Inventory of the Woolfolk Family Papers 1775-1893
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.1 W88
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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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
Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Gift: 3,980 items, 5 November 1937. Gift: 6,000 items, 27 June 1939.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Woolfolk family originally emigrated from Wales. John George Woolfolk (1750-1819) ran a stage line and had a contract to carry the mail. His sons Pichegru Woolfolk and Jourdan Woolfolk continued the stage line. Jourdan had a son, John William Woolfolk , among other children.
Scope and Content Information
Papers of the Woolfolk family of Caroline County, Virginia including correspondence and accounts of John George Woolfolk , Jourdan Woolfolk , Pichegru Woolfolk and John William Woolfolk . The collection includes correspondence, accounts and vouchers for the stage line run by the Woolfolk family (Allen & Woolfolk ; Jourdan Woolfolk & Company; and Woolfolk & Hoomes). Includes records of routes, rates, supplies, arrangements for layover of passengers and mail contracts of the Potomac Steamboat and Stage Company as well as papers concerning stock purchases in the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad. Also includes bound account books for the stage lines. Note: Includes letters written by James Lyons, Timothy Pickering, Robert Ryland and Benjamin Waller; letters of and accounts concerning members of the Maury family; and lists, 1829 and 1837, of vaccinated slaves. Lot 2 consists of about 6000 pieces of papers of the Woolfolk Family of Caroline County, Virgini, dated 1793-1876. There are financial records relating to the stage line and mailservice, records relating to agricultural business, correspondence, insurance records, military records, records relating to the erection of Antioch Baptist Church, and copies of newspapers.
Arrangement
OrganizationOrganized into 14 series. Lot 1 comprises series 1-7. Lot 2 comprises series 8-14. There is a certain overlap between some of the series of lot 1 and 2. Lot 2 is has not been processed beyond the Series arrangement. Series 1: Correspondence relating to the stage line; Series 2: Accounts and vouchers of the stage line; Series 3: Other papers relating to the stage line and the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad; Series 4: Correspondence of the Woolfolk family; Series 5: Papers of various persons, A-Z; Series 6: Other Papers; Series 7: Bound volumes; Series 8: Papers relating to the stage and mail service operated by members of the Woolfolk Family; Series 9: Papers relating to members of the Woolfolk Family, A-Z; Series 10: Papers relating to the estate of John Hoomes; Series 11: Subscription lists, invoices and receipts relative to the erection of Antioch Christian Church, Bowling Green, Virginia; Series 12: Records of the Caroline troop of cavalry, 1816-1820; Series 13: Newspapers; Series 14: Miscellaneous.
ArrangementLot 1: The series are arranged chronologically, with the exception of series 5, which is arranged alphabetically by last name and chronologically within. Lot 2: Series 9 is arranged alphabetically by last name; the other series of Lot 2 have not been further arranged at this point.
Index Terms
- Maury family.
- Woolfolk family.
- Potomac Steamboat and Stage Company.
- Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railraod Compnay..
- Coaching--United States.
- Postal service- -United States--History.
- Slavery--Virginia--19th century.
- Transportation--Virginia.
- Caroline County (Va.)--History -- 18th century.
- Caroline County (Va.)--History -- 19th century.
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
- Ryland, Robert, 1805-1899.
- Waller, Benjamin.
- Woolfolk , John George, 1750-1819.
- Woolfolk , John William.
- Woolfolk , Jourdan, b. 1796.
- Woolfolk , Pichegru.
Family name:
Corporate name:
Subjects:
Geographical name:
Persons:
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829.
- Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829;
- Ryland, Robert, 1805-1899.
- Ryland, Robert, 1805-1899;
- Waller, Benjamin.
- Woolfolk, John George, 1750-1819.
- Woolfolk, John George, 1750-1819;
- Woolfolk, John William.
- Woolfolk, John William;
- Woolfolk, Jourdan, b. 1796.
- Woolfolk, Jourdan, b. 1796;
- Woolfolk, Pichegru.
- Woolfolk, Pichegru;
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Caroline County (Va.)--History -- 18th century.
- Caroline County (Va.)--History -- 19th century.
Contents List
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1:1
Old Mulberry Place, 2 January 1938.
