A Guide to the Harrison G. Howland Papers, 1794-1966 (bulk 1838-1883) Howland, Harrison G., Papers, 1794-1966 50425

A Guide to the Harrison G. Howland Papers, 1794-1966 (bulk 1838-1883)

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 50425


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
50425
Title
Harrison G. Howland Papers, 1794-1966 (bulk 1838-1883)
Physical Description
6 reels of microfilm
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Harrison G. Howland Papers, 1794-1966. Accession 50425. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for microfilming by Bruce G. Cartwright, Alexandria.

Biographical Information

Harrison G. Howland was born in Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts on 24 November 1812. He moved to King George County, Virginia in the late 1830's, and operated a general store, was postmaster in Hampstead, and later served as a justice of the peace. He married Nancy Jane Miffleton on 21 December 1843. They lived at "Ashland," which she had inherited from her uncle. Harrison Howland died in King George County on 22 November 1883.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1794-1966, of Harrison G. Howland (1812-1883) of King George County, Virginia, including accounts and receipts, accounts of sales, agreements and contracts, bonds and promissory notes, circulars, clippings, correspondence, deeds, estate papers, genealogy, slave records, surveys, tax tickets and receipts, and warrants.

The bulk of the collection covers the years 1838-1883, and contains business records relating to the operation of a general store by Howland located in Hampstead, where he also served as postmaster. There are accounts and receipts from merchants in Baltimore and Alexandria, where Howland would travel on buying trips to stock his store. The records also include a daybook and two ledgers detailing customer sales and other business transactions.

Contents List

Misc. Reel 6117
Account Book, 1875-1882.
Misc. Reel 6117
Accounts and Receipts, 1838-1860.
Misc. Reel 6118
Accounts and Receipts, 1861-1879.
Misc. Reel 6122
Accounts and Receipts, 1880-1915, n.d.
Misc. Reel 6122
Accounts of Sales, 1839-1895.
Misc. Reel 6121
Agreements and Contracts .
Misc. Reel 6121
"Ashland" - History .
Misc. Reel 6121
Bank Protests .
Misc. Reel 6121
Battles Fought - 9th Virginia Cavalry .
Misc. Reel 6121
Bonds and Promissory Notes .
Misc. Reel 6121
Broadside - Readjusters of King George County .
Misc. Reel 6121
Cancelled Checks .
Misc. Reel 6121
Circulars .
Misc. Reel 6121
Clippings .
Misc. Reel 6121
Correspondence, 1842, 1850-1966, no date/year .
Misc. Reel 6121
County Bonds .
Misc. Reel 6121
Court Order and Award - Hooe/Fitzhugh, 1828 .
Misc. Reel 6121
Crop Lien .
Misc. Reel 6117
Daybook, 1843-1883 .
Misc. Reel 6121
Death Certificate - Nancy H. Ashton .
Misc. Reel 6121
Deed Extracts .
Misc. Reel 6120
Deeds, 1803-1933 .
Misc. Reel 6120
Estate of Harrison G. Howland .
Misc. Reel 6120
Fee Bills .
Misc. Reel 6120
Formation of New School District - Minority Report .
Misc. Reel 6120
Genealogy .
Misc. Reel 6120
Hampstead Post Office .
Misc. Reel 6120
Insurance .
Misc. Reel 6117
Ledger, 1838-1875 .
Misc. Reel 6117
Ledger, 1842-1881 .
Misc. Reel 6120
Locust Dale Academy .
Misc. Reel 6120
Miscellaneous .
Misc. Reel 6120
Monumental Grange No. 147 .
Misc. Reel 6120
Muster Fines .
Misc. Reel 6120
Obituary .
Misc. Reel 6120
Orders for Payment or Goods .
Misc. Reel 6120
Orders - Overseers of the Poor .
Misc. Reel 6120
Orders for Soldiers' Families, 1865 .
Misc. Reel 6120
Photographs .
Misc. Reel 6119
Prices Current .
Misc. Reel 6119
Program .
Misc. Reel 6119
Recipes .
Misc. Reel 6119
Slave Bill of Sale .
Misc. Reel 6119
Slave Hire Bonds and Receipts .
Misc. Reel 6119
Slave Pass, 1861 .
Misc. Reel 6119
Speech - Senator William Mahone - "Attitude of the Readjusters in Virginia," 28 March 1881 .
Misc. Reel 6119
Store Inventories? .
Misc. Reel 6119
Surveys .
Misc. Reel 6119
Tax Tickets and Receipts .
Misc. Reel 6119
Teachers' Certificates .
Misc. Reel 6119
Warrants .
Misc. Reel 6119
Will of Harrison G. Howland .