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Carter Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Purchased: 8,602 items 12/31/1935; 2 items in November 1938.
Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797).
The collection includes: correspondence and land records of Robert "King" Carter; correspondence and land records of his sons Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778); correspondence, accounts, land records and the appointment to the Virginia Council of Robert Carter (1728-1804), son of Robert Carter (1704-1731); correspondence, diaries, land records and accounts of Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1804), son of Landon Carter of Sabine Hall; and correspondence and land records and papers concerning the estate of Robert Carter's grandson, Landon Carter (1757-1820).
The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Robert Wormeley Carter (1792-1861) including his correspondence with Robley Dunglison, John Tyler, John Tayloe Lomax, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Young Conrad and members of the Tayloe family as well as his diaries and accounts arranged by subject. [Note: in May 2012, the diaries of Robert W. Carter (Subseries 6, Folder 91) were removed and catalogued as Rare Books].
Subjects covered in the collection include plantation life, horse-racing, real property, nineteenth-century Virginia politics, enslaved persons, and tobacco. In addition, there are miscellaneous eighteenth-century land and legal documents.
Also accessible on microfilm: Carter Papers, 1667-1862, in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number HD1471 .U5 R43 ser.L Part 1.
Arrangement: All papers which could be definitely identified with a person of some importance are grouped under the name of that person. These groups are arranged by alphabetical order. Persons of the same name are distinguished by dates of birth and death, or by their relationship to other persons whose dates are known.The general files (Folder 103-109) are placed after this alphabetical series (Folders 1-102). These files are separated into categories using appropriate classifications. Letters and papers belonging to estates, suits, etc., are filed with their respective groups. Likewise other letters and papers are listed either in the alphabetically arranged groups mentioned above, or in the general files.
Organization: This collection is organized into the following series and subserie: Series 1: People Files, Subseries are: Carter, Miss; Carter, (Miss C.); Carter (Charles) of Cleve, 1707-1764; Carter (Charles) of Shirley, 1732-1806; Carter (Elizabeth) [wife of Landon Carter, 1710-1778]; Carter (Elizabeth) [daughter of Robert W. Carter, 1792-1861] ; Carter (Elizabeth L.) [sister of Robert W. Carter, 1792-1861]; Carter (George) [son of Robert "Councillor" Carter]; Carter (George B.) estate; Carter (John Armistead) guardianship; Carter (Kate); Carter (Landon) 1710-1778 ;Carter (Landon, Jr.) [son of Landon Carter, 1710-1778]; Carter (Landon) 1756-1820, estate; Carter (Landon, Jr.) [half-brother of Robert W. Carter, 1792-1861] ;Carter (Robert "King") 1663-1732; Carter (Robert) of Nomini, born c. 1704, died 1731; Carter (Robert "Councillor") of Nomini, 1728-1804; Carter (Robert Wormeley) 1734-1797 ; Carter (Robert W.) 1792-1861; Carter (Robert W.) 1792-1861 ; Tayloe (John) estate. Series 2: General files. Subseries: Accounts, invoices, receipts; Letters; Other papers; Printed matter; Unidentified pieces and fragments; Labels, covers and envelopes
This current finding aid is also available in the microfilm format at the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. An additional index can be found at: National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States available from Chadwyck-Healey, Inc., 1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, Va. 22314.
In May 2012, the diaries of Robert W. Carter (Subseries 6, Folder 91: Diaries of Robert W. Carter) were removed from the Carter Family Papers and catalogued as Rare Books under: AY 326.R5 W3 1836 AY 326.R5 W3 1844 AY 326.R5 W3 1846 AY 35.R5 C6 1838 AY 35.R5 C6 1859
Other Information:
Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00031.frame
When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.
2 items.
2 items.
3 items.
Note: This deed states that Robert Cary purchased the land from Charles Carter in 1746. Papers showing descent of title to a messuage, houses and four lots on Palace Street, Williamsburg, from Charles Carter to Philip Grymes: Robert Cary to Kenneth Mackenzie, 1746-1751.
Papers showing descent of title to a messuage, houses and four lots on Palace Street, Williamsburg, from Charles Carter to Philip Grymes: Robert Cary to Kenneth Mackenzie, 1746-1751.
5 items.
16 February 1788 and 25 February 1788 Two letters on same sheet.
Bill of lading for goods shipped from London to Charles Carter.