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1:2
177 items.
This file contains also letters relating to the carrying mails and to connections with the Fredericksburg and Potomac Steamship Company, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad.
chronological
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1:3-2:6
754 items.
This file contains also accounts of the Potomac Steamboat and Stage Company and accounts for the carrying of mail. All the accounts after 1840 pertain to the carrying of mail. See also Bound Volumes.
Arranged into two groups: papers realting to the stage line are followed by papers relating to the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, within each group chronological.
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3:7
Robert Armistead to William Townes and Alexander McRae, 1796.1 item.
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3:7
Papers relating to the purchase of horses probably used for the stage line, 1811-1831.10 items.
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3:7
Schedule of fares from Richmond to Fredericksburg, ca. 1820.1 item.
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3:7
Agreement of Edwin Porter & Co., and Jourdan Woolfolk with N. C. Lipscomb concerning the boarding of stage drivers and passengers, 1823.1 item.
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3:7
Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States for carrying mail from Bowling Green, Virginia, by Turner's Store, to White Chimneys, and back, twice a week, 1838.1 item.
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3:7
Contract of Jourdan Woolfolk with the United States for carrying the mail from Bowling Green, Virginia, by Turner's Store and White Chimneys, to Mahgohic, and back, twice a week, 1843.1 item.
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3:7
List of subscribers to the Richmond and Potomac railroad survey whose subscriptions were returned by Jourdan Woolfolk , 1834.1 item.
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3:7
Papers relating to cash transactions of Jourdan Woolfolk with the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, 1835-1837.14 items.
Includes several receipts for cash paid in purchase of stock.
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3:7
Vouchers relating to payments for and dividends on stock in the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad purchased by Pichegru and John Woolfolk , 1835-1876.8 items.
chronologically
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3:8
Printed circular letter.
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3:8
T. B. Brodnax to [?], 8 December 1812.
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3:8
George D. Baylor, at New Market, [Shenandoah County], to John G. Woolfolk , at Shepherds Hill, Caroline County, 22 November 1814.
Note: A receipt for money allowed Thomas Swann by the overseers of the poor appears on the same sheet.
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3:8
Benjamin Wailer, at Williamsburg, to [?], 22 February 1816.
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3:8
N. Dickerson, Navy Department, to Midshipman William Lewis Maury, U.S. Navy, Bowling Green, Virginia, 21 May 1836.
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3:8
William W. Dickerson, at Ruther Glen, [Caroline County], to Jourdan Woolfolk , at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, 23 September 1836.
Enclosure: An account of James Covington with William W. Dickinson.
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3:9
Williamson Talley, at The Meadows, to Jourdan Woolfolk , at Bowling Green, Caroline County, 14 February 1841.
Date is that of postmark, New Amsterdam, Hanover County, Virginia.
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3:9
P. Bradley, at Washington, [D.C.], to William Allen, at Bowling Green, Virginia, 6 April 1841.
This letter contains information about contracts for carrying mail.
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3:9
S. C. Grammer, president, Franklin Insurance Company, to Jourdan Woolfolk , at Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia, 1 March 1842.Postmarked Washington, D. C.
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3:9
W. K. Pendleton, at Bethany College, Brooke County, Virginia, to Edmond T. Morris, at Junction Post Office, Hanover County, Virginia, 22 May 1851.
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Arranged alphabetically, within each name chronologically.
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4:10
Albright (George L.) to John and Philip Chapman, 1831.1 item.
Note.
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4:10
Allen (Wilson), 1830.1 item.
Agreement of Pleasant Terrell and Lewis Webb Co., creditors of Wilson Allen.
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4:10
See also Bound Volumes.
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4:10
Bailey (Chester), 1811.1 item.
Invoice.
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4:10
Burke (John M.) estate, 1822-1848.
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4:10
Invoices.
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4:10
31 pieces.
See also Bound Volumes.
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4:10
Chapman (John) and Philip Chapman vs. Samuel Wade, 1824.1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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4:10
Coleman (Mary), 1818.1 item.
Draft in favor of A. Samuel.
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4:10
Covington (William), 1854-1856.3 items.
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4:10
Crawford [?], 1814.1 item.
