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Contains 11 Results:
Folder 7: Papers relating to William Horner (Liverpool, England) of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting families
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120334
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
1760-1890; Majority of material found in 1765-1817
Order of Prince William County Court signed by "P.D. Dawe and Cur." appointing James Green, John Hutchinson, William Graham, James Watts and Cornelius Skinner or any of the three of them first sworn in to inventory and appraise the estate of Elizabeth Whiting, 1818 October 5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120336
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
1818 October 5
Bill of Exchange, 1760 May 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120338
Scope and Contents
Bill for £40.12.9 sterling to Messieurs James Buchanan & Co., Merchant, London, England signed by Robert Carter, Virginia on verso, note to pay contents to Mr. Robert Allason or order value in accounts signed by William Allason.
Dates:
1760 May 30
Invoice for good made out to the Honorable John Blair Esquire, Debtor, brought from James Craig for £18.8.3; with the note stating above discounted out of an account owed to John Blair, Jr., signed by James Craig, 1764 January 28-1766 October 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120339
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
1764 January 28-1766 October 8
Invoice of goods shipped by William Horner, Liverpool, England,, 1773 September
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120340
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Good shipped on board the [?] Nancy to William Allason, Merchant, Falmouth, Virginia, by John Robinson Mater for Rappahannock River in Virginia on the proper account and "Rique" of Mr. William Allason, Merchant. Including ALS from William Horner, Liverpool, England to "Sir" (William Allason, Falmouth, Virginia), October 25, 1773, concerning the means of shipping his goods, the Cambridge having been put ashore going out; feared the other part of his order would be too late...
Dates:
1773 September
William Horner, Liverpool, England to Mr. William Allason, [Merchant, Falmouth, Virginia], 1773 August 25
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120341
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Received his letter by the York which said he [WA] had shipt [sic] four Hund[red]s of tobacco by her to his address and asking to send him gods by his own ship; this would have been punctually compiled had his tobacco come in his ship but as it didn't this letter was put aside; though a Bill of Lo[a]ding for three Hund[red]s of tobacco shipt [sic] by him in the Cambridge there was no letter from him so he did not know what to do; today he found the above-mentioned letter...
Dates:
1773 August 25
Bill of Exchange to Mess[ieu]rs Crosbick & Greenwood, Merchants, Liverpool, England, £60 sterling his first and second Bills of Exchange not paid, pay to Mess[iue]rs William and David Allason 60 in London, England for £84 of current money here received signed by Will[iam] Horner, Virginia, 1785 May 12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120342
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
1785 May 12
Petition requesting the appointment of Robert H. Little, Jr. to the position of Postmaster, 1840 March 4
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120343
Scope and Contents
Robert H. Little is infirm and would like to resign the position in favor of his son, signed by John E. Page, George William Blakeman, James H. Clark & Co., Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia.
Dates:
1840 March 4
Record of marriages, births, and baptisms, etc., 1780 November 16-1802 July 8
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120345
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Eliza (Braxton) Whiting's record of the marriage of Eliza Braxton and Henry Whiting, the births and baptisms of Mary Blair Whiting, George Braxton Whiting, and Francis Beverly Whiting, the death of Henry Whiting, a prayer written on Henry Whiting's death, the death of Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott, the text from the sermon delivered at her (MP) funeral, the marriage of Mary Blair Whiting and Robert Howe Little, and the birth of Elizabeth Howe Little.
Dates:
1780 November 16-1802 July 8
Cover sheet of a letter addressed to Mrs. (Mary Blair Braxton) Burwell, Bull Run, Prince William County, Virginia, undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120346
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates:
undated
"Easter Hymn", undated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120347
Scope and Contents
Copy of Hymn
Dates:
undated