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Box 1

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Contains 18 Results:

Correspondence, 1828-1843

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id211041
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Content list in front of folder. 18 items.

Dates: 1828-1843

Correspondence, 1844-1849

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Content list in front of folder. 18 items.

Dates: 1844-1849

Correspondence, 1850-1896, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
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Content list in front of folder. 24 items.

Dates: 1850-1896, undated

Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Articles and poems, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
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Content list in front of folder. 6 items.

Dates: undated

Legal Papers, 1806-1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1794-1895, of the Dew family. Mostly correspondence of Thomas Roderick Dew, faculty member and president of the College of William and Mary and his brother Benjamin Franklin Dew, a lawyer of Newtown, King and Queen County, Va. Correspondents include William Boulware, Edward Everett, and Andrew Stevenson. Includes documents, 1838-1858, relating to Thomas Roderick Dew's estate such as his will, inventories of personal property, court degrees, and accounts....
Dates: 1806-1891

Estate Settlements, 1839-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1794-1895, of the Dew family. Mostly correspondence of Thomas Roderick Dew, faculty member and president of the College of William and Mary and his brother Benjamin Franklin Dew, a lawyer of Newtown, King and Queen County, Va. Correspondents include William Boulware, Edward Everett, and Andrew Stevenson. Includes documents, 1838-1858, relating to Thomas Roderick Dew's estate such as his will, inventories of personal property, court degrees, and accounts....
Dates: 1839-1859

Miscellaneous, 1862-1863, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Printed material and currency.

Dates: 1862-1863, undated

Manuscript Diary and Account Book, 1845-1846

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
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Manuscript diary and account book of Benjamin F. Dew. 21 pages.

Dates: 1845-1846

Book cover Presented to W.S. Peachy, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1794-1895, of the Dew family. Mostly correspondence of Thomas Roderick Dew, faculty member and president of the College of William and Mary and his brother Benjamin Franklin Dew, a lawyer of Newtown, King and Queen County, Va. Correspondents include William Boulware, Edward Everett, and Andrew Stevenson. Includes documents, 1838-1858, relating to Thomas Roderick Dew's estate such as his will, inventories of personal property, court degrees, and accounts....
Dates: undated

FR [?], Fredricksburg, VA to Robert Hand [?], Vielleboro, Caroline County, Virginia, 1828 December 12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id211041
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FR [?], Fredricksburg, VA to Robert Hand [?], Vielleboro, Caroline County, Virginia. Brief letter about a bond. 1 p. Includes and undated remembrance by Thomas Dew detailing his experiences during the American Revolution, mentioning defeat of General Gates, his serving under Capt. Henry Lumpkin, and General Weedon, and later Lafayette, and volunteering to serve at Yorktown. 3 pp. incomplete.

Dates: 1828 December 12

James Madison to Professor Thomas R. Dew, 1834 September 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id211041
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James Madison, Montpelier, Virginia to Professor Thomas R. Dew, New Town, King and Queen County, Virginia. Thanks him for sending him a copy of his "Essay on Usury."

Dates: 1834 September 15

Paropotank Creek Property, 1806-1839

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Documents, letters, and printed material relating to land on Paropotank Creek, King and Queen Counties, Virginia, inherited by Wilson Jefferson Cary and Sarah (Cary) Newsum, and sold by them and by William Newsum, Jr. to Peter Thornton Pollard and including a broadside (undated) regarding the use of "Patricks," the landing on the creek. 19 items.

Dates: 1806-1839

Malvern Hills Property, 1850-1891

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
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Also, documents, printed legal briefs, and a letter centering on the sale of "Malvern Hills,: Henrico County, Virginia to Benjamin F. Dew by James M. Jefferies and John Pollard. 4 items.

Dates: 1850-1891

Thomas Dew Estate, 1839-1858

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Documents relating to the estate of Thomas Dew , Benjamin F. Dew, Executor, including copies of his will, lists of bonds owned by him, accounts and inventories of his personal property, court decrees involving his heirs and their guardians, and receipts and accounts of property sales. 26 items.

Dates: 1839-1858

Lucy (Gatewood) Dew Estate, 1855-1859

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
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Documents relating to the estate of Lucy (Gatewood) Dew, widow of Thomas Dew, Benjamin F. Dew, executor, including copies of her will, lists of bonds, receipts to Edward Gresham and papers concerning legacies due her grandsons Thomas P. and William P. Hudgins. 23 items.

Dates: 1855-1859

Democratic Tickets, circa 1856 November 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Democratic tickets connected with the 1856 Presidential election candidancy of James Buchanan and Breckinridge, with engravings of Buchanan and Breckenridge, and list of electors from the state. 7 items.

Dates: circa 1856 November 4

Handbills, circa 1856 November 4

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Printed handbills giving the Whig, Union, American Ticket Nominees, Millard Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donelson, and listing the electors for the state of Virginia. 4 items.

Dates: circa 1856 November 4

Currency, 1862, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
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Richmond, Virginia Currency, 30 cts and 60 cts; Confederate currency, 50 cents. 5 items

Dates: 1862, 1863