Box 6
Contains 136 Results:
Two documents, both signed by Adam Craig, clerk of the county court of Henrico, concerning the case of Gibbons vs Craig, 1795 July 31
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List containing the names of witnesses and the sums due them from Sir Peyton Skipwith, for whom they testified in the case of Skipwith vs Birchett, 1795 August
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Robert Birchett to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1795 August 11
Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.
Thomas Vaughan, Sheriff Deputy of Mecklenburg County and Tax Collector, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Baronet, at Prestwould, 1795 August 25
Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.
Edward Hardwood to Sir Peyton Skipwith and Thomas Vaughan, Esq., 1795
Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.
Jean Skipwith to James Maury with invoices concerning hardware, wall paper, and paint for Prestwould, 1795
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Questions to be asked Mr William Gray of Mecklenburg Co; Gristmiller in Petersburg at Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31
Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.
James Maury, Liverpool, Eng., to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Virginia, 1795 September 3
As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London "earlier than the summer following its growth."
Statement of John Gilbert Penniston's claim against Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1786-1795, signed by John Hill, "agent for Sir Peyton Skipwith", 1795 September 4
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Receipt from one James Scott of Brunswick District Court to Sir Peyton Skipwith for the sum of five pounds in full for five weeks work for Scott's stonemason Fortis, 1795 September 30
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Edwin Fort to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esquire, 1795 November 3
Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.
Accounts of Cooper Perkins & Co, Birmingham, Eng and Edwards & Penny, Liverpool, Eng, with James Maury, Liverpool, Eng, for hardware, paints and drugs shipment to Lady Jean Skipwith, 1795 December 15 - 1796 February 16
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James King et. al., Merchants of Glasgow, Scotland, to George Wythe, Judge of the Virginia High Court Chancery, circa 1795-1801
Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.
Boundaries of E Cottey's one hundred acres of land, 1796
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Miscellaneous bills and receipts concerning court suits, land deals in Kentucky and other plantation business of Skipwith, including documents for mustard, molasses, a boy's hat, and casks for nails, 1796
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Sam Hopkins to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 January 12
Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.
R. Gamble, Richmond, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq., Baronet, 1796 January 14
Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.
James Maury, Liverpool Eng., to Lady Jean Skipwith, Prestwould, Va., 1796 March 13
Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.
Mr. James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Prestwould, Va., 1796 March 13
Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.
Thomas Vaughan to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 March 25
His suit against Peter Holloway.
James Maury, Liverpool, Eng, to Mr Daniel McCallum, Osbornes James River, Virginia, 1796 March 30
Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.
John Hill to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 April 3
Used as miscellaneous note paper.
Receipt for debts paid. Including a short memo on some land bordering the Norfolk River ad the deposition of Joseph Clarkson who is to testify on a matter concerning Sir Peyton Skipwith and his former dealings with Hog Island, Surry Co., 1796 April 20
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Unknown writer to Sir Peyton Skipwith, 1796 April 23
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William Baskervill, County Clerk of Mecklenburg, to Sir Peyton Skipwith Concerns court suit between Sir Skipwith and Robert Birchett; the document names Skipwith's witnesses in the case, 1796 April 28
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