Scope and Contents From the Collection: The records of the Office of the Bursar are some of the earliest and most comprehensive records of the College of William and Mary from the 18th century surviving to the present day.  Of particular note are various references to individuals enslaved by the College as well as to the Brafferton Indian School.  The collection includes Bursar's reports, financial statements, statements of rents due to the College, accounts with individuals, lists of tenants, receipts and expenditures, revenues...

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Scope and Contents Of particular note are multiple references to slavery, including enslaved people held by the College of William & Mary. Other references of note are: Nottoway plantation, tobacco, wheat, the Brafferton Indian School, as well as a letter to Dr. Swem regarding the collection.

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Scope and Contents Of particular note are multiple references to slavery, including enslaved people held by the College of William & Mary. Also, accounts with individuals for the rebuilding of the President's House, 1782-1786, with a few accounts verified by B.S. Ewell and Robert Saunders, 1855 and 1847. Payment by Robert Page for several surveyors, which he received from St. George Tucker, 1801. Private tuition for Daniel McNaughton, 1794.

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Scope and Contents Of particular note are references to Nottoway Plantation and tobacco revenue.

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Scope and Contents Records often include ship name, destination, captain's name, and cargo information.

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Includes 1730 account from Samuel Young for John Brown's tobacco payments from 1728-1730.