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4:10
Davis (William), 1809-1810.8 pieces.
Invoices.
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4:10
Hardaman (Patsey) estate, 1845.
Invoice.
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4:10
Hill (Andrew), 1830-1839.
Invoives.
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4:10
1 item.
Invoice.
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4:10
Hoomes (John) estate, 1784-1821.22 items.
Papers relating to the estate of John Hoomes, including accounts and invoices of John Hoomes and Company. This group contains a statement of tobacco shipped in 1799, giving the names of planters.
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4:10
Hoomes (John W.) vs. John Hoomes, executor of John Hoomes et als., 1824.1 item.
Suit in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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4:10
Hoomes (Richard) and wife to Reuban Tankersley, 1823.1 item, copy.
Deed to a tract of land in Caroline County called Millford.
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4:11
Jacobs (Benjamin), 1811.1 item.
Receipt.
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4:11
Jones (Eleanor), 1826.1 item.
Invoice.
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4:11
Jones (Thomas) estate, 1775-1809.40 items.
Papers relating to the estate of Thomas Jones.
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4:11
Long (John) estate, 1806-1837.28 items.
Papers relating to a trusteeship for the benefits of Catharine Long, wife of John Long.
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4:11
7 pieces.
Legal papers and invoices. See also Bound Volumes.
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4:11
Maury (William G.) and wife to James Brown, Jr., and William Finney, trustees for John Adams and Samuel G. Adams, 1817.1 item.
Deed of trust covering certain lots of land in or near the city of Richmond.
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4:11
Maury (William G.), 1822-1832.3 items.
Invoice and drafts. See also Bound Volumes.
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4:11
Maury (William L.), 1935-1837.7 items.
Invoice and receipts.
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4:11
Prager (Frederick) to John M. Gray, 1814.1 item.
Note.
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4:11
Reynolds (James C.), 1830.1 item.
Invoice.
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4:11
Tankersley (Reuben) estate, 1846.1 item.
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4:11
Walden (George), Clerks' fees and taxes.4 items.
Clerks' fees and taxes.
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4:11
Winston (Edmund), 1875.1 item.
Agreement for lease of a house to Richard Cross.
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4:11
Winston (S.F. and M.E.) 1874.
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4:12
6 items.
Invoice and memoranda.
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4:12
1 item.
Bill of sale for a dress.
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4:12
3 items.
Invoice and receipts.
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4:12
1 item.
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4:12
117 items.
Accounts and invoices.
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4:12
1 item.
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4:12
2 items.
Accounts.
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5:13
1 item, copy.
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5:13-14
216 items.
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5:14
1 item.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Murry i.e. Maury (William G.) to Richard C. Wortham, trustee for John G. Woolfolk , 1819.1 item.
Trust deed covering certain lots of land in or near the city of Richmond, also certain slaves and personal property.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings in the State of Virginia vs. John G. Woolfolk , 1810.1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the State of Virginia vs. Elizabeth Woolfolk , tenant, and John G. Woolfolk , reversioner, 1823.1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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5:15
6 items.
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5:15
18 pieces.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Jourdan Woolfolk , John M. Burke and Hawes Coleman, administrators of Woolfolk (John C.) vs. Benjamin Haley, 1818.2 items.
Suit in Richmond.
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5:15
1 item.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Hawes Coleman and John M. Burke, administrators of Woolfolk (John G.) vs. Jourdan Woolfolk , trustee under the will of John G. Woolfolk , for Nancy H. Maury et als., 1821.1 item.
Suit in Fredericksburg.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George), Hawes Coleman, Jourdan Woolfolk and John M. Burke, administrators of Woolfolk (John C.) to Elizabeth Woolfolk , 1826.1 item.
Bill of sale for negroes.
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5:15
4 items.
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5:15
Woolfolk (John George): Agreement of Jourdan Woolfolk , surviving administrator, with the heirs of John C. Woolfolk , 1847.Unsigned copy with incomplete date 1847.
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6:16
Woolfolk (John George): Murry i.e. Maury (William C.) to Richard C. Wortham, trustee for John C. Woolfolk , 1819.1 item.
Trust deed covering certain lots of land in or near the city of Richmond, also certain slaves and personal property.
