A Guide to the Hubard Family Papers 1749-1950
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Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 8039, 8039-a,
8039-b
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Guide to the Hubard Family Papers, Accession # 8039, 8039-a, 8039-b, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
The original collection was a 1965 loan of Robert T. Hubard Jr. (IV) of Hampden-Sydnye, Va. On May 14, 1974, Mr. Hubard made a gift of the original collection (8039) to the University of Virginia together with two groups of additional materials (8039-a, 8039-b), which are interfiled in the original collection. On the same date Mr. Hubard gave his literary rights to the collection to the University of Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
The Hubard Family Papers, ca. 1749(1845-1930)1950, consist of 12 shelf feet of chiefly correspondence, legal documents, bills and receipts, account books and printed material os the first, second, and third Robert T. Hubards.
Robert Thruston Hubard I (1808-1871), who was educated at Hampden-Sydney and the University of Virginia, was a planter at "Rosney "in Buckingham County and after 1850, at "Chellowe ", which he purchased from his brother-in-law, Robert Bolling. Hubard's wife, formerly Susan Pocahantas Bolling, was seventh in descent from John Rolfe's marriage to Pocahantas through a granddaughter, Jane Rolfe, who married Colonel Robert Bolling in 1675. This ancestry is represented in the collection by ca. 50 pages of genealogical material. Of interest in the correspondence are letters to Hubard from his brothers William Bolling Hubard and Edmund Wilcox Hubard, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1841-1847, touching on political issues of the period, and ca. 30 letters, 1851-1857, from Hubard's son, James L., relating his experiences as a cadet at Virginia Military Institute. Also included are a letter from Philip St. George Cocke concerning James Linneaus Hubard's appointment to VMI, an extensive 1840 letter from Buchner Thruston re: Hubard family history and numerous letters concerning plantation business. Other Robert Thruston Hubard I material of note are his plantation journals, 1847-1871, and his lecture notes for Professor Tucker's economics class at the University of Virginia in 1828.
Robert Thruston Hubard II (1839-1921) after attending Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Virginia Law School, practiced law for several years in Richmond before returning to "Chellowe "in 1887, practicing law thereafter in Buckingham, Cumberland, and Prince Edward Counties. Among the legal papers in the collection are ca. 40 documents of the Orange- Keysville Railway, of which Hubard was president. The majority of the correspondence to and from him concerns the legal cases that he handled. Included are letters from members of the Tucker family re: the family estate, letters from H.C Cabell and H.P. Randolph as well as several letters from Thomas Staples Martin relating to a legal case. Of special note among the correspondence are a letter from Horace Greeley dated May 30, 1872 concerning the sending of a delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore, a letter from George C. Cabell to President-Elect McKinley recommending that Hubard be appointed First Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, and a letter from Governor William Smith commending Robert T. Hubard II for his work in the Virginia Legislature, 1875-1877.
During the Civil War, Robert T. Hubard was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Third Virginia Cavalry, during which time he wrote several letters containing accounts of battles in which he participated. And in a June 5, 1910 letter to his son, he recounts the battle of May 8, 1864, on the Brock road near Spottsylvania Courthouse.
Also among the correspondence are copies of letters dating 1835-1842 from John R. Edmunds, Hubard's father-in-law, to Walter C. Coles, a member of the U.S. Congress. In these letters Edmunds discusses political issues of the period, e.g. abolitionism, the U.S. Treasury, and economic policy. In addition the collection contains ca. 70 pages of genealogical material and history of the Edmunds family.
Robert Thruston Hubard III (1876- ) was educated at Hampden-Sydney College, as was his father, and the University of Virginia Law School, after which he practiced law in Fayetteville, West Virginia. He married Ruth Drewry Whittle, daughter of Judge Stafford G. Whittle of Martinsville, Va., after a courtship in which they exchanged numerous letters amounting to 2 shelf feet along with those written during their marriage.
Among the general material of the colelction are several items concerning slavery, such as a list of Robert T. Hubard I's slaves and their value at the time of emancipation, a list of Virginia counties having fewer than 500 taxable slaves and a table of the population, both slave and white, of Virginia by decades from 1790-1840.
Organization
The collection is divided into four major sections in the following order: 1) correspondence, 2) legal documents and memoranda, 3) bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts, 4) general material. In each of sections 1-3 the material is arranged chronologically. The material of section 4 is grouped topically in descending order of importance.
