Blair, James, 1656-1743
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Appointment of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
Collection
Identifier: UA 151
Scope and Contents
Appointment of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, dated April 2, 1729. Written in Latin on parchment, it is signed by James Blair, who was both President of William & Mary and Rector of the Board of Visitors in 1729. The appointment also features the original college seal.
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...
Office of the President. James Blair Records
Collection
Identifier: UA 2.01
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1980.128 contains papers of and relating to James Blair, first president of the College of William and Mary. The collection contains two original manuscripts: a funeral bill by Blair dated 1701, and a sermon erroneously attributed to Blair dated 1747. The bulk of the collection consists of copies collected for research purposes, mostly in 1940-1941. Includes biographical material; extracts and copies from official records; copies of correspondence; sermons; notes on paintings of...
Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 71 R75
Scope and Contents
Professional and personal papers of Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. who was a newspaper writer and columnist and an author of books on Virginia. His personal correspondence covers his college years at Washington and Lee University; his years in the Navy during World War II; his early career while working in Richmond, Virginia and Newport News, Virginia; and his business affairs. His college and Navy letters include not only the letters he wrote home, but the letters he received from...
Additional filters:
- Subject
- College of William and Mary--History--18th century 2
- Correspondence 2
- Legal documents 2
- Manuscripts (document genre) 2
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
- Authors, American--20th century 1
- Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
- Loudoun County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
- Newspaper columns 1
- Orders (military records) 1
- Photographs 1
- Playbills 1
- Programs 1
- Research notes 1
- Theater 1
- United States. Navy--History--20th century 1
- Virginia--History 1
- Virginia--History--20th century 1
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Virginia--Social life and customs 1
- Washington and Lee University 1
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 1
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 ∧ less
∨ more