 1835-1837. Fee book of Floyd L. Whitehead, deputy sheriff of Nelson County, Virginia, 1821-1830. Nelson County Sheriff's fee book, 1824-1827. Nelson County sheriff's fee book, 1836-1837. Unidentified merchant's day book, October, 1850. Receipt book for tobacco purchases, 1850.