University of Virginia
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James River and Kanawha Company Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 00628
Scope and Contents
The collection relates to the James River Canal and Kanawha Company, which officially gained a charter in 1835. Included are a list of subscriptions sold to private individuals, a letter to the auditors office discussing current and previous subscriptions, a letter from a prospective surveyor and a list of tollage rates along the canal. Individuals mentioned are John Hartwell Cocke, and his son John Hartwell Cocke Jr.
Dates:
1834-1868
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
McGavock Papers
Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 M17
Scope and Contents
Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other. Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an...
Dates:
1760-1888
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- Subject: Slavery--Virginia--18th century X
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- Agriculture--Virginia--19th century 1
- American Temperance Union 1
- Anti-slavery movements 1
- Augusta County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Bedford County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Botetourt County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Cherokee Indians 1
- Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
- Genealogy 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Invoices 1
- Lead mines and mining--Virginia 1
- Legal documents 1
- Mines and mineral resources--Virginia 1
- Montgomery County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Pittsylvania County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Receipts (financial records) 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- Surveys (documents) 1
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
- Washington County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Washington County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
- Wythe County (Va.)--History--19th century 1 + ∧ less
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