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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

 Organization

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Geddy-Harris Archive Records

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2013.112
Scope and Contents

This collection contains deeds, abstracts of title, wills, and other legal documents from the law firm of Geddy, Harris, Franck & Hickman in Williamsburg, Virginia. The bulk of the material consists of abstracts of title to real property located in Williamsburg, Virginia, and nearby counties, including the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg, from the 1920s to the 1950s, as well as deeds to properties in Williamsburg and nearby counties from the 1880s to the 1950s.

Dates: 1773-1959; Majority of material found in 1890-1940

Virginia B. Haughwout Papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1997.17
Scope and Contents Correspondence and legal papers, 1951-1955, of Mrs. Virginia B. Haughwout of Williamsburg, Virginia, about the construction of a "Virginia Gazette" building on her property on the Duke of Gloucester Street. Correspondence is chiefly with her lawyer Robert T. Armistead and Kenneth Chorley, President of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Includes memorandum of argument on behalf of Colonial Williamsburg, Inc., prepared by the firm of Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore and Powell, 6 June 1955,...
Dates: 1951-1955

Virginia Cities Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82ci
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Dates: 1663-1980

George Wythe Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 W99
Scope and Contents Copies of letters, 1781-1783, from George Wythe, Williamsburg, Va. , one to John Adams and another to Thomas Jefferson concerning the use of the College of William and Mary as a hospital. Also includes a magazine article about Wythe; newspaper copy of William Munford's oration at Wythe's funeral; correspondence, 1921, of Robert M. Hughes concerning a monument for Wythe's grave; a form book of Peter Tinsley, clerk of the High Court of Chancery which gives "Forms of Injunctions," Forms of...
Dates: 1779-1927

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  • Subject: Legal documents X
  • Subject: Williamsburg (Va.)--History X

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Correspondence 3
Photographs 3
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Account books 1
African American physicians 1
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African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Alexandria (Va.)--History 1
Blue Ridge Springs (Va.) 1
Catalogs 1
Charlottesville (Va.)--History 1
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--20th century 1
College of William and Mary--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
College of William and Mary--Students 1
College theater--United States 1
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
Community theater 1
Continential Congress 1
Danville (Va.)--History 1
Declaration of Independence 1
Deeds 1
Design drawings 1
Education--Virginia--Williamsburg--19th century 1
Financial records 1
Fredericksburg (Va.)--History 1
Gardening--Virginia 1
Hanover Courthouse (Va.)--History 1
Harrisonburg (Va.)--History 1
Hopewell (Va.)--History 1
Horticultural literature 1
House of Burgesses 1
James City County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
James City County (Va.)--History--20th century 1
James City County (Va.)--Tercentenary 1
Jamestown (Va.)--History--20th century 1
Jamestown Exposition (1907) 1
Jamestown Festival (1957) 1
Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907) 1
King William County (Va.)--History 1
Letters (correspondence) 1
Lexington (Va.)--History 1
Lynchburg (Va.)--History 1
New Kent County (Va.)--History 1
Norfolk (Va.)--History 1
Norfolk County (Va.)--History 1
Petersburg (Va.)--History 1
Petitions 1
Physicians--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Providence Forge (Va.)--History 1
Receipts (financial records) 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
Strasburg (Va.)--History 1
Surveys (documents) 1
Typescripts 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage 1
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
United States--Lawyers 1
Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 1
Virginia--History--17th century 1
Virginia--History--18th century 1
Virginia--History--19th century 1
Virginia--History--20th century 1
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Virginia. High Court of Chancery. Richmond District 1
Warwick County (Va.)--History 1
Washington (Va.)--History 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Restoration 1
Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862 1
Woodstock (Va.)--History 1
York County (Va.)--History 1
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