A Guide to the Morton-Halsey Papers
A Collection in the
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Accession number 3995
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Preferred Citation
Morton- Halsey Papers, Accession 3995, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
The Morton- Halsey Collection was loaned to the Library by Mr. G. Morton Halsey , II, "Lessland," Culpeper, Virginia, in September 1952. It was made a gift to the Library by the great-grandchildren of Jeremiah Morton: Mrs. Frances Halsey Towe, Mrs. Harriet Halsey Bartlett, and Mr. Glassell Morton Halsey in September 1978.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
The Morton - Halsey collection consists of ca. 21,000 items (39 Hollinger boxes, ca. 14 linear shelf feet), ca. 1786-1938 composed of correspondence, financial and legal papers, business records, account books, bills, receipts, newsclippings, broadsides, and other printed materials, chiefly concerning Jeremiah Morton and his son-in-law, Joseph J. Halsey .
Jeremiah Morton (1799-1878) of Racoon Ford, Orange County, Virginia , was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia . He was educated at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University ) and at the College of William and Mary . Morton began his career as lawyer in 1822, but abandoned his practice due to poor health. He was elected by the Eighth District of Virginia to the thirty-first United States Congress (1849-1851) but failed to gain re-election in 1850.
The correspondence from the Civil War years documents Morton's attendance at the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 , his appointment as a colonel in the cavalry by Governor John Letcher , and his attempts to amass food during shortages of 1864. Of related interest is a lengthy autobiographical account of the career of William "Extra Billy" Smith , written in 1873 when Smith was running for U. S. Senate. The account includes his election to public office as Virginia state senator (1836), governor (1845), and U. S. congressman (1853-1859), and describes some of his Civil War experiences. A comparison of Morton's pre-and post-war correspondence illustrates the plummeting of family and business fortunes which followed the Confederate defeat. Such conditions are illustrated in Morton's correspondence with his brother, Senator Jackson Morton of Milton, Florida ; with Jackson's son, W. Chase Morton ; and with Henry Ahrens , a Florida businessman.
Throughout his life, Morton was involved in a variety of land investment and business ventures which are documented in his correspondence. Among these ventures was a slave trade centered in Virginia and in Mobile, Alabama ; an investment in the spa White Sulphur Springs, Virginia ; and a tentative speculation in West Virginia coal lands. Correspondence relating to the slave trade (ca. 1847-1863) is grouped with other relevant materials, including accounts and descriptions and values of slaves. (See also the listing of ledgers). Morton was also a member of the Texas Board of Trustees of the Southern Pacific Railroad while the railroad was being built across that state in the 1850's and early 1870's, and a part of a group of Virginians who made loans to Texans.
Other correspondence includes that of Richard H. Maury and William Maury or R. H. Maury and Company of Richmond (1867) discussing the sale of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad , national politics, and Virginia finances; of Alexander H. Stephens concerning his book, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States ; of John S. Barbour, Jr. concerning proposed land purchases by the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad ; of Reverend John Cole concerning the rebuilding of Culpeper churches (1866-1868); of B. J. Sage commenting on politics; and of Frederick J. Gamble , giving an account of the yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans in 1867. Related materials consist of the Morton family land grant (1786) signed by Governor Patrick Henry , Jeremiah Morton 's property in New Orleans .
Joseph J. Halsey (ca. 1820-1894) was born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey , and was educated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University ). He moved to Virginia around 1840, eventually to farm and practice law in Culpeper County . After his marriage to Mildred Morton in 1848 he became an increasingly close friend and business associate of her father, Jeremiah Morton . Halsey served as a captain in the Confederacy army during the Civil War, after which he returned to his farm and legal practice. Joseph and Mildred Halsey had two sons, J. Morton Halsey and B. B. Halsey , and two daughters, Fannie Halsey and Annie Halsey .
J. J. Halsey 's correspondence has been divided into two main series: general correspondence, which is chiefly concerned with business matters centered in Culpeper County ; and family correspondence, which consists of letters from his father and siblings in New Jersey and with his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Early general correspondence (1840-1848) documents Halsey's attempts to begin a career and establish himself financially. He appears to have first considered an academic career, for he applied for the job of superintendent of Baltimore, Maryland public schools, and for a professorship at the newly-founded University of Mississippi . He also attempted to establish his own academy. After his marriage and the beginning of his legal career, Halsey's general correspondence becomes concerned mainly with legal and business matters, although it does include some discussion of farming and of slave trading. There is a limited amount of personal correspondence.
