Inventory of the Philip Lightfoot Papers 1765-1860 Lightfoot, Philip, fl. 1778-1800 Mss. 39.1 L62

Inventory of the Philip Lightfoot Papers 1765-1860

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Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.1 L62


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Repository
Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 39.1 L62
Title
Philip Lightfoot Papers, 1765-1860
Extent
1,277 items.
Creator
Philip Lightfoot, fl. 1778-1800, Philip Lightfoot, Jr. William Wirt, ; Lightfoot family.
Language
English
Abstract
Letters and papers of the Lightfoot family of Virginia, 1765-1860, including chiefly military, legal and business papers.

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

Philip Lightfoot Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Purchased: 1,277 items, 1938.
Acc. No. 1997.61; Gift: 1 item, 1997.

Biographical/Historical Information

Philip Lightfoot of Culpeper County, Virginia served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army Artillery from 1778-1781. He was commissioned as lieutenant in the Virginia militia and as captain in the 8th U. S. Infantry Regiment. His heir [Philip Lightfoot, Jr.] put in a claim for his Revolutionary War service pension in 1831 so he was apparently dead by that year.

Scope and Content Information

Papers of Philip Lightfoot of Culpeper County, Virginia including his commissions as lieutenant in the Second Battalion, 5th Regiment, Virginia militia and as captain in the 8th U. S. Infantry Regiment and papers relating to his service in the U. S. Army including records of a recruiting party, enlistment pledges, muster rolls, records of rewards offered for deserters and descriptions of U. S. Army uniforms. There are legal papers in the collection and accounts and business correspondence of merchants in Culpeper (James L. Markham, Samuel Porter, and Merrick Starr). Apparently, the later papers in the collection belong to another Philip Lightfoot [perhaps a son.] One of the two men or perhaps, both, were lawyers. The collection contains a letter, 5 July 1809, written by William Wirt as well as four pages of genealogical information on the Lightfoot family including slave births.

Arrangement

Organization

The collection is organized into 9 series: 1. Military papers of Philip Lightfoot; 2. Letters; 3. Accounts and invoices; 4. Papers relating to accounts collected by Philip Lightfoot; 5. Legal papers; 6. Papers of James L. Markham; 7. Papers of Samuel Porter; 8. Papers of Merrick Starr; 9. Miscellaneous.

Arrangement

Series 2, 6 and 7 are arranged chronologically; series 3-5 are arranged alphabetically.

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Contents List

Military papers of Philip Lightfoot, 1794-1807, n.d.
Box-folder 1:1-3
Series 1: Military papers of Philip Lightfoot
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Letters, 1793-1860, n.d.
Box-folder 2:4-5
Series 2: Letters

chronologically

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Accounts and Invoices, 1770-1855.
Box-folder 2:6-7 and 3:8
Series 3: Accounts and Invoices

Alphabetically.

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Papers Relating to Accounts Collected by Philip Lightfoot.
Box-folder 3:9-10 and 4:11-12
Series 4: Papers Relating to Accounts Collected by Philip Lightfoot

Alphabetically.

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Legal Papers, 1788-1847, n.d.
Box-folder 4:13 and 5:14
Series 5: Legal Papers

Alphabetically.

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Papers of James L. Markham, 1801-1819, n.d.
Box-folder 5:15
Series 6: Papers of James L. Markham
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Papers of Samuel Porter, 1811-1827.
Box-folder 6:16
Series 7: Papers of Samuel Porter
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Papers of Merrick Starr, 1789-1808.
Box-folder 6:17
Series 8: Papers of Merrick Starr
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Other papers, 1791-1817.
Box-folder 6:18-19
Series 9: Other papers

Alphabetically by records creator, unknown and fragments at the end.

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