A Guide to the Virginia Miscellany Papers, 1657-1931 Virginia Miscellany Papers, 1657-1931 24715

A Guide to the Virginia Miscellany Papers, 1657-1931

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24715


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
24715
Title
Virginia Miscellany Papers, 1657-1931
Physical Characteristics
1.365 cubic feet
Physical Location
Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 24715
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

Virginia Miscellany, 1657-1931. Accession 24715. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from the Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, New York, 23 October 1957

Scope and Content Information

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.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically within each series.

Organization

Organized into two series: Series I: Letters, 1742-1931. Series II: Legal Papers, 1657-1862.

Contents List

Letters, 1742-1931
Box 1
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Legal papers, 1657-1862
box 1-2
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