The Civil War correspondence documents Halsey's career, first as a captain in the Virginia Cavalry Volunteers , and then as quartermaster of the Sixth Virginia Cavalry . In 1863, in response to a charge that he had been away without leave, Halsey wrote an account of his wartime activities until that time: a cycle of activity, failing health, leave, recovery, and return. The post-war correspondence includes accounts of Halsey's involvement as a shareholder in the Orange, Alexandria and Manassas Railroad , his operation of a sawmill, and his dealings with the Emigrant Aid and Homestead Company as agent for the sale of large tracts of Virginia land .
Later correspondence (1870-1894) includes an account of the destruction of the Halsey estate, " Lessland , " by fire in 1870. Architectural estimates, plans, and costs relating to the rebuilding are included in the related materials which follow the correspondence. Through the 1870s, Halsey continued to be an agent for the sale of Virginia lands. In 1884 he attempted to expand his agricultural concerns to include the raising of sheep and sale of wool. He died at " Lessland " in 1894.
The correspondence of J. J. Halsey also includes letters and maps concerning the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, and correspondence and papers related to Dr. B. B. Halsey 's case with the newly formed state board of medical examiners, contesting their right to license physicians. Related materials include essays and verse by J. J. Halsey , materials relating to the rebuilding of " Lessland , " B. B. Halsey 's examinations at Williston Seminary , Virginia , and papers concerning tuition, board and incidental expenses of Irena Louisa Halsey at Piedmont Female Institute . Of particular note is an 1855 registration form for Andrew Johnson , "a person of colour," indicating his status as "born free in the County of Orange, Virginia , " and identifying him by his color, stature and marks or scars upon his face, head or hands. Also included are two pages from the notebook of Mildred Halsey , which offer a day-by-day account of life while her husband is at war and Union forces occupy nearby areas.
The family correspondence of J. J. Halsey contrasts life in New Jersey and in Virginia during the period 1848-1894. Correspondents include Halsey's father, Samuel B. Halsey ; his brothers, Samuel S. Halsey , Edmund Halsey , and Alexander Halsey ; and his sisters Susan Halsey and Anne Halsey ; as well as his wife, children and grandchildren. Especially interesting are the political exchanges, occasionally heated, between J. J. Halsey and his younger brothers Samuel S. Halsey and Edmund Halsey , on subjects such as slavery, abolitionism, secession, the elections of Presidents Buchanan and Lincoln, the Missouri Compromise, the Kansas - Nebraska Act, reconstruction, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson . More personal issues discussed include Halsey's marriage, his fears for his wife and daughters during their wartime separation, and financial problems in the difficult post-war years, when many prominent Virginia families went into bankruptcy. In 1868, the New Jersey Halseys convinced Mildred Halsey to send her two daughters north for their safety and education. J. J. Halsey 's shocked letter when he heard of the arrangement and his conjectures about their trip to Washington , traveling "unprotected...with nine pence and a carpetbag," (July 4, 1865) illustrates conditions in Virginia at the time and indicates the tremendous emotional strain on the family.
In addition to the New Jersey and Virginia correspondence, the collection contains letters of an elder brother, Abraham Halsey , from California . His letters provide an interesting sidelight on the controversies between the Virginia and New Jersey Halseys, and describe his own life as a rancher and as secretary to a large number of mining concerns.
The Morton- Halsey collection also includes correspondence and related papers of the Winston family , also of Culpeper County, Virginia . As executor of the estate of William Winston , J. J. Halsey received letters from Winston's sons, Wallace Winston , Walter C. Winston , and J. B. Winston . Halsey also came into possession of correspondence between the brothers, including letters from J. B. Winston and Timothy Foster in California , to Walter Winston in Virginia , discussing personal property matters and California politics. There are also letters of Wallace Winston from Arkansas .
The second major series in this collection consists of financial and legal papers of Jeremiah Morton , J. J. Halsey , and others. They date from ca. 1800-1895 and include business and personal accounts, bills, receipts, promissory nots, tax receipts and papers concerning bankruptcy and insurance. Also included are deeds, bonds, indentures, wills, land surveys, plats, charts and other material concerning the purchase or transferral of land. There are also files on court related matters such as bills of complaint, legal opinions, summons and other court notices. Of particular interest are itemized tax receipts which document the ownership of slaves.
