Blair family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 B58
Scope and Contents
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
1760-1890; Majority of material found in 1765-1817
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Blair Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 68s B57
Scope and Contents
An artificial collections of papers concerning the Blair family of Williamsburg. Includes land grant, 1741, signed by James Blair (1655-1743); document, 1768, signed by John Blair (1689-1771) concerning Loudoun County, Va. justices of the peace; depositions, 1787 and n.d., of John Blair (1732-1800) concerning a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Chatham County, Ga. (Margaret Eustace vs. Seth John Cuthbert) which concerned the estate of his brother, James Blair (1741-1772); deposition, November...
Dates:
1741-1792
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
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- College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
- Courtship--Virginia--History 1
- Dueling--Virginia 1
- Financial records 1
- Legal documents 1
- Loudoun County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Marriage--Virginia 1
- Medicine--Virginia--History--18th century 1
- Orders (military records) 1
- Richmond (Va.)--History--Theater disaster, 1811 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century 1
- Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 1
- United States--History--War of 1812 1
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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