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Robert W. Jordan Plat, 1835

 File — Box: Small Collections Oversize Box 2, Oversize_Folder: 1
Identifier: id300951
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Five Confederate Bills, ranging from $5.00 to $100.00 in currency.  All bills are issued 1864.  Also two notes from the city of Richmond for $.50 and $.75 dated April 14, 1862.  Various receipts for dry goods, clothing, and debts.  Also included among these receipts is a promissory note for the sum of $180.00 for the hire of two negro slaves, January 5, 1844.  Land deed plot is for Reuben Jordan's estate dated February 20, 1835. Exact plat location is unknown in Virginia.

Dates: 1835

Lease, 1777 October 13

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Identifier: id4616
Scope and Contents For the sum of five shillings, George Muse grants Battaile Muse two tracts of land along the Kanhawa River in Botetourt County; one tract is 2000 acres and one tract is 100 acres; the 2000 acre tract is part of a tract of 6000 acres owned by William Bronaugh and leased and released to George Muse 20 and 21 October 1776; the two tracts of land will be adjoining; the 100 acres are part of a 7894 acre tract, divided by deed of p[ar]tition from James Craik on 21 October 1776; the 100 acres begin...
Dates: 1777 October 13

Account Book, 1921-1929

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Account book, 1921-1922 of the Bureau County Coal Company, not Inc., of Sheffield, Illinois.  Dialy entries record employees' names, pay and productivity for tasks such as mining, slack, entry coal, room coal, day work, entry driving, room turning and top expense. The following information was provided by the seller: "Individual names being paid include Boswell, Hand and Son, King, Johnson, Shaw, Soderlund, Higgenfatten, and others.  Towns near Sheffield include Geneseo,...
Dates: 1921-1929

Poster, circa late 1970s-early 1980s

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Contains records, 1967-circa 1980s, of the Williamsburg Post of the American Legion. Includes two printed histories of the Williamsburg post, a photograph of its members, and a poster encouraging people to join the American Legion.

Dates: circa late 1970s-early 1980s

Diploma, 1927

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Diploma from Newport News High School for Vivian Elizabeth King, Class of 1927. June 10, 1927.

Dates: 1927

Print, 1862

 File — Box: Small Collections Oversize Box 2, Oversize_Folder: 1
Identifier: id287106
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Print (18" x 11.25") of the Siege of Yorktown, April 1862, published by C. Bohn (of Washington and Old Point Comfort, Virginia) after an eyewitness drawing by Sgt. Charles Worrett, 20th N.Y. Volunteers. The print shows a bird's-eye view of the Union siege of Yorktown showing the positions of the Union and the Confederacy on the first day of the siege in April 1862. These positions are keyed to twenty-three different locations and show the Confederate gunners firing at the attacking Union...
Dates: 1862

Broadside, 1852 July 2

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Identifier: id292790
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Broadside, 42 x 27 cm. Comprises eight resolutions drafted by the Association concerning the death of statesman Henry Clay. A list of members' names appears at the end. Printed in New York by J. W. Harrison, Printer to the Association, 1852.

Dates: 1852 July 2

Correspondence, 1773 June 26, August 3

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Identifier: id309767
Scope and Contents

Two letters to Francis Wiatt dated 1773 June 26 and 1773 August 3 and one note from Wiatt dated 1775 April 18.

Dates: 1773 June 26, August 3

Broadside, 1918

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Identifier: id314624
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

World War I advertisement for various jobs within the United States Army.  Distinguishes white from colored job options.  Advertisement states, "Red Blooded Americans Within the Draft Age Step Forward"  Broadside is from Charlston, WV, recruitment contact, Captain Breckenridge Jones.

Dates: 1918

Pen and ink sketches of the College Building (Wren Building, College of William and Mary) , undated

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Scope and Contents

Photocopy of pen and ink sketches of the College [Wren Building, College of William and Mary] Building during its use as a Union hospital and of Fort Magruder and other Confederate earthworks situated about a mile east of Williamsburg, VA. Positive photostat.

Dates: undated

The Opposing Forces at Williamsburg, Virginia, undated

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Scope and Contents

"The Opposing Forces at Williamsburg, VA" giving data from the Official Records on the "Composition, losses, and the strength of each army." [From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, vol. 2]. Negative and positive photostats.

Dates: undated

Land Grant, 1787 Aug. 11

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Land grant of 10,000 acres to Abraham Buford in Fayette County, West Virginia

Statement that William Reynolds, assignee of the representative of Daniel Lockley, is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a private of the State Line for three years of service. September 19, 1787.