2 items.
12 items
7 items.
32 items
2 items.
61 items.
17 items.
Mutilated.
Draft of letter not sent.
Note: A memorandum by Landon Carter, dated 3 May 1778, appears on back of sheet.
44 items. Items are arranged alphabetically by last name.
Power of attorney, Elizabeth Beckwith to Col. George Eskridge. Power of attorney for relinquishing her right of dower in a tract of land in Richmond County.
Marmaduke Beckwith to Landon Carter. Lease of a tract of land in Richmond County.
28 items. Papers concerning quitrents of Landon Carter, payable to Lord Fairfax.
Appraisal of land in Richmond County lately belonging to Maj. Dennis McCarty, made by Robert Tomlin and William Dogges, at the request of Landon Carter.
Surveyor's plat of the dividing line between the land of Landon Carter and John Kent, made by William Garland.
Rough draft, written by Landon Carter, of a petition to the House of Burgesses regarding a proposed division of the counties of King George, Stafford, Richmond, and Westmoreland. (Counties of Virginia-Geography [1769]).
Mutilated. Notice concerning an enslaved person who escaped ('a runaway slave') belonging to Landon Carter.
Photostatic copy. An inventory of the estate of Landon Carter, deceased.
5 items. A list of papers of L[andon] C[arter], deceased, taken by Robert W. Carter.
Speech of Landon Carter to a grand-jury.
A statement to the public by Landon Carter, regarding measures taken by England for the raising of revenues in the American colonies. The statement is addressed to Purdie and Dixon, who were printers in Williamsburg, Virginia
Deposition of Landon Carter in a dispute, between Charles Carter of Corotoman and Robert Carter of Williamsburg, concerning possession of Corotoman estate.
Surveyor's plat of a tract of land called "Ring's Quarter," in King and Queen County. Part of "Ring's Quarter" belonged to Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeley, whose daughter, Elizabeth, married Landon Carter.
Certificate of relinquishment of the dower rights of Nancy Jones, Wilks County, Georgia, to a tract of land in Northumberland County, Virginia, sold by her husband, Thomas Jones, to Landon Carter, Jr.
1,049 items.
48 items.
Copy.
Both letters are on the same page.
10 items.
3 items.
22 items.
725 items. Includes one bound volume.
276 items.
Armistead (Lewis) - Plat of a tract of land in Northumberland County made by Rawleigh Tapscott at the request of Lewis Armistead.
6 items. Beverley (Carter) - Papers relating to the dissatisfaction shown by Carter Beverley with Robert W. Carter's administration of the Landon Carter estate.
2 items.
2 items. Robert W. Carter, administrator of Carter (Landon) - Request that the Land Office in Richmond furnish a copy of a deed establishing the line between the lands of [?] Sydnor and Landon Carter, and the reply to this request.
49 items.
3 items.
Extract of a deed.
4 items. Suit in Fredericksburg.
Suit in Spotsylvania County.
Suit in Spotsylvania County.
Suit in Richmond District.
Copy.
6 items.
2 items. Suit in Richmond County.
Mutilated. Draft of a deed to a tract of land in Richmond County, called "Juggs."
Deed to a third part of a tract of land in Richmond County called "Juggs."
Draft of a deed to a tract of land in Richmond County.
Mutilated. Letter concerning a deed of trust given by Capt. Bramham and Peter Rust to Landon Carter.
6 items. Tayloe (William H.) - Dispute.
4 items. Charles Mason, guardian of - Thompson (Mary) v. Robert W. Carter, administrator of Landon Carter. Suit in Spotsylvania County.
Deed to a tract of land in Richmond County, called "Hickory Thicket."
Suit in Spotsylvania County.
13 items. Frederick County lands of Landon Carter, 1741-1858
Frederick County lands of Landon Carter, 1741-1858.
18 items. Frederick County lands of Landon Carter, 1741-1858.
85 items. Frederick County lands of Landon Carter, 1741-1858.
2 items. Including plat.
10 items. Relating to the portion of Mary B. Carter, 1821-1841
50 items. Relating to the portion of Mary B. Carter, 1821-1841.
43 items.
43 items.
13 items. The majority of the items relate to the papers of Robert "King" Carter.
