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A February 1837 bond for the Boston and New York Coal Company with a note on the reverse stating that the mortgages on the property were foreclosed and the company was revived under the name "New York Mining Company" with Jonathan Stinges, 125 Front Street, New York as President.  The note is dated February 21, 1849 and signed by C. Bolton.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Calling card invitation headed "High Street M.E. Church" in Petersburg, Virginia with engraved names, John P. Branch and Mary Louisa M. Kerr, for Tuesday May 12th, no year. Invitation from Mr. and Mrs. John Kerr Branch for "the pleasure of your company" on the "tenth of February" at One West Franklin Street [Richmond, Virginia].  October 19, 1907 letter from Philip F. Brown, manager of "The Chesterfield" apartments in Richmond, Virginia to John P. Branch about a $31.29 debt owed by Branch...

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Invoices and financial papers of George A. Barksdale of Richmond, Virginia.  Includes invoices from H. Seldon Taylor & Son, Hughes & Braxton, Dalton & Chappell and other building and real estate businesses in Richmond, Virginia.  Includes property tax receipts for property in Richmond

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Note from Field A. Clay, Ford's Depot (Virginia) to Studivant, Hurt & Co., Petersburg, Virginia with an order for bacon.  Includes response from Studivant, Hunt & Company where they write "wheat has improved prime 1.80."  September 8, 1850.

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Certification acknowledgment of Henry Edloe, Mayor of Williamsburg, for the foregoing affidavit of Burwell Bassett, signed by William M. Moody and Henry Edloe with the affixed paper seal of Virginia and wax seal of Williamsburg, Virginia.  May 17, 1837.

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Letter from Newton D. Baker, Cleveland, Ohio to Otto Miller thanking him for sending Volume X of the "Gooch and Temperley British Documents" (Origins of the War by G.P. Gooch and Harold Temperley).  He notes that "I am more and more amazed at the light hearted way a lot of people are writing in our papers and magazines about 'the causes of the war!'"  May 8, 1936.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: A handmade and handwritten booklet by Giovanni de Simoni, dated October 14, 1849, entitled “Transcript of three Autograph Letters of Christopher Columbus and of one Letter to Him from Old Bank of Saint George in Genoa:  Dated in the years 1502 and 1503. Copied from the Originals in the Doge’s Or Ducal Palace at Genoa."  Includes an October 14, 1849 from Giovanni Desimoni, Genova, to "Signore" about the transcript.  Written in Italian. Letter from F. Rogue Cocchia, Archbishop of...

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Invoices for purchases by Charles H. Brown in St. Louis, Missouri, Washington, DC and Connecticut, 1860-1870.  Invoices are for rental of various properties, household goods, St. Louis Mercantile Library Association and income tax for Chas. H. Brown, of Stamford, Connecticut.

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Letter from Edward M. Burleigh to his sister, Charlotte D. Burleigh of New Hampshire, about Sophia's death, family and his farm.  June 3, 1848.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Contract between Cornelia Brooks and F.C. Twyman for hiring her son Frank for "the whole of the present year...Twyman agrees to give him for his services his necessary board tgether with one suit of summer & one suit of winter clothes & one pair of winter shoes and she the said Cornelia Brooks (coloured woman) binds herself to live with & work diligently and faithfully for said Twyman during the year - to do necessary housework, cooking...to do what she can to promote the general...

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1827 tax receipt for Curtis Berry on payment of 15 cents on 146 acres of land.  Other printed names on receipt are F. Kiger and F. Bussey.  Location unknown.

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Program for the "Memorial Service to Joseph Bryan and Dedication of the Window given by his Fellow=Laborers on The Times=Dispatch" held at Emmanuel Church, Henrico County, Virginia, June 27, 1909.

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3 Bill of Exchange and promissory note documents from M.L. Day, maker, to W.B. Brooke, acceptor, notarized with embossed seal in Baltimore, Maryland on January 16, 1837.  M.L. Day is from Richmond, Virginia and wrote attached promissory notes on October 15, 1836.

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Letter from William Collins, Warren [Rhode Island] to Charles Collins, Newport, Rhode Island, requesting information about a chain for sale, noting he needs "one of 1 inch and about 50 fathoms" and an anchor "suitable for a chain of about 800 pounds."  March 23, 1831.

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Letter from J.E. Wills, Upper Brandon (home of William Byrd Harrison) to Dr. Cocke asking if Cocke needed a farm manager, July 11, 1869.  Note to Palmer and Turpin requesting seeds, written from Bremo, July 17, 1869.  The years on both of these documents are difficult to read.

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Newspaper clipping of obituary and tribute to Maud M. Coleman, the eldest daughter of Professor Lewis Coleman, who died October 4 near Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia. 1878.

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A medical student's notes, possibly as a student of Dr. Benjamin Rush of the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania).  Includes an index with entries such as Animal Food, Blisters and Diseases of the Mind.  Each topic is handwritten on one page, with a description of the ailment and the remedy.  Notes are bound in book form with a leather cover.  The spine has a title "Rush's Lectures."  440 pages.   Notes are on numbered pages 1 - 330 and the index is at end of book.

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Letter from George M. Bain, Portsmouth, Virginia, asking "Doctor" to send him a receipt for the "two dollars enclosed."  1849 March 30.

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Invoice of household items purchased by W.W.V. Buchanan from Clark and Gollinger.  Invoice addressed to W.W.V. Buchanan, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio with a note "settled by Note."  1857-1858 with payment notations from earlier years.  Includes a 1 cent stamp,

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Torn partial list of a guardian account for Isaac, last name torn.  Other names on the paper are Ann Wilkins and possibly James [Bartee] (illegible).  Accounts for 1800-1803, dated March the 14th, 1803.  Probably in Virginia.

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Three copies of typed poem, "Jack Joett Rides" by Henry E. Baker.  Attached is an advertisement entitled "Remarks on Jack Jouett's Ride" with a sheet requesting newspapers to contact Mr. Baker in Newport News, Virginia for a subscription to his "Our Modern Poets" column.  1941.

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Survey of land for Catherine Cheshire by Thomas Armor.  Shrewsberry Township, York Couny, Pennsylvania. Dated September 15, 1752.

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Sheriff's bond for $30,000 for Charles Brown as Sheriff of St. Ann's Parish, Albermarle County, Virginia signed by David M. Wingfield and others, March 7, 1842.

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Letter to Sam from Albert P. Bourland, professor at Southwestern Baptist University in Jackson, Tennessee, about the University, the classes and activities offered, the classes he is teaching, his personal studies, his teaching philosophy and his hope for the future of man. Mentions rumour that he'd said negative things about Sam's friend, Annie.  January 18, 1885.

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Carbon copy of a typed transcript of a declaration of love and marriage proposal letter from Alexander Campbell, one of the founders of the "Restoration Movement" and Hannah Acheson, December, 1809. Transcribed by Earl Gregg Swem.  Location of original is unknown.