Contents List
- Box 1
[Robert] Lawson to Major William Hubbard 1781 April 211 item
- Box 1
Correspondence 1828, 1836-184417 items
- Box 1
Copies of letters from John R. Edmunds to Walter Coles 1835-18427 items
- Box 1
Correspondence 1847-1863, 1865175 items, 8 folders
- Box 2
Correspondence 1866-1877316 items, 8 folders
- Box 3
Correspondence 1878-1889320 items, 9 folders
- Box 4
Correspondence 1890-1909220 items, 9 folders
- Box 5
Correspondence 1910 Jan-Oct164 items, 8 folders
- Box 6
Correspondence 1910 Nov-1911 March172 items, 8 folders
- Box 7
Correspondence 1911 April-Dec184 items, 9 folders
- Box 8
Correspondence 1912 Jan-July171 items, 8 folders
- Box 9
Correspondence 1912 Aug-Sept 1150 items, 3 folders
- Box 9
Correspondence 1913 Jan-1914 April116 items, 5 folders
- Box 10
Correspondence 1914 May-1919204 items, 8 folders
- Box 11
Correspondence 192047 items
- Box 11
Letters of condolence to Robert T. Hubard III on the death of his wife ca. 1290 Feb 26-March75 items
- Box 11
Correspondence 192125 items
- Box 11
Correspondence from Hubard children 1921-192435 items
- Box 11
Correspondence 1922-1924148 items, 3 folders
- Box 12
Correspondence 1925-1930100 items, 3 folders
- Box 12
Correspondence 1937-193839 items, 2 folders
- Box 12
Correspondence 1940-195114 items
- Box 12
Correspondence108 items, 3 folders
- Box 13
Carbons of business letters of Robert T. Hubard III 1903 May 15-1904 Oct1 vol.
- Box 13
Carbons of business letters of Rober T. Hubard III 1904 Nov.-1905 May 111 vol.
- Box 14
Copy of a royal land grant to John Hughes 1749 (1908)1 item
- Box 14
Copy of land grant to Henry Baird 1762 (1913)1 item
- Box 14
Statement of insturctions to delegates Thomas Read and Wm. Hubard from the Freeholders of Charlotte Co. and newspaper article re: same 1176 Oct 16 and 1907 May 282 items
- Box 14
Copy of land grant to Henry Wooldridge 1796 (1913)1 item
- Box 14
Copy of land grant to John Patterson 1804 (1913)1 item
- Box 14
Legal documents re: Peyton Lesueur 18274 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1833-184812 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda ca. 1850-185912 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1852-187520 items
re: Robert Bolling's debt to Robert Thruston Hubard
- Box 14
Will and directions to Robert Thruston Hubard's children ca. 1855-18717 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1861-187817 items
re: Robert Thruston Hubard estate
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1867-188145 items
re: Samuel Williams
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda ca. 1870-187427 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda ca. 1870-187711 items
re: Judith Randolph estate
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1871-189618 items
re: Anna D. Randolph estate
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1872-18775 items
re: Garnett and Moseley Gold Mining Co.
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1875-187733 items
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda ca. 1876-18804 items
re: D.C. Randolph bankruptcy
- Box 14
Legal documents and memoranda 1878-187946 items
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1878-188315 items
re: Magdalene Maupin estate
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda ca. 1878-188518 items
re: John St. George Randolph estate
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1879-18804 items
re: George Fulcher estate
- Box 15
Legal documents and records ca. 1800-18857 items
re: claims against French Government by Edmunds family
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1880-188950 items
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1887-191540 items
re: Orange-Keysville Railway
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1890-19898 items
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda 1902-19238 items
- Box 15
Legal documents and memoranda33 items
- box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1829-183911 items
- Box 16
Receipts for grain received at Tye River Warehouse 1839-1841, 1848-184950 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1840-184935 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1842 April 271 item
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1850-195950 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1853-1859100 items
re: John H. Miller
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1856-186226 items
re: Alex Moseley trust fund
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1860-186860 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1860-187930 items
re: Samuel Williams Estate
- Box 16
Receipts re: special election for Farmville and Charlottesville Railroad Co. 18624 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1868-1879250 items
re: Robert Thruston Hubard, Sr. estate
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 186950 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1869-187020 items
re: Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr's guardianship of Anna T. Daniels
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1869-188525 items
re: George Fulcher estate
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1870-1871100 items
- Box 16
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1870-187975 items
re: Robert Bolling
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1870-1879100 items
re: Magdalene Maupin estate
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1870-188530 items
re: Judith Randolph estate
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 187250 items
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1872-1896125 items
re: Anna Daniel Randolph estate
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 187375 items
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1873-191525 items
re: Orange-Keysville Railway
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1874150 items
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1874-187510 items
re: D.C. Randolph bankruptcy
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1875200 items
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1875-187650 items
Robert T. Hubard with Harrison Hubard and Tom Allen
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1976200 items
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 187640 items
of Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr. from Richmond
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1877200 items
