A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 22095
Library of Virginia
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Colin Clarke (12 September 1792-17 October 1865) was born
at "Keswick" in Powhatan County, Virginia. He graduated from
the College of William and Mary in 1811 and later served on
the school's board of visitors. He represented Powhatan County
in the House of Delegates from 1816 to 1819, and Chesterfield
County, Virginia, from 1826 to 1828. Clarke married Mary Goode
Lyle (25 October 1801-22 December 1884) of Chesterfield County
on 16 April 1818. They had nine children, all but two of whom
survived to adulthood. In 1834, Clarke purchased "Warner Hall"
in Gloucester County, Virginia, and moved his family there.
One daughter, Sally Bland Clarke (b. 1828) married John
Laurence Manning (1816-1889) who became governor of South
Carolina.
Maxwell Troax Clarke (10 June 1830-21 December 1911)
attended the University of Virginia and became a merchant in
Richmond, Virginia. He served in the Confederate navy during
the Civil War. He served under William Francis Lynch
(1801-1865) in the sounds of North Carolina and as a commander
in the James River Squadron. After the war, he returned to his
business and also served as a justice of the peace for
Richmond. He married Ellen Scott (27 March 1830-2 June 1908) 2
June 1857 and they had 4 children. Colin Douglas Clarke (22
May 1832-10 April 1862), a farmer before the war, served in
the quartermaster's department, becoming a major. He married
Elizabeth Berkeley Cooke (1 November 1833-4 February 1906) and
they had 4 children. John Lyle Clarke (16 December 1833-6
January 1898) served as a lieutenant colonel in the 30th
Virginia Infantry Battalion. After the war, he lived in
Baltimore, Maryland. He married Martha May Clark (23 August
1834-29 January 1867) and they had 1 child. Powhatan Clarke
(1837-1917) became a doctor, moved to Louisiana, and also
served in the Civil War. After the war, he practiced medicine
in Baltimore. He married Louise F. Boyce (1839-1900) of
Louisiana. Many of the Clarke family members are buried in
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
Papers, 1854-1890, of the Clarke family of Gloucester
County and Richmond, Virginia, consisting mainly of personal
correspondence between Colin Clarke (1792-1865) of Gloucester
County and Maxwell Troax Clarke (1830-1911) of Richmond,
Virginia, discussing business and personal matters. Most of
the correspondence discusses conditions in Gloucester County
during the Civil War, especially the departure of slaves and
the hardships of military occupation. The collection also
includes correspondence to and from Mary Goode Lyle Clarke
(1801-1884), Colin Douglas Clarke (1832-1862), Elizabeth
Berkeley Cooke Clarke (1833-1906), Powhatan Clarke
(1837-1917), Ellen Scott Clarke (1830-1908), and Sally Bland
Clarke Manning (b. 1828). The collection also includes Maxwell
T. Clarke's Civil War reminiscences, genealogical notes of the
Clarke family, recipes, memorandums, certificates,
commissions, oaths, military records, drafts, powers of
attorney, receipts, lists, and accounts.
1: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
1 August 1854.
2 p. (2 prints)
2: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
6 September 1854.
4 p. (3 prints)
3: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
20 September 1854.
4 p. (3 prints)
4: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
22 September 1854.
4 p. (3 prints)
5: Order. [S?] Barron, Office of
Orders and Detail, Confederate States Navy Department,
Richmond, to Privates J. H. Ellison, M. S. Clark and J.
H. Anderson,
16 July 1861.
1 p. (1 print) (3 copies)
6: Certification by Michal Graham,
Quarter Master, C.S.A.,
29 (July?) 1861.
1 p. (1 print)
7: Receipt. William Payne, Culpeper,
to Mrs. Clarke,
9 September [18]61.
1 p. (1 print)
8: Receipt. W. T. Taliaferro, Manassas
Junction, to Captain C. D. Clarke,
19 September 1861.
1 p. (1 print)
9: Receipt. N. M. Cartmill,
Winchester, to Messrs. Clarke and [Dallen?],
19 October 1861.
1 p. (1 print)
10: Letter. John [?], Office of
Provisions and Clothing, Confederate States Navy
Department, Richmond, to Lieutenant Commander C. C.
Simms, Steamer "Richmond", Fredericksburg,
24 October 1861.
1 p. (1 print)
11: Receipt, [?] to H. C. Dallam,
25 October 1861, and Captain C. D.
Clarke,
24 October 1861.
1 p. (1 print)
12: Receipt. Wilmer McLean, Manassas,
to Captain Clark,
2 January 1862.
1 p. (1 print)
13: Transportation order for Captain
Clark by Captain D. H. Wood, Transportation Office,
C.S.A., Richmond,
6 January 1862.
1 p. (1 print)
14: Descriptive list and account of
pay and clothing of J. H. Anderson and M. T. Clarke,
Company F, 20th Regiment of Virginia Volunteers, by
Captain R. H. Cunningham,
19 January 1862.
1 p. (1 print)
15: Account. Colin Clarke, Gloucester
County, with Maxwell T. Clarke,
October 1861 - March
1862.
1 p. (1 print)
16: Appointment. Maxwell T. Clarke as
acting master, by S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy,
C.S.A., Richmond
31 March 1862.
1 p. (1 print)
17: Order. F. Forrest, Office of
Orders and Detail, Confederate States Navy Department,
Richmond, to M. T. Clarke,
14 May [18]62.
1 p. (1 print)
18: Order. F. Forrest, Office of
Orders and Detail, Confederate States Navy Department,
Richmond, to M. T. Clarke,
16 May [18]62.
1 p. (1 print)
19: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
5 May 1862.
2 p. (3 prints)
20: Letter. [?], Gloucester, to
Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
10 May 1862.
4 p. (3 prints) Mutilated.
