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Letter from John Clayton to D. Carol Linnaeus. 10 Oct. 1748. (in Latin) Photostatic copy. Also a photostat of a copy of the original letter. A letter from John Clayton to [John] Bartram. 22 May 1765. Photostatic copy. Also a note concerning John Clayton by Dr. Earl G. Swem: John Clayton, an eminent botanist, was president, in 1773, of the Virginia Society for Promoting Useful Knowledge. This society held its sessions at the capitol in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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Letters. 1838-1884. Charles Carter, at Virginia Institution (University of Virginia), to C. Charles Cocke, at Philadelphia. 13 March 1838. Jesse Pound to W. E. Webb. No date. Copy. W. E. Webb, at Loch Lomond, Goochland [County, Va.], to General Cocke, at Bremo, Fluvanna [County, Va.]. 24 June [18]46. W. R. C. Cocke, at Philadelphia, to Charles [Cocke?]. 27 June 1884. Invoices. C. Cocke. 1885. List of Negroes at "Lower Plantation," ["Lower Bremo"] and at "Bremo." undated.

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Surveyor's plat of a tract of land in Cumberland County, Virginia, belonging to Joseph Carrington. 1785. 1 piece. Bond given by John, Richard and Samuel Adams to guarantee to Benjamin Carrington a good title to a tract of land in Cumberland County, Virginia, and copies of quit claim deeds executed by Ann Carrington and Eliza G. Carrington. 1812. 3 pieces. A surveyor's plat of a tract of land in Cumberland County belonging to Benjamin Carrington. No date. 1 piece.

Scope and Contents Carrington (Edward) estate A letter from General John Preston, Treasurer of Virginia at Richmond, Va., to Daniel Putnam, at Marietta, Ohio. 15 April 1816, concerning the estate of Edward Carrington. 1 piece. Blank form for separate acknowledgment by Elizabeth Ann (Carrington) Preston of the conveyance of her share in Kentucky lands to James Pittman and wife. 1817. 1 piece. Carrington (Mayo) Copy of a survey of 1,000 acres of land on Cumberland River, surveyed for Mayo Carrington on part of a...

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Letters to James Lawrence Cabell, professor of anatomy and surgery at the University of Virginia from John A. Cabell and Joseph C. Cabell; and Russell Murdock (discussing the optic nerve.)

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Deed, 1755, for 400 acres of land in Cumberland County, Va. from Robert Carter, Sr. to Robert Carter, Jr. and Thomas Carter; and mortgage, 1762, of 313 acres of land in Cumberland County, Va. by Robert Carter, Sr. to John Pleasants, Sr. and John Pleasants, Jr.

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Scope and Contents The contents of this collection include the following items: Item 1: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside, Hanover County. 1863 August 4. Item 2: John S. Capers, in Camp, 7th Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry, Holcombe Legion, to Betty (Elizabeth R. Braxton). 1863 November 30.Item 3: John S. Capers to Elizabeth R. Braxton, at Ingleside. 1864 January 19.Item 4: John S. Capers, at Camp Elzey, Virginia, to Elizabeth R. Braxton. 1864...

Scope and Contents Item 1: Edward Coles, Washington, [D.C.] to Thomas Jefferson,Item 2: Edward Coles, Washington, [D.C.] to Thomas Jefferson,Item 3: Edward Coles, Vandalia, [Illinois] to Messrs. Brown & Berry, editors of the,Item 4: Edward Coles, Vandalia, Illinois to Nicolas Biddle, President of the Bank of the United States,Item 5: Edward Coles, Vandalia, Illinois, to James Madison, at "Montpelier," Orange Court House, Virginia,Item 6: Edward...