Many of these documents are Morton's or Halsey's own personal records, including their accounts with area merchants. For the most part, however, the financial and legal papers in this series belong to a number of individuals, primarily residents of Madison , Culpeper or Orange counties, Virginia , whose affairs were handled by J. J. Halsey . As a lawyer, Halsey often acted as executor of an estate or counsel, and therefore acquired all the legal papers and business accounts of his clients and neighbors. Individuals and firms listed are: William C. Austin , Beechwood and Mallory , John Blackwell and Hannah Blackwell , Charles G. Britt and James Beckham , Bushrod Brown , Thomas Brown, Thomas , Frances Bunley and Susie Bunley , M. A. Carter , John Clark , James Clark and Reuben Clark , William D. Clark , Timothy Costello , J. W. Crittenden , Sarah A. Daniel , William P. Eliason , Adam Everheart , John Gaurd , John Glaspell and Mary Glaspell , Gray Family , Thomas I. Green , R. W. Hall , James Hansbrough , Jane Hansbrough and Peter Hansbrough , Eppa Hunton , Parchal Hutchenson , Philip Johnson , James Jones , Thomas A. Keith , George Morton , Thomas Morton , Martin Nalle and Philip Nalle , Lewis Nelson , George Pannill , Charles B. Payne , W. S. Peyton , Colonel John A. Porter , John C. Rayland , William Rixey , Reverend W. F. Robins , J. W. Shadrack and John H. Somerville , Samuel Shadrack , George A. Sleet , Daniel W. Smith , James Somerville , E. W. Stearns , Steeles Tavern , Augusta County, Virginia , James L. Stringfellow , John Terrill , C. R. Van Wyck and L. D. Winston , John Vaughan , C. S. Waugh and N. B. Waugh , [John] Thomas Morton Wharton , Wharton and Nalle , William Wharton , Colonel Bruce Williams , Walter C. Winston , Winston family , and Isaac Willis .
A series of printed material follows and includes business cards, personal calling cards, invitations, circular letters, blank forms, pamphlets and newspaper clippings. This series also contains numerous broadsides and advertisements. The printed material dates from ca. 1843-1911.
The ledger series of the collection consists of eighteen volumes, 1812-1882. They are divided into three categories: Volumes of Jeremiah Morton , Medical Volumes and Other Volumes. The volumes owned by Jeremiah Morton date from 1817-1844. Of particular interest is Morton's personal account book that lists expenses and disbursements and includes references to transactions involving the sale of slaves. This volume doubles as a notebok of legal questions with page references and sections headed "The Rights of Things," "Toller's Law of Executors," and "Reeves Domestic Relations." The second group of volumes, 1812-1819, consists of two journals and a corresponding ledger belonging to R. Briggs , M.D., of Madison, Virginia . Journal entries include services performed by the doctor such as "pulling of a tooth," "examining wound," and "opening an abcess (throat)," and notations of the medicines he dispensed. Included at the end of the ledger is a list of medical books and their costs. The final group consists of twelve volumes, 1856-1882, including ledgers, journals, and a daybook belonging to a variety of residents of Madison , Orange , and Culpeper counties. Several volumes appear to be in the hand of J. J. Halsey , while other volumes bear the names of Charles B. Porter , John A. Porter , B. W. Brown , and Nalle, Fishback and Company . All these individuals' accounts appear in Halsey's financial and legal papers.
There are envelopes, wrappings and other miscellaneous fragments filed at the end of the collection.
Selected list of correspondents. Also see correspondents in Topical Correspondents. Jeremiah Morton : John B. Barbour, Jr. , Robert Bolling , W. B. Caldwell , Allen T. Caperton , Reverend John Cole , R. H. Dulany , Frederick Gamble , Jedediah Hotchkiss , G. W. Leyburn , R. H. Maury , William Maury , A. M. Phillips , Riggs and Company , B. T. Sage , Slaughter, Franklin and Company , Alexander H. Stephens , George Terrill and B. R. Wellford . Joseph J. Halsey : John H. Antrim , J. L. Archer , Robert Bolling , W. C. Conrad , Peter V. Daniel , James Gaven Field , Dr. Jeptha Fowlker , A. J. Gordon , Colonel W. W. Gordon , Andrew Grinnan , Cornelia Grinnan , Ella Grinnan , M. G. Harman , General Eppa Hunton , General John D. Imboden , H. C. Marchant , Norton Marye , R. H. Maury , William Maury , B. T. Nalle , Phillip Nalle , Samuel H. Newbury , R.V. Richardson , William C. Rives , John Robertson , Taylor Scott , Francis H. Smith , John K. Taliaferro , Jacquelin P. Taylor , Tazewell Taylor , George Terrill , John Timberlake , C. S. Todd , Charles Wagner , Thomas P. Wallace , George Wederburn , and John Woolfolk .