21: Receipts. S. B. [Cary?], to Miss
A. Swann, for account,
March - June
1862.
1 p. (1 print)
22: Letter. [Colin Clarke?],
Gloucester, to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
20 July 1862.
4 p. (3 prints) Incomplete.
23: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
22 July 1862.
2 p. (3 prints)
24: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
22 July 1862.
7 p. (5 prints)
25: Letter. Sally Bland Manning, to
[Maxwell T. Clarke], n.p.,
8 August 1862.
4 p. (4 prints)
26: Letter. Colin Clarke, Hickory
Fork, to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
9 August [1862].
2 p. (2 prints)
27: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
10 August 1862.
3 p. (2 prints)
28: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
16 August 1862.
5 p. (5 prints)
29: Letter. Maxwell T. Clarke,
Richmond, to Powhatan Clarke, Alexandria, Louisiana,
17 August [18]62.
2 p. (3 prints)
30: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to [?],
31 August 1862.
6 p. (5 prints)
31: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
24 August 1862.
8 p. (7 prints)
32: Letter. [Colin Clarke],
Gloucester, to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
7 September 1862.
4 p. (3 prints) Incomplete.
33: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
14 September 1862.
3 p. (3 prints)
34: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
16 September 1862.
3 p. (3 prints)
35: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
5 May 1863.
6 p. (5 prints)
36: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke and Ellen [Clarke], n.p.,
21 May 1863.
4 p. (3 prints)
37: Appointment. Maxwell T. Clarke as
lieutenant, by S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy,
C.S.A., Richmond
25 May 1863.
1 p. (1 print)
38: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
[15?] June 1863.
4 p. (3 prints)
39: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
23 June 1863.
4 p. (4 prints)
40: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
16 July 1863.
4 p. (3 prints)
41: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
26 July 1863.
4 p. (4 prints)
42: Power of attorney. Colin Clarke,
Gloucester County, to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
27 July 1863.
1 p. (1 print)
43: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
2 August 1863.
2 p. (3 prints)
44: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
23 August 1863.
4 p. (4 prints)
45: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell t. Clarke, n.p.,
20 September 1863.
4 p. (3 prints)
46: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke and Ellen [Clarke], [Richmond],
24 September 1863.
4 p. (3 prints)
47: Draft. Colin Clarke, n.p., on
Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
21 November 1863.
1 p. (1 print)
48: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
7 Demember 1863.
4 p. (4 prints) Incomplete.
49: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. CLarke, Richmond,
29 December 1863.
4 p. (5 prints)
50: Appointment. Maxwell T. Clarke as
lieutenant, by S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy,
C.S.A., Richmond
7 January 1864.
1 p. (1 print)
51: Letter. [Mrs. Colin Clarke],
Warner Hall, to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
16 January 1864.
8 p. (6 prints)
52: Letter. Colin Clarke, Gloucester,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
2 February 1864.
6 p. (5 prints)
53: Appointment. Maxwell T. CLarke as
first lieutenant, by S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the
Navy, C.S.A., Richmond
2 June 1864.
1 p. (1 print)
54: Order. [T. S. Lee?], Office of
Orders and Detail, Confederate States Navy Department,
Danville, to Maxwell T. Clarke,
10 April 1865.
1 p. (1 print)
55: Parole issued Maxwell T. Clarke,
First Lieutenant, Confederate States Navy, Greensboro,
North Carolina,
1 May 1865.
1 p. (1 print)
56: Oath of allegiance to United
States, by Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
31 May 1865.
1 p. (1 print)
57: Commission. Maxwell T. Clarke, as
captain of Company F, First Regiment Virginia Infantry,
by Gilbert C. Walter, Governor,
20 May 1872.
1 p. (1 print)
58: Certificate of election of Maxwell
T. Clarke as justice of the peace, Richmond, by Andrew
Jinkins, Clerk,
27 May 1872.
1 p. (1 print)
59: Certificate of election of Maxwell
T. Clarke as justice of the peace, Richmond, by Andrew
Jinkins, Clerk,
25 May 1878.
1 p. (1 print)
60: Letter. Maxwell T. Clarke,
Richmond, to [?],
25 October 1890.
6 p. (6 prints)
61: Letter. Betty B. Clarke, n.p., to
Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
4 June [?].
3 p. (3 prints)
62: Letter. [Mrs. Colin Clarke],
Warner Hall, to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond, n.p.,
August [?].
4 p. (3 prints)
63: Letter. [Mrs. Colin Clarke], n.p.,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, n.p.,
n.d.
2 p. (2 prints)
64: Letter. [Mrs. Colin Clarke], n.p.,
to Maxwell T. Clarke, Richmond,
n.d.
1 p. (2 prints)
65: Letter. Colin Clarke, n.p., to
Powhatan R. Page, Maxwell T. Clarke, James A. Scott, or
George Lee, n.p.,
n.d.
2 p. (3 prints)
66: Memorandum concerning contents of
certain boxes,
n.d.
1 p. (1 print)
67: Memorandum by Colin Clarke
concerning supplies,
n.d.
2 p. (2 prints)
68: Clarke family genealogical
chart.
1 p. (1 print)
69: Goode-Clarke-Bland Family
genealogical notes.
7 p. (7 prints)
70: Recipe given by Mrs. Martha Page
to Mrs. Colin Clarke.
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