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Copy of court order, 1830, to pay Jacob Lynch for his service as clerk of the court of Scott County, Va. Advertisement in Morgantown, Virginia for Dr. C.M. Lane’s Improved Medical Remedies and Dr. Scott’s White Circassian Liniment. 1855.

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Broadside order sheet for vegetable seeds by Jonathan Wood of New Lebanon. 1833. Advertisement for a sewing machine by Hottel and Keller in Toms Brook, Virginia. Grocery list on the back. Undated. Advertisement by Strayer and Coffman for their “Cheap Store” in New Market, Virginia. March 31, 1810.

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Documents, 1798-1841, concerning Spotsylvania County, Va. Includes tax bill; legal receipt, 1799, for execution in the lawsuit of Charles Thompson v. Joseph Newton & John Day; and extracts, 1798, from the will of James Somerville. Campaign speech, handwritten and transcribed, by unknown. August 1788.

Scope and Contents Copy of quit rent roll, 1724, for Stafford County, Va. Photocopy of May 8, 1974 Richmond Times-Dispatch article on old papers returned to Stafford County. Newspaper article on the price of negroes in Stafford County in 1722. 1881. Handwritten document (copy of an original) of “An Act to Exempt Certain German Protestants in the County of Stafford from the Paiment of Parish Levies.” 1730. Photographs of the Clerk’s Office, Courthouse and the County Jail. Undated. Typed history of the Old...

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Papers, 1927-1939, relating to Surry County, Va. Includes list, 1927, of places in Surry County compiled by A. W. Bohannon; and printed tour guide, 1939, to places in Surry County conducted by Thomas Rolfe Branch, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Card advertising Wigwam Brand Virginia Hams. Undated. Transcribed records which relate to the expulsion of mercenary attorneys. Undated. March 1929 edition of "Representative" a newspaper of the Surry...

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Papers, 1776 and 1932, relating to Sussex County, Va. Includes copy of will, 177[8?], [mutilated] of John Clanton; and newspaper clipping, 1932, concerning court held in Sussex County, 18 July 1776, and considered the first court held under authority of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 2 items.

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Deposition, 1794, taken in Washington County, Va., in the suit of Alexander Quarrier v. Robert Watkins in the Superior Court of Richmond County, Ga. and court order, 1830, to pay Edward Campbell for his services as Commonwealth's attorney for Washington County. Barter Theatre pamplet. 1949. Barter Theatre program for “Margin for Error.” 1940-41. Advertisement mailing for flour by Anderson and Shaffer of Hamilton, Ohio to J.B. Mongle and Son of Holston, Virginia. 1891.

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Photostat copy of the Memorial of the committee of the County of West Augusta to the convention of the Colony of Virginia. [1774] and transcript. 1 piece.

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Scope and Contents Papers, 1830-1878 and undated, relating to Westmoreland County, Va. Includes court orders, 1830, to pay clerk, jailor and sheriff; document, 1845, in lawsuit of William Teffey et al. v. Elizabeth M. Sutton; newspaper clippings; and a printed circular. Newspaper article on Yeocomico Church. Undated.

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Printed list, 1831, of lands returned as delinquent for taxes in Wythe County, Va. Accessor's listing of property of Samuel Williams. Includes list of slaves and their ages, acreage, and dwelling house and outbuildings. April 1, 1815. (Mss. Acc. 2001.44)