PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00001::Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1816)//EN" "viwc00001.xml" A Guide to the Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1816 (bulk 1767-1782) Papers, Bowyer-Hubard. MS 1929.1 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation © 2008 By The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Jennifer Sharp, February 2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Bowyer-Hubard Papers, 1767-1816 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 1929.1

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Bowyer-Hubard Papers 1767-1816 MS 1929.1 On site. . English Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, (Captain of the 12th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Line,) of Augusta County, Virginia. Bowyer, Michael. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Bowyer-Hubard Papers, Manuscript #MS 1929.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1929

Biographical Information

Michael Bowyer of Augusta County, Va. was captain in the 12th Virginia regiment of the Continental Line. He married Frances Carpente r in 1766. Elizabeth Hubard, daughter of loy alist lawyer James Hubard married Michael Bowyer's son, John.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, captain, Continental Line (12th Virginia regiment), of Augusta County, Virginia, including state commission as captain of Virginia militia (signed by Edm{un}d Pendleton, John Page, Tho{ma}s Lud{well} Lee, P{aul} Carrington, Dudley Digges, and J{ame}s Mercer) and continental commission (signed by {John Ha}ncock); certificate of leave to have family inoculated for smallpox (signed by Charles Scott); certificate of his marriage to Phreney {Frances ?} Carpenter in 1766: letters from John Page and James Wood containing military orders for Bowyer; agreement of Alexander McGrew to pay Bowyer; and letter from Lafayette introducing the French engineer, {Simon} Bernard. Also included is letter from James Murray; and letter from M{atthew or Meriwether} Hubard to Mrs. Frances Morton Hubard saying Lord Dunmore has advised him to accompany Lord Cornwallis to East Indies; bookplate of the Loyalist James Hubard; engraved plate for James Hubard's bookplate; and a framed silhouette of James Hubard.

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Index Terms Persons: Bernard, Simon,1779-1839. Bowyer, Frances Carpenter. Bowyer, Michael. Carrington, Paul,1733-1818. Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,|cMarquis,1738-1805. Digges, Dudley,1718-1790. Dunmore, John Murray,|cEarl of,1732-1809. Hancock, John,1737-1793. Hubard, Frances Morton. Hubard, James. Hubard, Matthew. Hubard, Meriwether. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,|cmarquis de,1757-1834. Lee, Thomas Ludwell,1730-1778. McGrew, Alexander. Mercer, James. Murray, James. Page, John,1744-1808. Pendleton, Edmund,1721-1803. Scott, Charles. Wood, James,1741-1813. Corporate Names: United States. Continental Army - History. United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 12th. Subjects: American loyalists - Virginia Bookplates, American. Smallpox - Vaccination - United States Contents List Assorted Papers Folder 1 of 1 James Murray, Norfolk, to Mrs. Hubard, Williamsburg 1 17?? December 24. Certificate of 1766 marriage of M. Bowyer and Frances Carpenter 2 1767 June 29. Commission by Virginia Committee of Safety to Michael Bowyer, Captain. 3 1775 Nov 11.

Printed form with manuscript insertions.

 Commission by Congress to Michael Bowyer, Captain. 4 1776 Sep 20.

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 John Page, in Council, to Captain Michael Bowyer, Staunton 5 1776 Nov 8. James Wood, Fort Pitt, to Michael Bowyer, Tiger's Valley 6 1777 Mar 7. Indenture between M. Bowyer and Alexander McGrew, 7 1777 May 5. Leave of absence granted Bowyer by General Charles Scott, 8 1777 Nov 11. M[atthew] Hubard, London, to Mother, Williamsburg, 9 1782 Dec 30. Lafayette, LaGrange, France to [Michael Bowyer?], 10 1816 Sep 15. Bookplate of James Hubard 11 N.D. Copper engraving plate for bookplate of James Hubard 12 N.D. Framed silhouette of James Hubard 13 N.D.