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1877
re: Brooke vs. Randolph
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1878100 items
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1878-18816 items
re: J. St. George Randolph estate
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 187975 items
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1879200 items
- Box 18
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1880100 items
- Box 17
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1880-1889100 items
re: Magdalene Maupin estate
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1880-188950 items
re: John St. George Randolph estate
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1881300 items
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1882200 items, 2 folders
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1883100 items
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1883-1884200 items
City of Richmond Republican Executive Committee
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1884100 items
- Box 19
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 188550 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1886175 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1887125 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts 1888-188920 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1890-189940 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts ca. 1900-194975 items
- Box 20
Bills, receipts, promissory notes and accounts70 items
- Box 20
Checkbook records ca. 1873-189418 items
- Box 21
List of slaves of Robert Thruston Hubard and their value at time of emancipation 1869 Oct. 251 item
- Box 21
Population of Va., decades from 1790-1840, slave and white1 item
- Box 21
List of counties in Va. having fewer than 500 taxable slaves1 item
- Box 21
General order No. 9, Robert E. Lee, and quotations of Lee ca. 18652 items
- Box 21
Oath of allegiance to U.S. of Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr. 1865 July 241 item
- Box 21
Election results from Buckingham County for House of Delegates and for Hubard's race for Commonwealth Attorney2 items
- Box 21
Petition to Wm. McKinley, President-Elect, requesting that Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr. be made 1st Asst to the Attorney General 1897 Feb 31 item
- Box 21
Outline of plan of organization of Republican Party1 item
- Box 21
Notes on the manner of election of state governors, 3 1. 18501 item
- Box 21
Essay - "Congressional Apportionment "and "Mr. President "2 items
- Box 21
Essay - "Reminiscences of Massachusetts "and list of number of representatives in Congress from slaveholding states from 1798-18402 items
- Box 21
To the Editors of the Richmond Whig re: the reannexation of Texas, 15 1. 18441 item
- Box 21
Speeches of Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr.4 items
- Box 21
Advice and family history written by Robert Thruston Hubard for his sons4 items
- Box 21
Certificate certifying that Robert Thruston Hubard meets requirements for law license 1931 July 111 item
- Box 21
Robert Thruston Hubard, III's applications for law license 1894, 19022 items
- Box 21
Letters of recommendation for Robert Thruston Hubard, III 1897-190123 items
- Box 21
MOnthly grade reports of Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr. from Hampden-Sydney College, Lists of distinction 1892, 189430 items
- Box 21
Maps of plots of land ca. 1791-191214 items
- Box 21
Fragments of land survery1 item
- Box 21
Fragments of surveys of "Rosney "and Laeneus Bolling Plot 1836, n.d.2 items
- Box 21
Weekly newsletter and Price Current - Petersburg and Merchants' Prices-Current and Shipping List 1853, 18542 items
- Box 21
Schedule of price of gold during Civil War compared with Confederate money ca. 18652 items
- Box 21
Stamp duties imposed by act of June 28, 1864 18661 item
- Box 21
Life Insurance Policy of Thomas Leitsch and related receipts, and memorandum of policies filed by Robert Thruston Hubard 1868-18847 items
- Box 21
Sketch of "Chellowe "with notes by Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr 18681 item
- Box 21
Sketch of the life of Robert Thruston Hubard, Jr.1 item
- Box 21
Genealogical material re: Bolling-Rolfe ancestry1 item, 54 p.
- Box 21
Geneaological material and family history re: Edmunds family, 70 1.1 item
- Box 21
List of Bolling Hubard's books1 item
- Box 21
List of Bolling Hubard's books1 item
- Box 21
Medical prescription 1837 April 241 item
- Box 21
Directions for making whitewash 18551 item
- Box 21
Book on wine growing and fermenting1 item
- Box 22
Confederate bonds of Robert Thruston Hubard 18644 items
- Box 22
Stocks and bonds 1842-191332 items
- Box 22
Map of Washington, DC 18891 item
- Box 22
Theatre posters 1867, 18814 items
- Box 22
Auction sale bills 1875-18837 items
- Box 22
Newspaper clippings ca. 19154 items
re: deaths of Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Drewry and Capt. C.W. Whittle
- Box 22
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings ca. 1870-191050 items
- Box 22
Newspaper clippings 192021 items
re: death of Mrs. R. T. Hubard, III
- Box 22
Photographs9 items
- Box 22
Miscellaneous invitations ca. 1860-185227 items
- Box 22
Postcards and greeting cards ca. 1900-194043 items
- Box 22
Miscellaneous ca. 1850-1930150 items, 2 folders
- Box 23
Daily Dispatch , Richmond, Va. 1879 Jan 11 item
- Box 23
Miscellaneous newspapers 1812, 1870, 1873, and 19286 items
- Box 23
Catalog of Smithfield Male and Female Institute and related printed material 1901-19024 items
- Box 23
Speeches, Congressional Bills, Court decisions and miscellaneous ca. 1825-192137 items
- Box 24
Geography Text Book 18201 item
- Box 24
Notes of Professor Tucker's lectures on economics at the University of Virginia by Robert Thruston Hubard 18281 item
- Box 24
Memorandum of the Special Commissioner 18551 item
- Box 24
Plantation journal of annual receipts and disbursements, Robert Thruston Hubard 1855-18711 item
- Box 24
Plantation journal of annual receipts and disbursements, Robert Thruston Hubard 1847-18541 item
- Box 24
Notes on family history by Robert Thruston Hubard 1858 June1 item
- Box 24
Plantation ledger of accounts of hands employed by Robert Thruston Hubard 18691 item
- Box 24
Farm book for Chellowe 1869-18711 item
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Map of Mark Anthony lands by T.S. Robison 1884Physical Location: Oversize1 item