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6:16
Woolfolk (John George): Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings in the State of Virginia vs. John C. Woolfolk , 1810.1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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6:16
Woolfolk (John George): Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the State of Virginia vs. Elizabeth Woolfolk , tenant, and John C. Woolfolk , reversioner, 1823.1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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6:16
6 items.
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6:16
18 items.
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6:16
Woolfolk (John George): Jourdan Woolfolk , John N. Burke and Hawes Coleman, administrators of Woolfolk (John G.) vs. Benjamin Haley, 1818.2 items.
Suit in Richmond.
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6:16
1 piece.
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6:16
Woolfolk (John George): Hawes Coleman and John M. Burke, administrators of Woolfolk (John C.) vs. Jourdan Woolfolk , trustee under the will of John G. Woolfolk , for Nancy H. Maury et als., 1821.1 item.
Suit in Fredericksburg.
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6:16-17
449 items.
Invoices, receipts and drafts. Including accounts of the estate and correspondence concerning accounts.
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6:18
Woolfolk (John George): Letters from Thomas Goodwin, Farmer's Bank, Fredericksburg, concerning notes of John G. Woolfolk in the bank, 1819-1822.33 items.
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6:18
See also John Hoomes estate.
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7:19
240 pp.
Student's notebook, containing notes on physiology and on the Bible. See Manuscript Volumes, Students' Notebooks.
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7:19
Accounts.
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7:20
1 item.
Trust deed covering a tract of land.
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7:20
1 item.
Suit.
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7:20
Woolfolk (Jourdan): Farish (Hazelwood) to John Hoomes and Jourdan Woolfolk , trustees for Thomas B. Farish and Wilson Allen, 1820.1 item.
Trust deed covering stages, horses and mail contracts from Fredericksburg to Stafford Court House and to Halifax Court House, and a tract of land in Caroline County.
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7:20
1 item.
Assignment of a debt to secure his creditors.
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7:20
1 item.
Suit.
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7:20
Woolfolk (Jourdan): Pendleton (John L.) to Hiram Childs and Jourdan Woolfolk , trustees for Williamson Talley, 1821.1 item.
Trust deed covering a tract of land in Caroline County called Edmundsberry, and the fees due him as clerk of Caroline County and Superior Court.
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7:20
4 items.
Suit in Fredericksburg.
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7:20
1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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7:20
1 item.
Suit in Caroline County.
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7:20
3 items.
Agreements for the sale of mulberry trees.
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7:20
1 item.
Suit.
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1 item.
Suit in Caroline County, Virginia.
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7:20
3 items.
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2 items.
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7:21
Jourdan Woolfolk in account with Wortham and Magruder, commission merchants, Richmond, Virginia, 1820-1848.61 items.
Accounts and letters. See also bound volumes.
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1,258 items.
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1 item.
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1 item.
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3 items.
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10:29
Vaccination information, 1829, 1937.1 item.
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10:29
Formula for shoe blacking, 1830.1 item.
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10:29
Other papers, 1819-1871.8 items.
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10:29
Unidentified invoices and memoranda, 1810-1846.28 items.
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Fragments, n.d.13 items.
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Wrappings and envelopes, n.d.86 items.
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1 volume; 120 pp., 12 1/2 x 9 inches.
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1 volume; 150 pp., 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
The volume also contains stage line accounts, 1794-1796.
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The estate of John G. Woolfolk in account with Jourdan Woolfolk , Hawes Coleman and John N. Burke, administrators, 1819-1821.1 volume; 34 pp. 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.
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Accounts of the stage line for transportation of passengers, 1812-1813.1 volume; 150 pp., 16 x 6 3/4 inches.
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1 volume; 48 pp., 6 1/4 x 4 inches.
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1 volume; 64 pp., 6 1/2 x 4 inches..
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1 volume; 132 pp., 7 1/4 x 7 inches.
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1 volume; 350 pp., 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 204 pp., 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 80 pages. 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 30 pp., 6 3/4 x 4 inches.
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1 volume; 104 pp. and 2 loose sheets, 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches.
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1 volume; 163 pp., 61/2 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 146 pp., 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 106 pp. and 9 loose sheets, 6 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 160 pp., and 2 loose sheets, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 156 pages. l5 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.