Dickenson (Elizabeth) - Certificate appointing Austin Brockenbrough her attorney for relinquishing her right of dower in a tract of land in Richmond County sold by her husband, Thomas Dickenson, to Robert Carter.
2 items. Garner (Vincent) - Surveyor's plat of a tract of land in Northumberland County, belonging to Vincent Garner, 1728, and an undated memorandum on the bounds of Vincent Garner's land patent.
Deed to a tract of land in Lancaster County, adjoining Col. Carter's land.
Mutilated. Deed to a house and lot in Williamsburg.
Suit in Williamsburg. Note: It is possible that this Robert Carter is not Robert "King" Carter, but his son, Robert Carter of Nomini.
Trust deed covering a tract of land in Westmoreland County, called "Coles Land."
Lease of a tract of land in Northumberland County.
Shropshire (St. John) - Re: recommending Richard Tankersly for a position.
John Palmer to David Ginnins [Jennings]. Papers showing descent of title to a tract of land in Northumberland County from John Palmer to Robert Carter, 1667-1712.
Copy. Will of David Jennings, leaving his estate to Francis Bratton, whose daughter, Frances, afterwards married Enoch Hill. Papers showing descent of title to a tract of land in Northumberland County from John Palmer to Robert Carter, 1667-1712.
2 items. Enoch Hill and Frances, his wife, to Robert Carter. Mortgage and deed to the same property, dated the same day. Papers showing descent of title to a tract of land in Northumberland County from John Palmer to Robert Carter, 1667-1712.
6 items. The majority of the items relate to the papers of Robert Carter of Nomini (circa 1704-1731), son of Robert "King" Carter, and father of Robert "Councillor" Carter, of Nomini.
Letter concerning purchase of five tons of iron from Robert Carter.
2 items. Lease of a tract of land in Stafford County, 12 August 1729, and deed of sale covering the same tract of land, 13 August 1729.
2 items. Statement by John Warner concerning sale of 330 acres of land by John Savage to Robert Carter, 1730, and a cash receipt dated 1733.
103 items.
40 items.
60 items.
60 items.
3 items.
Quitclaim deed to a parcel of land on Palace Street, Williamsburg.
24 items.
4 items.
18 items, including 9 diary books (typed by CWI).
2 items. See also: Morton, Louis, "Robert Wormeley Carter: Notes on the Life of a Virginia Planter," Journal of Southern History, vol. 12, pp. 345-365.
Deed to a lot in the city of Richmond.
44 items.
Copy.
Copy.
A memorandum by Robert W. Carter appears on the same sheet.
Copy
Copy
33 items.
Copy. [Robert W. Carter], at S[abine] Hall, [Richmond County], to St. L[eger] L. Carter. 3 July 1822, and [Robert W. Carter], at S[abine] Hall, [Richmond County], to St. L[eger] L. Carter. 28 July 1822.
Incomplete. Enclosure: [Charles Carter ?] to Mary B. Carter, at Sabine Hall, [Richmond County].
Receipt for payment for ticket in Grand National Lottery appears on same sheet.
Mutilated
Mutilated. Date is from postmark.
Mutilated.
46 items.
Date is from postmark.
Re: expulsion of J. A. Carter.
Copy.
Re: Final disposition of persons enslaved by RWC's mother's, referred to as 'Negroes.'
50 items.
Copy. Re: Favors J. Q. Adams over Gen. Jackson in the election.
Re: Opposed to doctrines of Adam's first message/ objections to Jackson listed.
Re: His support of Gen. Jackson as the least evil of the two.
Date is from postmark.
Re: Urging RWC to run for the Senate.
Re: Says RWC will do well in his district.
Re: On RWC's chances in the election.
Copy of contract between John Dickinson, assignee of Mackenzie Beverly, and William B. Beverly, agent of Robert Beverly, on same sheet.
Re: The death of RWC's brother Landon.
Re: RWC's sister requesting him to buy Betty at the sale of persons, enslaved by their brother.
Re: Urging him not to resign his seat.
Postmarked Spotted Ville [Stafford County]. Includes a statement of account written by Robert W. Carter.
38 items.
Re: Louis Tyre, a free man of color who would put C's mill in operation.
Two letters written on the same page.
A letter recommending Lewis Tyre as a workman, signed by D. Green, [?], and John McMahon, appears on the same sheet.