Organization
This collection is divided into six main series: I. Correspondence; II. Financial and Legal Papers; III. Printed Material; IV. Ledgers; V. Envelopes, Wrappings, and Fragments; VI. Oversize Material.
The first series, I. Correspondence, is comprised of three sub-series: A. Correspondence of Jeremiah Morton (1. general correspondence, 2. topical correspondence and 3. papers, and related materials), Correspondence of B. J. J. Halsey (1. general correspondence, 2.family correspondence, 3. topical correspondence and 4. related materials), and C. Correspondence of the Winston Family . The material within each of these subdivisions is arranged chronologically. The sub-series called "Related Material" consists of papers of a personal nature, including essays, architectural estimates, Jeremiah Morton 's law certificate and examples of childrens schoolwork.
The second series, II. Financial and Legal Papers, is divided into three subseries: A. Packets (1. individuals whose financial and legal affairs were handled by Jeremiah Morton or J. J. Halsey , 2. Jeremiah Morton , and 3. J. J. Halsey ); B. Financial Papers (1. accounts and itemized receipts, 2. bills and receipts, 3. tax receipts, 4. checks, and 5. charts, tables and lists of numbers); C. Legal Papers (1. general legal papers, 2. promissory notes, 3. wills, 4. bankruptcy, 5. insurance, 6. land transactions and surveys, and 7. court related materials). In the first sub-series, the packets have been single-foldered and labeled according to the information on the original wrapping. These folders have been arranged in alphabetical order according to the name of the individual whose account Morton or Halsey managed. During the organization of this collection, it is apparent that it became apparent that all of the financial and legal material was at one time contained in packets. The names and dates on the envelopes and wrappings found in Series V. correspond to the names on the material not found in packets. Both Jeremiah Morton and J. J. Halsey kept their own personal financial and legal records bound up in packets and marked with a thin band of paper usually containing only the date. Packets which were found intact have been filed as a unit after the packets of the other individuals. Morton's records precede Halsey's , and both bear chronological arrangement. The financial papers are arranged chronologically by decade. The legal papers are also divided into smaller divisions. General legal papers include deeds, bonds, indentures, articles of agreement and some promissory notes. Most of the promissory notes have been removed and filed together following the general legal papers. These are followed by wills, materials concerning bankruptcy and insurance forms. Documents concerning land transactions include surveys, maps, plats and written agreements. The legal papers also include a number of court-related items including bills of complaint, legal opinions, summonses, and miscellaneous court notices. These papers are in chronological order within each subdivision.
The ledger series is divided into three sub-series: A. Volumes of Jeremiah Morton , B. Medical Volumes, and C. Other Volumes. Within each sub-series the volumes are arranged chronologically, with daybooks preceding journals and journals preceding ledgers. Dates and important annotations are entered on the list of ledgers in the text of this guide. Loose materials removed from the volumes are filed at the end of the ledger series in folders which correspond to the numbered volumes. The papers included in this group consist primarily of accounts, surveys, maps, newspaper clippings, and other printed material. There are numerous broadsides and advertisements, especially in the files which correspond to volumes 15 and 18. Personal letters were removed, noted, and filed with the correspondence series.
Envelopes, wrappings, and fragments comprise the next series. The envelopes and wrappings with annotations are filed in front of those which bear no autograph marks except name and date. One can get a more complete picture of the extent of Morton's and Halsey ' practice and names of their clients by examining the names and dates on these wrappings as opposed to the incomplete list of names which appears in the packet series. Miscellaneous fragments are filed at the end of the last series.
