Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Daniel Parke Custis commission, Manuscript #MS 2002.5 1X, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2002

Biographical/Historical Information

Robert Dinwiddie (1693 – July 27, 1770) was a British colonial administrator who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under Governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun. Since the governors at that time were largely absentee, he was the de-facto head of the colony for much of the time.

Scope and Content

Commission of Daniel Parke Custis as lieutenant and commander of New Kent County, Virginia, militia signed by Governor Robert Dinwiddie.

Arrangement

1 item.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757
• Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770

Corporate Names:

• Virginia. Militia

Geographical Names:

• New Kent County (Va.)