Postscript written by D. Green.
Re: Attacks on him in the Enquerer. Comments on S. Carolina's position/fear of "anarchy if not civil war will prevail."
Re: Castings for saw mill.
Re: Telling RWC to electioneer if he would secure the prize "which is scarcely worth the contest."
A note drawn by Robert W. Carter, 8 March 1833, appears on same sheet.
Re: The sale of Spencer (an enslaved person) ($150) "he shall be treated with the utmost kindness ..."
Printed circular letter.
Postmarked Washington.
Re: The President and the bank deposits/ Mentions Wallace who may turn into a "negro driver."
Re: Family News.
41 items.
Re: Inquiring about his chances as a candidate for Brig. Gen. in the Regt./lists his military experience.
Re: Marriage Plans.
Re: Replies to RWC's 2 January 1834 letter.
Re: The election of Aylett as Brig. Gen.
Re: Plans to announce his candidacy for the seat in the legislature representing Richmond and Lancaster Counties.
Copy. Re: Resignation as Col. of 41st Regiment.
Re: Dr. Emanuel's proposed candidacy for House of Delegates.
Re: Alternate representation from the two counties, comments on Jackson's "great and glorious achievements", then lost confidence in him; supports Leigh for U. S. Senator.
Date is from postmark.
Re: The boat he bought in July.
Re: Doctor's report on Lizzie.
Re: The best route for supplying the F. R. to subscribers in the Northern Neck.
Re: the "Torrent that is rushing on respecting Slavery ..."
Re: Military career of her brother General Armistead.
Re: Banking.
Mutilated
Mutilated
36 items.
Re: RWC's candidacy in next legislature.
Re: Why he may not vote for RWC.
Virginia Tayloe is a sister of RWC.
24 items.
Re: Fire at RWC's house.
Enclosure: One Account.
Elizabeth Carter is Col. Robert W. Carter's daughter.
Mutilated.
Rebecca Dulaney is Col. [Robert] W. Carter's niece.
Two letters written on the same page.
Copy.
36 items.
Re: Bill regarding the "discipline of our slaves on this vexed Border" (D.C.).
Re: Annexation of Hardy Co.
Copy.
Copy.
Note: Statements by a sporting court in regard to sweepstakes at Fairfield appear on same sheet.
Two letters written on the same page.
Re: Divorce proceedings.
2 item, both consisting of two letters written on the same page.
Incomplete.
36 items.
Two letters written on the same page.
Note: Describes inauguration parade of President W. H. Harrison.
Elizabeth Landon Carter is Col. Robert W. Carter's daughter.
Postmarked Washington.
31 items.
Re: Sale of RWC's cotton stock.
[Copy].
Note: This letter concerns the newly-invented McCormick Reaper.
2 Enclosures: A sheet giving speed records of certain horses, 1802-1823, and a newspaper clipping concerning the Mount Vernon Races, 1842.
Postmarked Lancaster Court House.
64 items.
Postmarked Farnham, Virginia
Re: The colt is in fine condition.
Two letters written on one page.
Re: Whig Party Notice.
Re: Going to nominate RWC as Whig candidate.
Re: Political remarks.
Postmarked Farnham, Virginia
Postmarked Kilmarnock, Virginia
Mutilated.
[Letter requesting Col. Carter to deliver a Fourth of July oration at a place not specified].
Postmarked Litwalton, [Lancaster County], Virginia
Copy.
Note: A statement of account appears on the same sheet.
60 items.
Note: Mention is made of the burning of Mt. Airy.
Note: A statement is added to the letter showing mortgages given by John Critcher to various persons.
Mutilated.
Note: Reference is made to the burning of Mount Airy. Enclosure: A copy of a court order giving nominations for sheriff of Richmond County. 1844.
Mutilated.
Two drafts of a letter.
Postscript by Maria G. Braxton.
Accompanying remarks by Robert W. Carter.
Forwarded to Warsaw.
Original letter and duplicate. The duplicate is addressed to Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia.
Printed circular letter.
36 items.
Copy.
Date is from postmark.
Copy.
Two letters written on the same page: William H. Tayloe, at Mount Airy, [Richmond County], to Col. Robert W. Carter, at Sabine Hall, 6 November 1846. O. P. Hare, at Richmond, to William H. Tayloe, 1 January 1846.