The final series consists of oversize material, primarily broadsides and pages from account books.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- A. G. Grinnan
- A. J. Gordon
- A. M. Phillips
- Abraham Halsey
- Adam Everheart
- Alexander H. Stephens
- Alexander Halsey
- Allan T. Caperton
- Allen T. Caperton
- Andrew Grinnan
- Andrew Johnson
- Anne Halsey
- Annie Halsey
- B. B. Halsey
- B. J. Sage
- B. R. Wellford
- B. T. Nalle
- B. T. Sage
- B. W. B[rown]
- B. W. Brown
- Bruce Williams
- Bushrod Brown
- C. R. Van Wyck
- C. S. Todd
- C. S. Waugh
- Charles B. Payne
- Charles B. Porter
- Charles G. Britt
- Charles Wagner
- Cornelia Grinnan
- Daniel W. Smith
- E. W. Stearns
- Edmund Halsey
- Ella Grinnan
- Ella M. Grinnan
- Eppa Hunton
- Fannie Halsey
- Frances Bunley
- Francis H. Smith
- Frederick Gamble
- Frederick J. Gamble
- Frederick John Gamble
- G. M. Mallory
- G. W. Leyburn
- George A. Sleet
- George Morton
- George Pannill
- George Terrill
- George W. C. Wedderburn
- George Wederburn
- H. C. Marchant
- Hannah Blackwell
- Henry Ahrens
- Irena Louisa Halsey
- Isaac Willis
- J. B. Winston
- J. J. Halsey
- J. L. Archer
- J. Morton Halsey
- J. Morton Halsey
- J. W. Crittenden
- J. W. Shadrack
- Jackson Morton
- Jacquelin P. Taylor
- James Beckham
- James Clark
- James Gaven Field
- James Hansbrough
- James Jones
- James L. Stringfellow
- James Somerville
- Jane Hansbrough
- Jed Hotchkiss
- Jedediah Hotchkiss
- Jeptha Fowlker
- Jeremiah Morton
- Jeremiah Morton
- John A. Porter
- John B. Barbour, Jr.
- John Blackwell
- John C. Rayland
- John Clark
- John Cole
- John D. Imboden
- John Gaurd
- John Glaspell
- John H. Antrim
- John H. Somerville
- John K. Taliaferro
- John Letcher
- John Robertson
- John S. Barbour, Jr.
- John Terrill
- John Timberlake
- John Vaughan
- John Woolfolk
- Joseph E. Johnston
- Joseph J. Halsey
- L. D. Winston
- Lewis Nelson
- M. A. Carter
- M. G. Harman
- M[ildred] J. Halsey
- Martin Nalle
- Mary Glaspell
- Mildred Halsey
- Mildred Morton
- N. B. Waugh
- Norton Marye
- Parchal Hutchenson
- Patrick Henry
- Peter Hansbrough
- Peter V. Daniel
- Philip Johnson
- Philip Nalle
- Phillip Nalle
- R. Briggs
- R. H. Dulany
- R. H. Maury
- R. W. Hall
- R.V. Richardson
- Reuben Clark
- Richard H. Maury
- Robert Bolling
- Samuel B. Halsey
- Samuel H. Newbury
- Samuel H. Newbury
- Samuel S. Halsey
- Samuel Shadrack
- Sarah A. Daniel
- Susan Halsey
- Susie Bunley
- Taylor Scott
- Tazewell Taylor
- Thomas A. Keith
- Thomas Brown, Thomas
- Thomas I. Green
- Thomas Morton
- Thomas P. Wallace
- Timothy Costello
- Timothy Foster
- W. B. Caldwell
- W. C. Conrad
- W. Chase Morton
- W. F. Robins
- W. S. Peyton
- W. W. Gordon
- Wallace Winston
- Walter C. Winston
- Walter Winston
- William "Extra Billy" Smith
- William "Extra Billy" Smith
- William C. Austin
- William C. Rives
- William D. Clark
- William Maury
- William P. Eliason
- William Rixey
- William Wharton
- William Winston
- Zachary Taylor
- [John] Thomas Morton Wharton
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Arkansas
- Augusta County, Virginia
- Baltimore, Maryland
- California
- Culpeper
- Culpeper County
- Culpeper County, Virginia
- Florida
- Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Kanawha County, Virginia
- Kansas
- Madison
- Madison, Virginia
- Milton, Florida
- Missouri
- Mobile, Alabama
- Morristown, New Jersey
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New Orleans
- Orange
- Orange, Virginia
- Racoon Ford
- Racoon Ford, Orange County, Virginia
- Richmond
- Texas
- Virginia
- Virginia land
- Washington
- West Virginia
- White Sulphur Springs
- White Sulphur Springs, Virginia
Container List
- IA. CORRESPONDENCE: JEREMIAH MORTON
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General Correspondence:
- Box 1
Correspondence of Jeremiah Morton1831-1869(15 folders)
- Box 2
Correspondence of Jeremiah Morton1870-1884, n.d.(11 folders)
- Box 1
