Inventory of the Dangerfield Lewis Papers 1799-1854
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 39.1 L58
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Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Publication Rights/ Restrictions on Use
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Preferred Citation
Dangerfield Lewis Papers, 1799-1854, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Purchased: 1,173 items, 1930.
Biographical/Historical Information
Dangerfield Lewis and his father George
Lewis were
residents of
King
George
County
, Virginia.
George
Lewis was
the son of Fielding Lewis and Betty Washington, the sister of
George
Washington.
Scope and Content Information
Letters, accounts, and legal papers of Dangerfield Lewis of
"Marmion" and "Chatterton," King
George
County
, Northern Neck,
Virginia. His correspondence concerns plantation management.
The collection includes account books, 1821-1829 as well as
agreements with overseers, bonds for the hiring of slaves and
papers concerning runaway slaves. Also includes accounts,
1816-1846, of his father
George
Lewis, son of Col. Fielding
Lewis and Betty Washington (sister of
George
Washington).
There is a letter [1801 ?] of a slave to John A. Lomax and
other correspondence of the John Tayloe Lomax family of
"Menokin", Richmond
County
, Virginia. Correspondents include
William F. Grymes, John Taliaferro, and Henry T.
Washington.
Arrangement
OrganizationThis collection has been organized into 3 series: 1. Letters, 2. Accounts, 3. Papers. Series 1. Letters, has been divided into the following subseries: 1. Dated Letters, 2. Fragmentary and Undated Letters. Series 2. Accounts, has been divided into the following subseries: 1. Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, 2. Accounts of Various Persons.
ArrangementEach series are arranged chronologically by date.
Index Terms
- Lewis,
George
, d. 1821.
- Lomax, John A.
- Lomax, John Tayloe, 1781-1862.
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century.
- 1799-1854.
- Fugitive slaves-- Virginia.
- Chatterton (
King
George
County
, Va.)
- Marmion (
King
George
County
, Va.)
- Menokin (Richmond
County
, Va.)
- Lawyers--Virginia--History.
- Agriculture--Southern States--History--19th century.
Family Names:
Persons:
Subjects:
Geographical Names:
Occupations:
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Dangerfield Lewis,
- George Lewis,
- John A. Lomax,
- John Tayloe Lomax.
- Lewis, George, d. 1821.
- Lomax, John A.
- Lomax, John Tayloe, 1781-1862.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Chatterton (King George County, Va.)
- Marmion (King George County, Va.)
- Menokin (Richmond County, Va.)
Contents List
- Folder
1-2
subseries: Dated Letters, 1799-1852.60 items.
- Folder
1
William Bronaugh to [?], 1799.
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
Probably a black slave driver.
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
John Tayloe Lomax, at Menokin, to Dangerfield Lewis, at Chatterton, 3 Jan 1813.
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
John Tayloe Lomax, at Menokin, to [?], 1 July 1816.
- Folder
1
D[angerfield] L[ewis] to [?], 19 Nov 1817.
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
A[?] A. Smith to John Minor, 31 May 1818.
- Folder
1
G.F. Thornton to Mrs. Dangerfield Lewis, 3 Sept 1818.
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
S. Lewis, at Clifton Hill, [Kentucky] to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion,
King
George
County
, Virginia, 20 June 1822.
Postmarked Morganfield, Kentucky.
- Folder
1
J. Fergusson, at Westham Cottage, to Dangerfield Lewis, at Fredericksburg, 17 Aug 1822.
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
A[?] A. Smith to D[angerfield] Lewis, at Marmion, 26 Nov 1822.
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
Peter Catlett, at Morganfield, [Kentucky] to Dangerfield Lewis,
King
George
County
, Virgina, 18 May 1825.
Receipt signed by James Townsend on back of sheet.
- Folder
1
G.B. Wallace to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 21 Nov 1826.
- Folder
1
John Hooe, at Mt. Pleasant, to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 26 Nov 1826.
- Folder
1
Ann P.[?] Minor to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 2 Dec 1826.
- Folder
1
E. Smith to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 7 Jan 1827.
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
William A. Knox to W. Rollow, at Marlborough, 28 Aug 1827.
- Folder 1
- Folder 1
- Folder
1
James Williams, at Fredericksburg, to Dangerfield Lewis, 27 Sept 1829.
- Folder
1
P.W, Thornton to D[angerfield] Lewis, at Marmion, 2 Oct 1829.