45 items.
Copy.
Printed Circular.
Note: This letter is written on a printed circular of Mrs. Mary L. Eliason's Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies, Alexandria, Virginia.
49 items.
Printed circular letter.
Note: An account is added to this letter.
Note: Robert W. Carter's reply is filed with this letter.
Two letters written on one page: E. McG. Tidball, at Waterloo, to Col. R. W. Carter, at Sabine Hall, near Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia, 6 October 1848. L. G. Tidball to [R. W. Carter], undated.
Enclosure: Clipping from the National Intelligencer and Southern Churchman offering for sale an estate in Fairfax County called Vaucluse.
Note: This letter contains comments on the California gold fever.
39 items.
Note: Robert W. Carter's reply is filed with this letter.
Enclosure: R. A. Claybrook, at Piedmont, to Eustace Conway. 18 May 1849.
Note: This letter contains two prescriptions and a bill for medical services. Date is from the postmark.
59 items.
2 Copies.
Enclosure: T. Reavis, at Gainesville, to E. Conway, at Richmond, Virginia 14 February 1850.
Copy.
Enclosure: Receipt for subscription to "American Farmer."
64 items.
Copy.
Mutilated.
Two letters written on one page.
Draft. Draft of a statement concerning the resignation of Rev. William N. Ward as Rector of Lunenburg Parish. Note: The draft is in the handwriting of Robert W. Carter.
38 items.
Copy.
Copy.
Mutilated.
Mutilated.
Printed circular letter.
Mutilated.
1 item,
Copy.
Two letters written on the same page: Gordon Forbes, at Sandy Point, to Col. R. W. Carter, at Sabine Hall, 17 October 1854. Robert W. Carter, at Sabine Hall, to Daingerfield Belfield, at Belle Brant, 10 November 1854.
Copy.
Copy.
Mutilated.
Copy.
Copy.
Copy.
Note: A statement of account is added to this letter.
Enclosure: An extract from the Report of the Executive Committee of the Rappahannock River Agricultural Society.
Enclosure: Certificate of election of Robert W. Carter as a lay delegate to the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Virginia.
Postmarked Upperville, Virginia.
Copy.
Note: A copy of Col. R. W. Carter's reply is filed with this letter.
Copy.
Two letters written on the same page: William T. Harris, at Warsaw, to Col. Carter, 24 Feb 1857. R. W. C[arter] to [William T. Harris], 6 March 1857.
Enclosure: Account of E. T. Tayloe with Robert W. Carter, 1853-1854.
Copy.
Enclosure: Copy of a letter written by Elias Harroll, an enslaved person, to a (black) friend.
Date is from postmark.
Copy.
Enclosure: C[harles] C[arter] Lee, at Richmond, to Col. R. W. Carter, 1 January 1859.
Enclosure: A sample of merino wool.
Enclosure: Printed circular letter from R. T. Daniel, chairman, State Central Committee, Richmond, Virginia, 23 February 1859.
Mutilated.
Copy.
Illegible.
Enclosure: John Bulger to [William Wirt], undated.
Note: This letter is written on a printed circular advertising hogs.
Mutilated.
Mutilated.
Enclosure: A list of enslaved person showing ages and 'value.'
Mutilated
Two letters written on the same page.
2 items.
2 items.
3 items.
3 items.
3 items.
Two letters written on the same page.
A note written by H. W[ellford] to Robert W. Carter appears on the cover of this letter.
Incomplete.
3 items. Two mutilated drafts of a letter.
An unfinished draft of a letter.
Copy.
Copy.
Copy.
Copy.
Copy.
Copy.
Draft of letter.
Copy, Mutilated.
Mutilated.
Note: This letter is written on a printed circular advertising the business of William A. Jackson.
Note: A poem in the handwriting of Robert W. Carter appears on the back of this letter.
5 letters.
5 letters.
5 letters.
5 letters.
5 letters.
Mutilated.
Mutilated. Postmarked Tappahannock.
Note: A form of application for divorce in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, appears on the same sheet.
2 items.
Mutilated.
Postmarked Petersburg, Virginia.
Letter invites Robert W. Carter to speak in a political debate.
Enclosure: Cut of a corn drill.
