Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation: [Identification of item], William Fleming Papers, WLU Coll 0009, Special Collections, Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.
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Scope and Contents
Contains miscellaneous papers, 23 documents, photocopies from microfilm, a medical journal dated 1765, and an account book. Includes items of Col. William Fleming and the Fleming family, including the diaries of Col. Fleming, 1782-1790, with accounts of his trips to Kentucky; Fleming's journal of the first Kentucky convention, 1784-1785, of which he was chairman; c.250 letters to and from Fleming and his family about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs; commissions, wills, land surveys, and other legal papers.
Separated Material
The medical journal in this collection is housed in Oversize Drawer 26. A user-copy is housed on the shelf with the other materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Armed Forces -- Appointments and retirements
- Deeds
- Governmental investigations
- Governmental investigations
- Hancock, George
- Indentured servants
- Indians of North America -- Wars
- Kentucky
- Land grants
- Virginia
- Virginia
- Washington Academy (Lexington, Va.)
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Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Preston, William
- Barbour, James
- Baxter, Anne Christian Fleming
- Baxter, George Addison
- Bullitt, Alexander Scott
- Bullitt, Priscilla Christian
- Christian, Anne Henry
- Christian, William
- Clark, George Rogers
- Fleming, Anne Christian
- Fleming, John Christian
- Fleming, Leonard S.
- Fleming, William
- Hancock, George
- Hand, Edward
- Henry, Patrick
- Innes, Harr
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Lyne, Edward
- Madison, Thomas
- McDowell, Samuel, 1735-1817
- Montgomery, Robert
- Robinson, David
- Ross, David
- Steptoe, James
- Taylor, William
- Trigg, Mary Christian
- Trigg, Stephen
- Warfield, Sara Christian
- Warfield, Walter
- Wilson, Samuel
Container List
An official document appointing William Fleming, James Steptoe, Edward Lyne, and James Barbour as commissioners for Kentucky regarding land settlement. It was signed by Thomas Jefferson while he was Governor of Virginia.
This letter from Patrick Henry to the County Lieutenant of Boutetourt, which was written from Williamsburg, Va on Dec 2, 1777, asks for the Lieutenant to read the enclosed document, which is no longer with the letter.
The first letter in the file is from David Robinson to William Fleming about his company and other news from Fort Preston. Most of the letters in this file are from Annie Christian to Anne Fleming. Christian addressses Fleming as 'my dear sister.' Christian writes about visiting, her daughter Prissy, and Fleming's son Leney. Typescripts are included of all of the letters.
This file consists of duplicate copies of the correspondence in folder 2.
This file includes letters from Anne Christian to Anne Fleming about her health, fear of Indians, and she asks for more starch. Included is a letter from Stephen Trigg to Anne Fleming about her mother. There is a letter to William Fleming about military warrants that Fleming and Christian, his brother in law, received. Robert Montgomery writes to William Fleming expressing his happiness about Fleming's improved health. Many of the letters written to Fleming concern military stationing.
This file consists of duplicates of the material in folder 3.
This file consists of a letter from Stephen Trigg to William Fleming about land and travelling, a letter from William Christian about land, finances, and medicine, letters from William Preston, and a letter from Fleming to his 'dear Nancy.'
This file consists of duplicates of the correspondence from folder 4.
This file consists of correspondence from Mary Trigg to her sister Anne Fleming about family affairs, visists, and lonesomeness, a letter written by William Fleming about certificates granted in the district and acivities of the commisioners, a letter from William Fleming to Mrs. Fleming about family matters and anxiety about the enemy, a letter from Stephen Trigg to Anne Fleming concerning the drawing of lots for the priority of entry on treasury warrants. Also included is correspondence from Anne Christian to Anne Fleming congratulating her on the birth of a daughter.