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147
Extract,
1585-1586, from
The First English
Settlement in America: Ralph Lane's Colony on
Roanoke Island from Richard
Hakluyt.
4 leaves, typewritten.
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148
Court record,
17 September 1627, James
Citty, concerning Archers Hope. copied from
The Cradle of the
Republic , p. 148.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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149
Letter,
25 March 1640, Francis Wirt to
unknown recipient.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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150
Letter,
10 August 1678, Richard
Clark[?] of London to Ruth Tiplady of York County,
Virginia.
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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151
Letter,
26 February 1683, unknown
correspondent to Father Haasmanden of Virginia.
Back of copy contains miscellaneous
notes.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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152
Letter,
12 February 1686, from unknown
correspondent to unknown recipient. Copied from
the
Virginia Magazine of
History and Biography , volume 25, p.
251.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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153
Letter,
5 April 1687, William Fitzhugh
to Thomas Harris of London.
1 leaf, and 2 p., one typewritten and
one handwritten copy.
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154
Letter,
9 November 1693, Charles Rodes
to Sir John Rodes.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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155
Letter,
26 January
1699/1700, [Governor] Francis Nicholson,
James City [Jamestown], to vestry of Petsworth
Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia.
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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156
Order,
21 February 1699/1700, in
regard to a pirate, Governor's
Council.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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157
Letter,
16 July 1705, William
Richardson to Messrs. Perry and
Cowper[?].
2 p., handwritten copy.
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158
Letter,
26 [January?] 1748, unknown
correspondent in Louisbourg, [Cape Breton,
Canada], to unknown recipient.
4 p., handwritten copy.
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Letters,
1750, from [Thomas, Lord?]
Fairfax to Guy Broadwater of Frederick County,
Virginia, concerning surveying.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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160
Letter,
5 July 1758, unknown
correspondent to "George."
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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161
Letter,
25 December 1762, Thomas
Jefferson to [John] Page.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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advertisement,
7 December 1767, in Charlotte
County, Virginia, for care of poor persons in
Cornwall Parish.
1 leaf, typewritten and copy.
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163
Letter,
23 January 1776[?], Benjamin
Moore of Dunmore [Shenandoah] County, [Virginia],
to Colonel Peter Moore[?] of Martinsburg, [(West)
Virginia]. Also includes letter, 29 May 1775, from
Isaac Zane to Captain Jacob Haleman[?] of Dunmore
County.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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164
Message,
9 July 1775, from David Duncan
to the Shawanee. Message signed by John Connally.
Also includes letter, 16 December 1811, from James
Monroe in Washington D.C., to Joseph Monroe of
Charlottesville, Virginia.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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165
Oath of allegiance,
23 April 1779, of Joel Watkins
of Charlotte County. Includes biographical note of
Watkins and an obituary, January 1820, of Watkins
written by John Randolph of Roanoke.
2 leaves, typewritten and
copy.
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166
Letter,
8 June 1781, [General George]
Weedon[?] to unknown recipient. Miscellaneous
notes on back.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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167
Letter,
16 May 1782, John Tyler, in
Richmond, to Thomas Jefferson.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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168
Letter,
16 December 1787, John
Dandridge of New Kent County, [Virginia], to John
Hopkins of Richmond.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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169
Letter,
20 April 1807, A.
Spotswood of Spotsylvania County to
Edmund Randolph.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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170
Letters,
25 January 1815, Petersburg
Volunteers to Anna Matilda Hening of Richmond.
Includes a copy of Anna Matilda Hening's
reply.
2 leaves, typewritten.
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171
Letter,
13 June 1834, Elizabeth
Hamilton of New York, New York, to Mrs. Grant of
England. Elizabeth Hamilton was the wife of
Alexander Hamilton. Also includes biographical
notes on the writer and recipient of the
letter.
2 leaves, typewritten with copy of
letter.
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172
Letter,
13 April 1844, E. Blair[?] Lee
to R. J. Walker. Also includes letter, 30 March
1845, from N. P. Talmadge to unknown
recipient.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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173
article,
September 1858, from a
Petersburg newspaper reprinting the reception of
General Nathanael Greene by the city of Petersburg
in October 1784.
1 leaf, typewritten with
copy.
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174
Remarks,
5 January 1873, by an unknown
individual.
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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175
Notice,
23 August 1878, concerning the
death of William Niblo of New York.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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176
Miscellaneous items,
1830-1937, on
Joice Heth, Washington's dry nurse; burning of the
home of Donald Mackenzie in Petersburg in 1920;
announcement of the death of John Dunlop of London
in 1830 and copied in 1937; and genealogical note
tracing the ancestry of Robert E. Lee back to
Duncan and Robert the Bruce, kings of
Scotland.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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177
article,
7 May 1939, from the
Richmond
Times-Dispatch , concering Major Heros von
Borcke.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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178
Notes,
n.d., on Dolly Madison,
including correspondence.
14 p., typewritten.
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179
Letter,
n.d., General Stonewall
Jackson to General Lafayette McLaws.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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180
Note,
n.d., on the Crockett family
and description of coat-of-arms.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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181
Reminiscences,
n.d., of Mrs. William Henry
Wager of Shreveport, Louisiana.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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182
Letter,
n.d., Moses Hoge to Thomas
Jones of Campbell County, [Virginia]. Includes
notes on Jones' son James.
1 leaf, typritten with copy.
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183
Letters,
various dates, regarding
medicine and medical treatments. Includes letter
from Mildred Roberdeau, Elisha Cullen Dick, and
Bushrod Washington.
2 leaves, typewritten with
copy.
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184
Letter,
n.d., George T. Swann, Brandon
Mississippi, to Sarah W. Swann of Cumberland
County, [Virginia].
1 leaf, typewritten.
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185
Letter,
n.d., from the citizens of
Salisbury, North Carolina, to [George
Washington].
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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186
Letter,
n.d., Henry Patillo to unknown
recipient. Includes letter, n.d., to Mr. R.
Harrison.
1 leaf, handwritten copy.
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187
Note,
n.d., birth and baptism
information for Priscilla, daughter of James and
Mary Banks.
1 leaf, typewritten.
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188
Note,
n.d., on the death of John
Randolph of Roanoke.
2 p., handwritten copy.
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189
Letter,
n.d., Mary Campbell of
Virginia to an unknown recipient.
2 leaves, typewritten with two
copies.
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190
Letter,
n.d., S. C. Bott of Petersburg
to "Frances."
1 leaf, typewritten.