Note: A memorandum in the handwriting of Robert W. Carter appears on the back of this letter.
Postmarked Washington, D.C.
Postmarked Washington, D.C.
Postmarked Washington, D.C.
Copy of second letter.
2 letters.
2 letters.
Mutilated. Postmarked Gordonsville.
Postmarked Kilmarnock, Virginia.
Mutilated.
Mutilated.
Folder 51-35: 103 items, including 11 cash books.
Folders 51-53 include a total of 103 items, including 11 cash books.
Folders 51-53 include a total of 103 items, including 11 cash books.
Folders 51-53 include a total of 103 items, including 11 cash books.
191 items.
14 items.
176 items.
46 items.
30 items.
8 items.
8 items.
Folders 56 and 57 combined contain 478 items: (78) Letters (1829-1858), (395) Checks (1825-1854), (2) Bank Books (1825-1854) and (3) Statements (1837-1854).
Folders 56 and 57 combined contain 478 items: (78) Letters (1829-1858), (395) Checks (1825-1854), (2) Bank Books (1825-1854) and (3) Statements (1837-1854).
8 items.
3 items.
5 items.
19 items.
17 items.
105 items.
105 items.
23 items.
23 items.
207 items.
207 items.
137 items. Bills and receipts. Arranged by locality.
3 items.
2 items.
4 items.
2 items.
2 items.
14 items.
10 items.
4 items.
4 items.
66 items. Eight items include levies for the repair of Totuskey Large Bridge, 1841, and Totuskey Little Bridge, 1851.
4 items.
6 items.
8 items.
3 items.
100 items.
148 items.
Memorandum sent by J. S. Wellford to Robert W. Carter.
238 items.
20 items.
368 items.
13 items.
166 items.
189 items. Arranged alphabetically.
5 items.
5 items.
26 items.
3 items.
6 items.
8 items.
15 items.
15 items. This includes the Report of the Investigating Committee to the stockholders, 1855.
3 items.
8 items.
58 items.
27 items.
10 items.
7 items.
7 items.
5 items.
5 items.
46 items.
46 items.
1,246 items.
32 items.
66 items.
159 items.
126 items.
33 items.
28 items.
38 items, including one memorandum book.
89 items.
56 items.
44 items. Accounts dealing with enslaved persons ('Negroes'), 1813-1861. 123 items.
208 items. Arranged by alphabetical order by last name.
28 items.
5 items.
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22 items.
13 items.
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6 items.
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11 items.
15 items.
28 items.
6 items.
7 items.
288 items.
39 items.
39 items.
8 items.
8 items.
75 items. Accounts and correspondence concerning alterations and improvements.
75 items. Accounts and correspondence concerning alterations and improvements.
9 items.
9 items.
97 items. See also Folder 82.
97 items. See also Folder 82.
79 items.
79 items.
221 items.
10 items.
3 items.
10 items.
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46 items.
24 items.
6 items.
3 items.
2 items.
3 items.
13 items.
13 items.
Arranged by last name.
Notice directing Robert W. Carter to attend, at Lancaster Court House, the trial of Thomas Armstrong, captain of artillery attached to the 92nd Regiment, Virginia Militia.
Joseph F. Harvey and David B. Taylor, administrators of Bailey (Robert) et al. vs. Robert W. Carter. Suit in Westmoreland County.
Trust deed covering a tract of land in Westmoreland County, called "Bushfield," to secure a debt due Robert W. Carter.
2 items. Deed to a lot of land in the village of Warsaw, 1834, and deed of Edwin Waller and wife conveying the same property to Harmanus Boggs.
Deed to a lot of land in Richmond County near the court house.
53 items. Agreements with overseers, 1815-1854, 24 pieces; and letters from overseers, 1825-1860. 29 items.
3 items. Agreements for rental of his tract of land in Richmond County, known as "The Distillery."
2 items. Letters concerning soldier's claims of Robert W. Carter.
2 items. E.B. Stephens for Carter (Robert W.) vs. Daniel Atwill.
Carter (Robert W.) vs. John Bailey's administrators, 1841-1857. 13 items. And a list of suits brought in Westmoreland County by Robert W. Carter against John Critcher and others to secure debts of John Bailey and of Robert Bailey who was one of the administrators of John Bailey. 1851. 3 items.
4 items.