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1 volume; 136 pp., 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.
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1 volume; 332 pages. 12 1/4 x 8 inches.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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13:30
Miscellaneous financial records, 1789, 1802-1836.
Contains tax records, receipts, correspondence, and accounts.
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13:31
Contracts and miscellaneous financial records, 1815-1845.
Contains a contract with the U.S. Government and several Post Office contracts, a share in the Potomac Steamboat Company, correspondence and miscellaneous financial records.
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13:32
Miscellaneous financial and legal records, 1798-1844.
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13:33
Miscellaneous financial records, 1817-1824.
Contains receipts and accounts.
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Accounts, 1809-1836.
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Correspondence, 1836-1838.
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14:36
Government publications, ca. 1833-1834, 1841, 18492 volumes (incomplete) and 2 items.
Includes two issues of the National Intelligenzer, 1841 and 1849, as well as two incomplete volumes of government publications on legislation regarding mail service (ca. 1833-1834).
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Miscellaneous business records, 1796-1821.
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14:39-40
Includes letters received by Jourdan Woolfolk , Bowling Green, Caroline County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters were written by B.[?] Bradley, Washington D.C. Also includes letters from Conway Robinson, President of the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company, and letters (copied) by Bradley to Robinson and others.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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15:41
Includes accounts and receipts for household items and relating to agricultural operations, including a medical bill for slaves, tuition bills, and receipts for wages paid to James Cox.
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15:44
Several bonds are mutilated: signature has been torn out.
Includes bonds, bills, accounts, and receipts.
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16:45
Includes accounts, receipts, legal records, a workmen's book, and a surveyer's report.
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16:46-49 and 17:50-52
Includes accounts, bonds, an indemnification bond, insurance policies, receipts, memoranda, banknotes, deeds and indentures, as well as a deed of trust documenting the sale of a slave and her two children. Also included are accounts of Sophia Hoomes with John G. Woolfolk , who was her guardian. Also includes a letter from Richard Woolfolk , Jefferson County, 1810, explaining his financial problems and the sale of slaves. He also mentions the sale of a horse to St. George Tucker.
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Includes correspondence, report cards from Bethany College (West Virginia), accounts, receipts, and bills.
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18:55-56
Includes correspondence dating 1821-1866. Of special interest is the Civil War correspondence. A letter to Jourdan Woolfolk , written by Roy Huly [?], Edge Mont. [?], dated 26 July 1864, describes an encouter with Sheridan's forces: according to Huly's account, horses and four slave boys were led away and but there was little damage property. Also includes a group of letters from Confederate soldiers, a group of letters relating to the culture of silkworms, and bancruptcy notices.
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Papers relating to Jourdan Woofolk, 1833-1867.
Included are indentures, agreements, court summons, membership certificates, insurance policies, and estate accounts for John M. Burke.
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18:58
1 volume.
Accounts with various individuals. Includes name index.
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Vouchers.
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20:69
1 item.
Bond.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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19:59
Papers relating to the Estate of John Hoomes, 1796-1817.
Includes financial and legal records relating to the estate of John Hoomes, among those an abstract of his will.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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Papers relating to Antioch Reformed Church, Bowling Green, Virginia, 1853-1859.
Subscription lists, invoices and receipts relative to the erection of Antioch Christian Church, Bowling Green, Virginia.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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19:61
Records relating to the Caroline County troops of cavalry, 1816-1820.
Includes lists of delinquents at muster 1816-1817, amount of money collected at a muster, n.d., reports of troop meetings, and a financial record.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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19:64
Newspaper, 1842.1 issue.
Issue of the Richmond Enquirer, September 6, 1842. The following issues of the Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser that were originally part of this collection, were moved to the Newspaper Collection: February 15, 1839, October 7, 1840, and February 12, 1842.
Papers in this series have not been arranged yet.
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19:62-63
Miscellaneous, 1796- ca.193-.
Includes memoranda, receipts, instructions, accountbooks, bonds. A plat showing property lines and listing the names of owners, n.d. A 1795 copy of Constitutions, Rules and Regulations of the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia was transferred to the Rare Books Collection.