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Topical Correspondence and Papers
- Box 3
re Slaves1847-1863
- Box 3
to General Zachary Taylor1849 Jan 27
- Box 3
re Kanawha County, Virginia [West Virginia] Coal Lands1850-1875
- Box 3
re Estate of General G. M. Mallory of Mobile, Alabama concerning his Virginia Debts1854-1855
- Box 3
re Southern Pacific Railroad Company1857-1859
- Box 3
from Governor John Letcher re JM's Commission as Colonel of Cavalry and Commission Document signed by Letcher1860 Aug
- Box 3
re White Sulphur Springs1860-1874
- Box 3
re Virginia Secession Convention including letter from General Joseph E. Johnston1861
- Box 3
from John Cole re Culpeper Churches after Civil War1866-1868
- Box 3
to/from Henry Ahrens re Personal Finances1867
- Box 3
from Frederick John Gamble re Yellow Fever Epidemic in New Orleans1867
- Box 3
to/from A. G. Grinnan1867
- Box 3 1867
- Box 3
from G. W. Leyburn re Building of an Academy1867
- Box 3
from R. H. Maury re Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and Politics1867
- Box 3
to/from Jackson Morton and W. Chase Morton re Post-War Conditions1867-1869
- Box 3
from B. J. Sage re Comments on Politics1868
- Box 3
from Alexander H. Stephens re his book A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States1868-1870
- Box 3
re Loan to Texas1869-1870
- Box 3
from Allan T. Caperton1873
- Box 3
from Jed Hotchkiss1873
- Box 3
from William "Extra Billy" Smith re his Senatorial Campaign with Account of his Public Career1873-1874
- Box 3 1874
- Box 3
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Related Materials
- Box 3
Morton Family Land Grant signed by Governor Patrick Henry1786
- Box 3
Law Certificate of Jeremiah Morton1822
- Box 3
Map re Jeremiah Morton 's Property in New Orleansca, 1868
- Box 3
List of Jeremiah Morton 's Congressional Libraryn.d.
- Box 3
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General Correspondence:
- Box 3 1842-1848
- Box 4
1849-1857
(9 folders)
- Box 5
1858-1863
(10 folders)
- Box 6
1864-1869
(8 folders)
- Box 7
1870-1873 June
(8 folders)
- Box 8
1873 July-1876
(8 folders)
- Box 9
1877-1893, n.d.
(11 folders)
- Box 10
1894, n.d.
(3 folders)
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Family Correspondence:
- Box 10
1856-1875
(12 folders)
- Box 11
1876-1938
(6 folders)
- Box 10
1856-1875
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Topical Correspondence and Papers
- Box 11
re Barbour Family1840-1878
- Box 11
from F. Slaughter and Company (Banking House)1850-1860
- Box 11
from Samuel H. Newbury1855-1875
- Box 11
re Commission Supplies to Confederate Army and an account of rations1861, 1865, n.d.
- Box 11
from William "Extra Billy" Smith1865-1866
- Box 11
to/from George W. C. Wedderburn re Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company1869
- Box 11
re Orange, Alexandria, and Manassas Railroad1871-1872
- Box 11
from Ella M. Grinnan1875-1884
- Box 11
re Knights of the Golden Horseshoe1877
- Box 11 1885-1886
- Box 11
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Related Materials:
- Box 11
List of Election Times, Electors and Vote in the 1840 Presidential Electionca. 1840
- Box 11
Registration Form of Andrew Johnson , "a person of colour"1855
- Box 11 1861, n.d.
- Box 11 1863 May 5-17
- Box 11
Student Report Cards, Mathematic Problems, School Assignments1863-1897, n.d.
- Box 11
Architecture Plans and Building Estimates re " Lessland "1870
- Box 12 1881, n.d.
- Box 12 1884-1892
- Box 12 1884-1892
- Box 12 1893-1894
- Box 12
Recipes and Home Remediesn.d.
- Box 12
Miscellaneous Papers1882-1857
- Box 11
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- IC. CORRESPONDENCE: WINSTON FAMILY
- Box 12
Winston Family Correspondence1846-1872, n.d.(8 folders)
- Box 12
- IIA. FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PAPERS: PACKETS
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Individuals:
- Box 12
Austin, William C.ca. 1853-1857
- Box 12
Beechwood and Malloryn.d.
