A Guide to the Webb-Prentis Family Papers Webb-Prentis family. 4136

A Guide to the Webb-Prentis Family Papers

A Collection in
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession number 4136


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Collection Number
4136
Title
Webb-Prentis Family Papers 1770-1908
Extent
ca. 10,000 items
Creator
Location
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Webb-Prentis Family Papers, Accession #4136, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 14 November 1972

Scope and Content Information

Family papers of the Webb-Prentis families and numerous other Virginians including: correspondence, business papers, legal papers, Nansemond County, Va. papers, genealogy, miscellaneous papers, bound volumes including accounts, legal, medical, memorandum, drawings, oversize items, and lecture notebooks and transcripts.

The collection has sections devoted to Joseph Prentis, Sr. and family; Joseph Prentis, Jr. and family; Prentis family; Allen and Darden Families and miscellaneous correspondence.

The collection contains a document appointing Joseph Prentis as Inspector of Revenue for the Port of Suffolk, 1825 March 17, signed by John Quincy Adams.

Also of interest is a floor plan, 1800 Nov. 12, for "Chaumiere des Praries" a log house in Jessamine County, Ky.

Container List

SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE
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SERIES II: BUSINESS PAPERS
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SERIES III: LEGAL PAPERS
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SERIES IV: NANSEMOND COUNTY PAPERS
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SERIES V: GENEALOGY AND MISCELLANEOUS
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SERIES VI: BOUND VOLUMES
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SERIES VII: OVERSIZE
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