- Folder
2
Henry T. Washington, at Chatterton, to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 22 Feb 1830.
- Folder
2
[Dangerfield Lewis], at Marmion, to [Henry T. Washington, at Chatterton], 28 Feb 1830.
- Folder
2
D[angerfield] Lewis, at Marmion, to [Henry T. Washington, at Chatterton], 1 March 1830.
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
William Prentiss, at Washington City, to Benjamin Johnson, at
King
George
Court House, Virginia, 21 Feb 1832.
Including account: Dangerfield Lewis to William Prentiss, Cr.
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
William Buehler, at Bedford, to John Smawley or David Barrick, St. Clairsville Hotel, 2nd Tavern, 10 Aug 1834.
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
William F. McLean, at Alexandria, D.C., to [Dangerfield] Lewis, at
King
George
[Court House], Virginia, 27 Aug 1843.
Enclosure: Business card of William McLean, grocer and commission merchant, at Alexandria, D.C.
- Folder
2
G.W. Lewis to his uncle, Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, 9 Sept 1843.
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
Elisha Peny, at Baltimore, to Lucinda Elington, at Fredericksburg, Virginia, 14 Oct 1844.
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
Green Suttle & Co., at Alexandria, to Dangerfield Lewis, 27 Sept 1852.
- Folder
1
- Folder 2
subseries: Fragmentary and Undated Letters, n.d.9 items.
- Folder
2
James Ewell to [?], n.d.
Printed circular, advertising the Medical Companion.
- Folder 2
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
John A. Lapsley to [?] Sears, n.d.
- Folder
2
D[angerfield] L[ewis] to [?], n.d.
- Folder 2
- Folder
2
Ann P[?] Minor to Mrs. L. Lewis, n.d.
- Folder
2
[?] William J. Washington to Dangerfield Lewis, at Society Hill, n.d.
- Folder
2
Henry T. Washington, at Chatterton, to Dangerfield Lewis, at Marmion, n.d.
- Folder
2
- Folder
3-7
subseries: Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, 1807-1854, n.d.
- Folder
3
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, 1807-1829.306 items.
- Folder
3A
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, 1826-1828.1 bound volume.
Note: This volume includes a list of live stock of Dangerfield Lewis.
- Folder
3B
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, 1821-1829.1 bound volume.
Note: This volume includes three unidentified plats of land.
- Folder
4
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, 1830-1832.61 items.
- Folder
5
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, 1833-1854.189 items.
- Folder
6
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, debtor, n.d.36 items.
- Folder
7
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, creditor, 1818-1844.98 items.
- Folder
7
Accounts of Dangerfield Lewis, creditor, n.d.12 items.
- Folder
3
- Folder
8-10
subseries: Accounts of Various Persons, 1815-1854, n.d.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Miss [?] Lewis, 1835-1848.9 items.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Miss A. Lewis, 1843.6 items.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Mrs. D. Lewis, 1829-1832.5 items.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Fielding Lewis, 1829-1843.14 items.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Henry B. Lewis, 1846.1 item.
- Folder
8
15 items.
- Folder
8
Accounts of Thomas M. Lewis, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
9
Accounts of various persons, 1818-1844.127 items.
- Folder
9
Accounts of various persons, n.d.10 items.
- Folder
10
Unidentified accounts, 1815-1854.37 items.
- Folder
10
Unidentified accounts, n.d.33 items.
- Folder
8
- Folder
11
1 item.
- Folder
11
1 item.
- Folder
11
Note to Dan Call requesting his legal opinion as to the equity of Dangerfield Lewis in the estate of his father,
George
Lewis, n.d.
1 item. - Folder
11
1 item.
- Folder
11
Certificate of sale for taxes and receipt for taxes paid on 12,000 acres of land in Logan
County
, Kentucky belonging to
George
Lewis, 1803.
1 item. - Folder
11
Data concerning the sale of Marmion and Deep Bottom, n.d.4 items.
- Folder
11
Agreement for sale of 40 acres of land in
King
George
County
by Dangerfield Lewis to David R. Jones, 1815.
2 items. - Folder
11
Plats of land. Unidentified, n.d.2 items.
- Folder
11
Statement by Mary Fowkes granting Dangerfield Lewis right of way through her property, 1830.1 item.
- Folder
11
Copy of a court order appointing Dangerfield Lewis precinct road surveyor, n.d.1 item. Copy. Mutilated.