2 items.
2 items.
4 items.
2 items. Agreement regarding sale to Robert W. Carter of one half of the schooner Sally Eleanor, 1842, and an account of Robert W. Carter with Griffin Garner. 1844.
2 items.
Memo. Deeds of trust to ( ) Conway et al, and to ( ) Pendleton, for ( ) Claybrooke.
Agreement with Robert W. Carter regarding the purchase of a tract of land in Westmoreland County, called "Louisville."
Certificate granting to Robert W. Carter the right to use an improved bee-hive patented by William M. Hall of Wallingford, Conn.
Memo. Robert W. Carter for Lamkin (J.L.) vs. Thomas S. Waugh et al. Three suits in Charles City County.
Writ to compel them to lay certain levies for a public road and landing.
Memo. Agreement with Robert W. Carter concerning the taking of depositions in a certain suit in Spotsylvania County.
Suit in Richmond County for amount due him under a trust deed from Jeffries & Oldham to W.Y. Sturman, trustee for Robert W. Carter.
7 items. Trust deed covering his interest in a house and lot in Fredericksburg, and other papers relating thereto.
2 items. Two trust deeds covering ensaved persons.
Letter from R.E. Scott to Robert W. Carter, who is interested in the suit, giving a financial statement of the case.
Trust deed covering a tract of land in Richmond County.
2 items. William L. Claybrooke and Thomas Jones, Jr., trustees of Sydnor (R.B.) vs. Elizabeth Edwards et al [including Robert W. Carter]. Suit in Richmond County.
Deed to a tract of land in Northumberland and Lancaster Counties.
Deed to a tract of land in Richmond County.
Deed of a tract of land in Richmond County, called "The Distillery."
Trust deed covering a lot in the City of Richmond.
8 items. Suit in Stafford County.
79 items.
17 items.
4 items.
14 items. This group consists chiefly of printed circular letters.
30 items.
14 items.
29 items.
14 items.
Copy.
2 items. Mutilated.
Printed Pamphlet.
Copy of a resolution requesting that the delegates representing Richmond County use their influence to have a law passed by the General Assembly separating the funds of Lunenburg and Farnham parishes, Richmond County, and appointing separate boards to manage each fund. Signed by Moore F. Brockenbrough and others.
Signed by Daniel Garland and others.
12 items.
Date of report not given.
3 items.
2 items.
31 items.
20 items.
2 items.
3 items.
5 items.
7 booklets. The diaries for 1836, 1838, 1844, 1846, and 1859 are written in printed almanacs.
18 items. Robert W. Carter, and Enoch Mason, were the joint administrators of John Mason. This subseries includes accounts, such as 17 bills for court fees and 1 letter concerning fees.
86 items.
56 items. Including a letter from Thomas D. Mutter to Robert W. Carter, 13 Aug 1824, concerning the impending visit of the Marquis De La Fayette to Fredericksburg.
25 items.
2 items. Suit in the City of Richmond.
Suit in the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District.
2 items. Reports of progress at Llangollen School, 1825, and at Hampden Sydney College, 1826.
Folders 94-100: 449 items total. (Letters in folders 94-96 date from 1835-1851 and total 243 items. Accounts in folders 97-99 date from 1814-1850 and total 196 items. Legal papers in folder 100 consist of 10 items. )
49 items.
9 items. Letters concern enslaved persons ('slaves') at the Tomlin estate sold to Henry Lewis.
14 items.
26 items.
Letters in folders 95-96 date from 1835-1851 and total 194 items.
Letters in folders 95-96 date from 1835-1851 and total 194 items.
Accounts in folders 97-98 date from 1814-1850 and total 145 items.
Accounts in folders 97-98 date from 1814-1850 and total 145 items.
51 items.
30 items.
21 items.
10 items.
4 items. Suit in Richmond County, Virginia.
Suit in Madison Parish, Louisiana.
Suit in Richmond County, Virginia.
Suit in Richmond County.
Agreement concerning the settlement of a debt.
2 items. Trust deed, covering a tract of land in Northumberland County, called "Clifton."
46 items.
4 items.
56 items. Including the suit, Robert W. Carter vs. Benjamin O. Tayloe et al.
51 items. Items arranged chronologically.
Note: The reply appears on back of sheet
Copy.
