A Guide to the James Dunlop Records, 1809-1841
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 23873
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
James Dunlop. Records, 1809-1841. Accession 23873, Business records collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Lent for copying by Randolph Gailey, 1952 May 21.
Biographical/Historical Information
James and John Dunlop (d. ca. 1824) were active merchants in Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War and owned extensive property in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, and Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
This accession consists of records, 1809-1841, relating to the Chesterfield plantation Roslin, including account books, deeds, journals, letters and a letterbook, lists of real estate, and a plat.
The plantation raised wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes for shipment or sale. Included is a letter book, 1809-1818, of William McKean, overseer. McKean's letters discuss improvements to the plantation, its stock, and crops. McKean also mentiones the blockade of various ports during the War of 1812 and discusses the advantage of a back country plantation to raise crops, horses, and slaves. The volume also includes a plat of the plantation which shows crop planting and rotation. Copies of deeds of various dates relating to a portion of the estate are also included.
A journal, 1824-1841, contains balances due and a list of real property belonging to James Dunlop. Also included is a memorandum and account book, 1830-1831, of Lodowick Colquhoun. Included in the volume are accounts concerning the "Lower Meadow" at Roslin, the hire of black laborers, an abstract of disbursements made by Robert Leslie for labor, provisions, clothing, implements, and materials, 1830-1831, and an account of the collection of James Dunlop's debts, 1830-1831. Copies of several deeds relating to property near Wilton Town or Pocahontas in Petersburg are also recorded.
The final volume is a letter book of W. Henderson, manager of Roslin and other Dunlop properties, 1831-1832. Included are copies of correspondence concerning taxes and the financial books of the estate.