- Folder
11
Agreement of Dangerfield Lewis with overseer, Nathan Burchell, n.d.1 item. Mutilated.
- Folder
11
Agreement of Dangerfield Lewis with overseer, John Hicks, 1822.1 item.
- Folder
11
Agreement of Dangerfield Lewis with overseer, Sigismund Massey, 1837.1 item. Mutilated.
- Folder
11
Agreement of Dangerfield Lewis with overseer, James Bruce, 1823.3 items.
- Folder
11
Dangerfield Lewis to Wily Roy Mason & C.M. Braxton, commissioners under a decree in the case of Washington's guardian vs. Braxton, 1843.1 item.
Bond for the hire of a slave.
- Folder
11
Fielding Lewis to Wily Roy Mason, 1842.1 item.
Bond for the hire of two slaves.
- Folder
11
Papers concerning a runaway slave belonging to Dangerfield Lewis, 1818.2 items.
- Folder
11
Statement concerning a merino ram presented to Dangerfield Lewis, 1814.1 item.
- Folder
11
Certificate of special bail entered by Dangerfield Lewis and Robert Sanford for Fielding Holliday in a suit brought by John Campbell in Allegany
County
, Maryland, 1825.
1 item. - Folder
11
Inventory of stock, negroes and implements on the Cottage Farm, 1818.1 item.
- Folder
11
Papers concerning an application of Dangerfield Lewis for the establishment of a public landing on the Potomac River on the Chatterton estate belonging to Henry T. Washington, 1830.4 items. [1 piece mutilated].
- Folder
11
Day book of Dangerfield Lewis, 1818-1825.1 item.
- Folder
12
Fitzhugh (?) estate, n.d.1 item. Mutilated.
- Folder
12
Fitzhugh (Frances) estate, 1832.1 item.
- Folder
12
Fitzhugh (Lucy) estate, 1821-1832.4 items.
- Folder
12
Grymes (Benjamin) estate, 1828-1831.2 items.
- Folder
12
Grymes (Margaret V.) estate, 1831.1 item.
- Folder
12
A copy of a subscription for Mrs. Nancy Minor, to pay her transportation to Kentucky, 1827.1 item.
- Folder 12
- Folder
12
A newspaper clipping concerning John Stewart, a runaway slave belonging to Henry Geat, of Virginia, 1821.
- Folder
12
Memoranda giving addresses of various persons, n.d.4 items.
- Folder
12
Memo contains data on certain books, n.d.1 item. Mutilated.
- Folder
12
Verse, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
12
Printed checks of the Farmers' Bank of Virginia, at Fredericksburg, n.d.2 items.
- Folder
12
Unidentified pieces and fragments, n.d.6 items.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clippings relating to Geo. Washington and the Washington family, n.d.14 items.
- Folder
13
Pamphlet concerning the constitution of the Washington National Monument Society, Washington, 1847.1 item.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clipping concerning the destruction by fire of "Bewdley," the old Ball homestead, in Lancaster
County
, Virginia, and a pen and ink sketch of the Ball coat of arms, n.d.
2 items. - Folder
13
Newspaper clipping concerning the Bradford family including a cut of the Bradford coat of arms, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clippings concerning the death of J.D. Bradford, a nephew of Jefferson Davis,2 items.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clipping concerning the Carroll family, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clipping concerning the Carter family of Virginia, n.d.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clipping about John Randolph Tucker's eulogy upon Jefferson Davis, delivered at Lexington, Virginia, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
13
1 item.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clipping concerning the career of General Forest, C.S.A., n.d.1 item.
- Folder
13
Obituary notices of various members of the Lewis family, n.d.4 items. Newspaper clippings.
- Folder
13
Newspaper clippings concerning
King
George
County , Virginia, including sketches of Marmion, Walsingham, Canning, Millban, Belle Grove, Cleveland, Clave, Powhatan and Chatterton, n.d.
7 items. - Folder
13
Other clippings, n.d.15 items.
- Folder
13
Business card of Oscar Hallwig, artist, of Baltimore, who copied the original Copley portraits of Betty and Fielding Lewis, n.d.1 item.
- Folder
13
Two photographic negatives of a table of Colonial design, n.d.2 items. Photographic negatives.
- Folder
14
Covers from old newspapers, n.d.16 items.
- Folder
14
Other covers and labels, n.d.13 items.