Date is from postmark.
Copy.
Copy.
Date is from postmark.
Mutilated.
Copy.
79 items, in part copies. Items are divided into two time periods, 1669-1789 and 1823-1854, and within the dateranges, alphabetically.
30 items. The papers are arranged alphabetically .
Samuel Baley to Marmaduke Beckwith. Deed to a tract of land in Richmond County.
Certificate signed by John Smith and William Brockenbrough stating that Elizabeth Beale has given her assent to a deed executed by her husband, John Beale.
Copy. Copy of will of John Brothwaite, of Rappahannock County.
John Dudley and wife to Henry Curtis. Deed to 150 acres of land in Great Wicomico Parish, Northumberland County.
John Dudley and wife to Thomas Curtis. Deed to a tract of land in Northumberland County. Note: A deed of George Curtis, dated 9 June 1702, granting to William Lister his interest in this property, appears on back of sheet.
Robert Dudley to Richard Farrell. Acknowledgment of debt. Note: A statement by Richard Farrell, assigning all his right in this bond to John Dudley, appears on back of sheet.
Refusal of Griffin Fauntleroy to give possession of John Lloyd's estate in Richmond County to Daniel McCarty.
Henry Graves and wife to Richard Graves. Deed to 450 acres of land in Bruton Parish, York County.
William Jones to Peter Coutanceau. Deed to 592 acres of land in Northumberland County.
Plat of land in James City County, bought of Keeling by John Dixon.
Certificate of the publishing of Maj. Dennis McCarty's intention to dock the entail of his lands in Richmond County.
William McConnell and wife to [unknown] Lack. Fragment of a deed to a lot in an unidentified town in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Statement of Sarah Minor, appointing Thomas Batchelor her attorney for relinquishing her dower rights in a tract of land leased by her husband, John Minor, to John Champ.
2 items. John Palmer to Edward Fielding. Deed to a tract of land in Northumberland County, 19 March 1678/9, and a copy of the deed.
2 items. Surveyor's plats of land in Northumberland County sold by Walter Pavey to John Rice.
5 items. Papers concerning descent of title to a tract of land in Richmond County from Walter Pavey to Daniel McCarty.
Webley Pavey to Daniel McCarty. Trust deed covering a tract of land in Richmond County.
Surveyor's plat of a tract of land in Richmond County, surveyed by William Garland for Charles Sallard.
Mary Simpson to William [?]. Bond.
Copy of bill of James Davenport, clerk of court, against Daniel Morgan, executor, for proving and recording the will of Mary Stone.
Thomas Trice vs. Francis Moreland et al. Suit in Orange County, North Carolina.
Declaration of the Council and Burgesses of the Colony of Virginia to the King, requesting the reenactment of ten laws repealed by the King, and expressing gratitude for his approval of fifty-seven acts passed by the Burgesses.
Copy. Mattram Wright to Thomas Lloyd. Fifteen-year lease of a plantation in Richmond County.
Mutilated. [?] to Richard Lee. Quitrent agreement concerning 904 acres of land in Great Wiccomocoe Parish, Northumberland County.
49 items. The papers are arranged alphabetically by subject matter or last name.
2 items. Certificates of lunacy of Carter B. Berkley, signed by the Visitors of the City Hospital, Baltimore, and by two physicians.
3 items. Resolutions by the board of directors of the Old Dominion Steam Boat Company on the occasion of the death of John Chowning.
Soldiers Claim of Randall or Randolph Clark.
Subscription list for a dinner to be given at the Eagle Hotel in honor of Henry Clay and G.M. Bibb.
A paper by an unidentified person proposing that only one commissioner be appointed to each superior court of chancery.
A description of the author Charles Dickens.
Memorandum giving dates of the Fairfield races.
Two sketches of unidentified grave markers, on one sheet.
Certificate of appointment of Samuel Lyell as postmaster at Warsaw, Richmond County, Virginia.
9 items.
Memorandum book.
Memorandum book.
memorandum book.
11 items. Data on the oyster industry in Virginia.
Appeal to the judges of an unidentified court for protection.
7 items.
2 items.
3 items.
27 items.
27 items.
3 items.
Pamphlet.
Pamphlet. Delivered in the House of Representatives.
10 items.
12 items.
13 items.
64 items
55 items.
9 items.