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4 Sept. 1786. Document signed by Nicholas Brumm, assigning Sarah Huston his right and interest in a bond executed by George Mitchell. Witnessed by John Reynolds and John Taylor. 30 Dec[embe]r 1820. John Taylor, Port Royal, Virginia, to [?], opposing the formation of a geographical party because of the possibility of the dissolution of the Union, and concerning a just system of weights and measures as one step towards the cementing of the Union.

Scope and Contents Letters, 1843-1855Item 1: J.B. Northington, House of Delegates, Richmond, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg County, Virginia, February 10, 1843Item 2: Martha Poole, Plymouth, Lowndes Co., Miss., to "Cousin Evans" Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., February 4, 1846Item 3: Samuel Saunders, Harrisonville, Missouri, to Evans Tanner, Tanners Store, Mecklenburg Co., Va., April 30, 1846 Item 4: Carrington, Cowardin & David,...

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Letters, 1816-1819, received by Mark Taylor, a farmer at Genito, Powhatan County, Va. Includes letters from family members including Matthew Taylor of Monroe County, Va. [now W. Va.] and James Taylor (working as an overseer.)

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Typescripts of letters, 1795-1798, from Henry Tazewell of "Kingsmill," James City County, Va. while in Philadelphia, Pa. serving as United States senator to Richard Cocke, Shoal Bay, near Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Va. reporting on activities of Congress. In particular, Tazewell refers to relations between France and the United States, the Alien and Sedition Acts and the banking situation.

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1852-1868. Accounts, invoices, and receipts. 1862-1870. Legal papers. Miscellaneous, including a poem, a mathematical word problem, and a recipe for grafting fruit trees.