Dates: 1787 Aug. 11

Papers

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Scope and Contents Item 1: Dr. Augustine Smith, Yorktown, Va., to his future wife, Alice G. Page, Rosewell, August 29, 1791 Apologizes for not staying over at Rosewell. Chides Alice for trifling with him by responding to his admonitions of love with terms of friendship, gratitude, and esteem.Item 2: Dr. Augustine Smith, Yorktown, Va., to his future wife, Alice G. Page, Rosewell, October 5, 1792 Expresses anxiety over not hearing from Alice recently. Hopes that her father's health is better....
Dates: 1787-1793

Samples, 1972

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Four 10" x 14" sheets of handmade rag paper, made by Twinrocker Handmade paper founders, Kathryn and Howard Clark, while they worked at Collectors Press in San Francisco in 1972. Twinrocker is considered the first modern handmade papers production company in the United States. These sheets are among the first papers handmade by Twinrocker.

Dates: 1972

Oversized items

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Scope and Contents

Contains the map, treaty, and two cargo shipping reciepts.

Dates: March 1893 - April 11, 1902

Drawing , circa 1862

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Identifier: id309249
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Drawing done in pen and ink circa late 1862 that depicts the ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton, Va. The label written under the drawing reads, "The oldest Church in America at Hampton, Va., destroyed with the City of Hampton by the Rebels under Gen'l Magruder. Respectfully dedicated to Col. v. Buren, Adt. Genl T. C. of A. by Charles Worret."  Another section reads, "Drawn by Lieut. Charles Worret 20th Reg. N.Y. Vols."  C. Worret is also written within the drawing on the trunk...
Dates: circa 1862

Maps of the Peninsula Campaign, 1862 April-May

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Scope and Contents

The maps of the Peninsula Campaign are dated April 4, 1862, May 5, 1862, and May 24, 1862. 1" = 6 miles. Negative and positive photostats. From the West Point Atlas, vol. I. Accompanying text to the above maps from the West Point Atlas: Maps 40-42. Photostat.

Dates: 1862 April-May

The March from Williamsburg, May 1862

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Scope and Contents

"The March from Williamsburg" is an illustration from Harper's History of the Great Rebellion. Negative and positive photostats.

Dates: May 1862

Map of the Reconnaissance of Part of the Rebel Works in Front of Williamsburg, 1862 May 6

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Scope and Contents

Map of the Reconnaissance of Part of the Rebel Works in Front of Williamsburg. Three views. M.D. McAlester, Lt. Engrs. 1" = 500 yds. Positive and negative photostats.

Dates: 1862 May 6

Map of Fort Fisher, NC, 1865 January 15

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Scope and Contents

Map of Fort Fisher, NC, carried by Assault by the U.S. Forces, Maj. Gen. A.H. Terry, Commanding. 1" = 320 ft. Negative and positive photostats and printed copy.

Dates: 1865 January 15

Commission, 1767 December 15

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Commission of Francis Lightfoot Lee et al as justices of the peace to try slaves for capital crimes in court of oyer and terminer.  Signed by Francis Fauquier.  Partly printed document.  Williamsburg, 15 Dec. 1767.

Dates: 1767 December 15

Indenture, 1827 April 4

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Indenture, 4 April 1827, made between James P. Bull, Towanda, Pennsylvania and Gould Seymour, Pike, Bradford County, Pennsylvania for 101 acres of land in Bradford County.

Dates: 1827 April 4

Deposition, 16 December 1795

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Deposition of Thomas Smith of Matthews County, Virginia in a controversy with Alexander Maccaulay of Yorktown about the ship "Charles Carter", then docked in Norfolk, Virginia.  Written on the verso of "The Virginia Gazette &c. Extraordinary" dated December 16, 1795

Dates: 16 December 1795

Land Grant and Transfer, 3 October 1641, 1647 January 15

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Scope and Contents From the Collection: Sir William Berkeley land grant to William Burdett of three hundred acres of land in Accomac County for the transportation of six persons into the colony, 3 Oct. 1641.   On verso, Thomas Burdett to whom land is granted by Berkeley assigns his land to John Custis of Northampton.  January 15, 1657.    William Burdett's wife, widow Alicia Traveller, later married John Custis as her fourth husband.  D.S.  2 pp. Note: John Custis built his Arlington plantation on this...
Dates: 3 October 1641, 1647 January 15

Bill of Complaint, 1786 October 7

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Bill of complaint, 1786, of William Harvey of Spotsylvania asking that a writ of subpoena and injunction be issued to Morto Brien (Mort O'Brien) and Joseph Prentis, his attorney, to retain the amount of a judgement against William Harvey until the lawsuit can be tried. Bears affidavit, 1786, of G[eorge] Weedon as alderman of Fredericksburg, Va.  Undated.

Dates: 1786 October 7