- Box 12
Blackwell, John and Hannahca. 1857-1882
- Box 12
Britt, Charles G., and Beckham, Jamesca. 1852-1853
- Box 12
Brown, Bushrod W.ca. 1858-1891
- Box 12
Brown, Thomasca. 1810-1869
- Box 12
Bunley, Frances and Susieca. 1818-1825
- Box 12
Carter, M. A.1851
- Box 12
Clark, John, James, and Reuben1869
- Box 12
Clark, William D.ca. 1863-1873
- Box 12
Costello, Timothy1869-1870
- Box 12
Crittenden, J. W.1850-1859
- Box 12
Daniel, Sarah A.1862-1865
- Box 12
Eliason, William P.1858-1859
- Box 12
Everheart, Adam1871
- Box 12
Gaurd, John1850-1859
- Box 12
Glaspell, John and Mary1850-1859
- Box 12
Gray Family1880-1889
- Box 13
Green, Thomas I.ca. 1855-1857
- Box 13
Hall, R. W.1838-1882
- Box 13
Hansbrough, James1805-1870
- Box 13
Hansbrough, Jane and Peter1837-1862
- Box 13
Hunton, Eppa1877-1882
- Box 13
Hutchenson, Parchalca. 1874-1891
- Box 13
Johnson, Philip1868-1874
- Box 13
Jones, James1867-1869
- Box 13
Keith, Thomas A.1860-1866
- Box 13
Morton, George1857-1890
- Box 13
Morton, Thomas1850
- Box 13
Nalle, Martin and Philip1830-1859
- Box 13
Nelson, Lewis1867
- Box 13
Pannill, George1875
- Box 13
Payne, Charles B.1874
- Box 13
Peyton, W. S.ca. 1847-1869
- Box 13
Porter, Colonel John A.ca. 1857-1866
- Box 13
Rayland, John C.1859-1866
- Box 13
Rixey, William1850-1869
- Box 13
Robins, Reverend W. F.1869-1885
- Box 13
Shadrack, J. W., and Somerville, John H.1874
- Box 13
Shadrack, Samuelca. 1832-1878
- Box 13
Sleet, George A.ca. 1850-1859
- Box 14
Smith, Daniel W.1843-1844
- Box 14
Somerville, James1840-1860
- Box 14
Stearns, E. W.ca. 1840-1890
- Box 14
Steeles Tavern, Augusta County, Virginia1857-1860
- Box 14
Stringfellow, James L.1860-1882
- Box 14
Terrill, John1871
- Box 14
Van Wyck, C. R. and Winston, L. D.1886, n.d.
- Box 14
Vaughan, John1860, 1870, 1875
- Box 14
Waugh, C. S. and Waugh, N. B.1869, 1877
- Box 14
Wharton, [John] Thomas Morton and Children1858-1859
- Box 14
Wharton and Nalleca. 1866
- Box 14
Wharton, William1850-1859
- Box 14 ca. 1842-1874
- Box 14 ca. 1866
- Box 14
Williams, Colonel Bruceca. 1830-1866
- Box 15
Winston, Walter C.1945-1947
- Box 15
Winston Family1830-1860
- Box 15
Willis, Isaacca. 1865-1881
- Box 12
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Jeremiah Morton
- Box 15
Financial and Legal Papers of Jeremiah Morton1823-1859(5 folders)
- Box 16
Financial and Legal Papers of Jeremiah Morton1850-1869(6 folders)
- Box 17
Financial and Legal Papers of Jeremiah Morton1870-1879, n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 15
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- Box 17
1843-1862
(11 folders)
- Box 18
1867-1889, n.d.
(4 folders)
- Box 17
1843-1862
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- IIB. FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PAPERS: FINANCIAL PAPERS
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Accounts and Itemized Receipts
- Box 18
Accounts and Itemized Receipts1800-1859(6 folders)
- Box 19
Accounts and Itemized Receipts1850-1859(6 folders)
- Box 20
Accounts and Itemized Receipts1850-1869(6 folders)
- Box 21
Accounts and Itemized Receipts1860-1894, n.d.(6 folders)
- Box 18
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Bills and Receipts
- Box 22
Bills and Receipts1800-1859(7 folders)
- Box 23
Bills and Receipts1850-1859(7 folders)
- Box 24
Bills and Receipts1850-1859(7 folders)
- Box 25
Bills and Receipts1850-1859(7 folders)
- Box 26
Bills and Receipts1860-1869(7 folders)
- Box 27
Bills and Receipts1860-1879(7 folders)
- Box 28
Bills and Receipts1870-1889(6 folders)
- Box 29
Bills and Receipts1880-1895, n.d.(4 folders)
- Box 22
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Tax Receipts
- Box 29
A thru Zca. 1810-1899(2 folders)
- Box 29
Jeremiah Morton1845-1872
- Box 29 1847-1878
- Box 29 1885-1889
- Box 29
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Checks
- Box 29
Checksca. 1800-1895(2 folders)
- Box 30
Checksca. 1800-1895(2 folders)
- Box 29
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Charts, Tables, and Lists of Numbers
- Box 30
Charts, Tables, and Lists of Numbersn.d.
