PUBLIC "-//Colonial Williamsburg Foundation::John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library//TEXT (US::ViWC::viwc00422:: Letter Book and Account Book, 1735-1744)//EN" "viwc00422.xml" A Guide to the Fauntleroy Letter and Account Book, 1735-1744 Letter and Account Book, Fauntleroy MS 2005.9 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 Rebecca Barnhart, 04/30/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Fauntleroy Letter and Account Book, 1735-1744 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2005.9

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 Fauntleroy Letter and Account Book 1735-1744 MS 2005.9 On site. 1 item. English Fauntleroy, William Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Fauntleroy Letter and Account Book, Manuscript #MS 2005.9, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2005

Biographical/Historical Information

Fauntleroy was a colonial planter living along the Rappahannock River in Lancaster County.

Scope and Content

This manuscript consists of Colonel William Fauntleroy's record of letters to his agents and merchants in London, Glasgow, Whithaven, Liverpool and Bristol from 1738 to 1763 along with other plantation information. Included are 225 letters, lists of his slaves, and the number of acres he owned. The vellum covered volume contains 230 pages, a few of which are separated from the book itself.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Fauntleroy, William Subjects: Slavery-United States Tobacco-Virginia-Lancaster County Plantation life-Virginia-Lancaster County Geographical Names: Great Britain-Commerce-Virginia-Lancaster County Lancaster County (Va.)-Commerce-Great Britain