C. L. Worthington Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts and account books. Included in this material are: land grants, 1761 and 1766, for land in Fairfax and Frederick counties, Va.; eighty-five survey maps of Frederick, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties, Va. and Berkeley and Hampshire counties, W. Va.; road petitions, 1743-1828, for Frederick County; affidavits for Revolutionary War service; correspondence, 1923-1930, of the Improved Order of Redmen, Great Council of Virginia; letters written to W. H. H. Flick; account books of merchants in Frederick County, , Lexington, Va. and Harrisonburg, Va.; and account books of the Richmond Whig (1837), the Lexington Gazette; and the Southern Collegian (student newspaper at Washington and Lee College). There is also a daybook which contains copies of letters, notes and bonds written by Philip Nelson to Powhatan R. Page; notes on the Washington and Custis families and the building of "Arlington"; and notes concerning John Randolph of Roanoke and the Underwood Constitutional Convention in Richmond.
Dates
- Creation: 1752-1938
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Biographical Information:
Extent
13.50 Linear Feet
Acquisition Information:
Purchased between 1953 and 1955
Physical Description
6096.00 items
Subject
- Richmond Whig (Va.) (Organization)
- Custis family (Family)
- Washington family (Family)
- Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 (Person)
- Page, Powhatan R., d. 1863 (Person)
- Randolph, John, 1773-1833 (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Arlington Estate (Va.)
- Berkeley County (W.Va.)--History
- Virginia--History
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Topical
- Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
- Fauquier County (Va.)--History
- Frederick County (Va.)--History
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)--History
- Improved Order of Red Men
- Land grants--Virginia
- Legal documents
- Loudoun County (Va.)--History
- Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
- Pensions, Military--United States--Revolution, 1775-1783
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
- Title
- Guide to the C. L. Worthington Papers
- Author
- Special Collections Staff.
- Date
- 2007-02-22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository