A Guide to the Petition, 1793 May 9
A Collection in the
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`s
John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 1983.1.2
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Collection is open to research.
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Preferred Citation
Petition, Manuscript #MS 1983.1.2, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1983
Biographical/Historical Information
None available.
Scope and Content
Petition of Mary Batts, executrix for her husband, John Batts, deceased, to George Wythe, judge of the chancery court, Richmond {Va.}. Concerns repayment of her husband's debt to Benjamin Putney, and devaluation of currency following the Revolution. Includes note in George Wythe's hand.
Arrangement
1 item.
Index Terms
- Baily, William
- Batts, John, d. 1785-Estate
- Batts, Mary
- Cox, Jesse
- Putney, Benjamin
- Spratley, William
- Wythe, George, 1726-1806
- Claims against decedents' estates-Virginia-Surry County-History-18th century
- Currency question-History-18th century
- Executors and administrators-History-18th century
- Legal tender-History
- Probate law and practice-Virginia-History-18th century
- Richmond (Va.)
- Surry County (Va.)