- Box 30
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- IIC. FINANCIAL AND LEGAL PAPERS: LEGAL PAPERS
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General Legal Papers
- Box 30
Legal Papers1800-1866(6 folders)
- Box 31
Legal Papers1867-1897, n.d.
- Box 30
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Promissory Notes
- Box 31
Promissory Notes1800-1895(4 folders)
- Box 31
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Wills
- Box 31
Wills1848-1887
- Box 31
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Bankruptcy
- Box 32
Bankruptcy1868-1876
- Box 32
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Insurance
- Box 32
Insurance1849-1876
- Box 32
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Land Transactions and Surveys
- Box 32
Land Transactions and Surveys1800-1879(4 folders)
- Box 33
Land Transactions and Surveys1880-1889, n.d.(2 folders)
- Box 32
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Court Related Materials
- Box 33
Notes re Laws and Court Cases1837-1867, n.d.
- Box 33
Bills of Complaint1843-1886
- Box 33
Summons1844-1887
- Box 33
Opinions, Answers to Bills of Complaint1853-1880
- Box 33
Statements of Case1857-1864, n.d.
- Box 33
Court Notices1857-1878
- Box 33
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- Box 34
Programs1843, 1881-1884
- Box 34
Forms re Land, Wills, Indentures, Stocks, Bankruptcy1850-1874
- Box 34
Laws and Printed Legal Material1850-1881, n.d.
- Box 34
Broadsides and Advertisements (See also: Oversize Material Removed from Scrapbooks)1854-1894, n.d
- Box 34
Circular Letters1856-1877, 1894
- Box 34
Business Cards1857, 1877, 1900, n.d.
- Box 34
Pamphlets and Brochures1866-1888, n.d.
- Box 34
Personal Cards and Invitations1884, 1902-1911, n.d.
- Box 34
Tintype Photograph: Students Rooming in Senior Entrance, North Halln.d.
- Box 34
Miscellaneous1870, 1911, n.d.
- IVA. LEDGERS: VOLUMES OF JEREMIAH MORTON
- Box 35 1
Mathematics Notebook1817
- Box 35 2
Personal Account Books/Notebook1823-1844
- Box 35 3
Ledger1836-1844
- Box 35 1
- IVB. LEDGERS: MEDICAL VOLUMES
- Box 35 4
Journal1812-1815
- Box 35 5
Journal1815-1819
- Box 36 6
Ledger, index labelled "Ledger B," Dr. R. Briggs1811-1819
- Box 35 4
- IVC. LEDGERS: OTHER VOLUMES
- Box: Oversize 7
Daybook, Parnassas Mills , Racoon Ford1856-1868
- Box 36 8
John A. Porter , Nalle, Fishback, & Co.1850 Jan-Dec
- Box 36 9
Journal, Saw Mill Customers1866-1868
- Box 37 10
Ledger, index1822-1826
- Box: Oversize 11
Ledger, John A. Porter1845-1862
- Box 37 11a
Index (Alphabetical) to Ledger 11, John A. Porter1856
- Box 37 12
Ledger, index1851-1852
- Box 37 13
Ledger1853-1859
- Box 37 14
Ledger, B. W. B[rown]1860-1861
- Box: Oversize 15
Ledger, Charles B. Porter Ledger "H"1862-1867
- Box 37 16
Ledger, B. W. Brown1862-1869
- Box 37 17
Ledger, index1866-1869
- Box: Oversize 18
Ledger/Journal, index1850-1856, 1871-1872
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volumes 2 and 31817-1844
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 8ca. 1852-1857
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 11ca. 1857-1865
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 12: Accounts and Legal Papersca. 1857-1882
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 12: Maps, Land Transactions, Drawings, and Printed Material1877, n.d.
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 15: Financial and Legal Papersca. 1862-1887
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 15: Pamphlets, Charts, Broadsides, and Other Printed Material1878-1883, n.d.
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 15: Drawings, Architecture Plans, Maps and Surveysn.d.
- Box 38
Miscellaneous Material from Volume 18: Land Transactions, Advertisements, Broadsidesca. 1866-1887
- Box 38
Page from Ledger of Tree-Hill Garden and Orchard1858 Apr 1
- Box: Oversize 7
- Box 38
Envelopes with Annotationsca. 1800-1899(2 folders)
- Box 38
Wrappings with Annotationsca. 1800-1899
- Box 39
Wrappings with Annotationsca. 1800-1899
- Box 39
Wrappings, Envelopes, and Fragmentsca. 1800-1899(3 folders)