Inventory of the Cabell Family Papers 1693-1913, 1743-1823 Cabell Family Papers 1693-1913, 1743-1823. Mss. 65 C12

Inventory of the Cabell Family Papers 1693-1913, 1743-1823

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Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 65 C12


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Repository
Special Collections, College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 65 C12
Title
Cabell Family Papers, 1693-1913, 1743-1823.
Extent
3,192 items.
Creators
Dr. William Cabell, Col. William Cabell, William Cabell, Jr., Cabell Family.
Language
English
Abstract
Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst Counties, Virginia.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Publication Rights/ Restrictions on Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

Cabell Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Purchased: 3,192 items, 07/18/1941.

Biographical/Historical Information

There were three generations of William Cabells who were surveyors. Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) was a physician and assistant surveyor of Goochland and Albemarle Counties, Virginia under Joshua Fry and William Mayo. His son William Cabell (1729/30-1798) was also assistant surveyor of Albemarle County and surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia. His son and the third William Cabell (b. 1759) was surveyor of Amherst County, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

Accounts, surveys and correspondence, chiefly 1743-1823, of members of the Cabell family of Albemarle and Amherst counties, Virginia. Includes accounts and land transactions, 1733-1754, of Dr. William Cabell (1700-1774) as well as letters written to him concerning medical treatment. Also includes accounts, surveys of Amherst County and correspondence with commission merchants of William Cabell (1729/30-1798); and surveyor's license and surveys of William Cabell (b. 1759).

Also includes correspondence, 1796-1820, of William H. Cabell (1772-1853); correspondence of William S. Crawford, clerk of Amherst County; and correspondence relating to the will of Patrick Henry, Jr. including a list of books purchased from the estate of Patrick Henry (1736-1799). Prominent correspondents in the collection include Joseph Carrington Cabell, John Marshall, Philip Norborne Nicholas, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Pendleton and Peyton Randolph.

There are manuscript volumes of the field survey books of Dr. William Cabell; entry survey books for Goochland and Albemarle Counties, and lists of court cases by William S. Crawford as well as surveys signed by Joshua Fry and surveying business conducted by the College of William and Mary.

Arrangement

Organization

This collection is organized into two series, 1. Papers, and 2. Manuscripts.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically by date.

Related Material

Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library.

Cabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell- Brown Papers, 1885-1890. 12 items. Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll Cabell-Brown

The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into two inventories, located within Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, that are related to the Cabell Fmaily papers.

Alexander Brown Papers (I), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Alexander Brown Papers, 1815-1910. 2,949 items. Mss. Acc. 65 B83

Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900. 1,434 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 B86

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Additional Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Hughes, Sarah S. Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Measuring in Colonial Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Surveyors Foundation and the Virginia Association of Surveyors, 1979.

Bibliography

Hughes, Sarah S. Surveyors and Statesmen: Land Measuring in Colonial Virginia. Richmond, Va.: Virginia Surveyors Foundation and the Virginia Association of Surveyors, 1979.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

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Components List

Papers, 1693-1913, n.d.
Box 1-9
Series 1: Papers
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Manuscripts 1736-1878, n.d.
Box
MsV.
Series 2: Manuscripts
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