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Virginia Miscellany, 1657-1931. Accession 24715. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Purchased from the Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, 23 October 1957
Virginia miscellany, 1657-1931, contains letters and legal papers and is divided into two series. Series I contains letters, 1742-1931. Series II contains legal papers, 1657-1862.
Series I contains letters, 1742-1931, concerning business, legal matters, politics, education, commerce, military matters, religion, and foreign relations. Letters include correspondence between Moses S. Little of Boston, Massachusetts, and New York, New York, and Christopher Fry of Norfolk, Virginia, concerning commerce and shipping; John Wickham of Richmond, Virginia, and Thomas Swann of Alexandria, Virginia, regarding legal matters; Nicholas P. Trist and Henry Clay concerning employment for Trist in the State Department; and from Richard Channing Moore to prospective ministers for the Episcopalian Church in Virginia. Other correspondents include James Wood, Littleton Waller Tazewell, Nathaniel Macon, Edmund Randolph, Henry St. George Tucker, Chapman Johnson, Samuel C. Armstrong, and Francis P. Gaines. Series also includes a sermon written by Reverend James Muir of Alexandria, Virginia.
Series II contains legal papers, 1657-1862, consisting of: accounts, advertisements, agreements, bills of exchange, bills of sale, bonds, certificates, commissions, declarations, deeds, depositions, executions, indictments, inventories, judicial records, land grants, letters of administration, lists, lottery tickets, memorandums, notes, notices, petitions, pleas, powers of attorney, promissory notes, protests, receipts, resolutions, statements, summonses, warrants, wills, and writs. Deeds, land grants, and wills are from (Old) Rappahannock, Essex, Westmoreland, Prince William, King William, King and Queen, and Frederick Counties, and Winchester, Virginia. Bills, receipts, bonds, judicial records, and other legal papers are from all of Virginia, but mainly Frederick County. Check item inventory for list of individual items.
Arranged chronologically within each series.
OrganizationOrganized into two series: Series I: Letters, 1742-1931. Series II: Legal Papers, 1657-1862.