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Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame71-74
Scope and Contents
Ledgers, 1808-1821, of Amos Johnson, merchant, of Fauquier County, Va. Ledger "b", 1808, also contains loose papers, receipts, and letters, 1859- 1861, belonging to Richard N. Johnson.
Note: Richard N. Johnson Ledger.
Dates:
1808-1861; Majority of material found in 1808-1821
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 C38
Scope and Contents
Collection, 1876-1959, of Benjamin Curtis Chappelear including manuscript and printed maps of Fauquier, Loudoun, Clarke, and Warren Counties, Virginia; Virginia state maps; United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey Maps of areas in Virginia and West Virginia; notes concerning land records and manuscript volumes which include account books collected by Chappelear of blacksmiths, farmers, postmasters, students, tanners, and operators of general stores. The collection also...
Dates:
1788-1959
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame27u Oversize
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1853-1854, of an unidentified merchant at Salem [now Marshall] Fauquier County, Va. which was also used as an expense book, 1906- 1933.
Dates:
1853-1933; Majority of material found in 1853-1854
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame32u
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1859-1861, of an unidentified merchant at Piedmont Station and Milldale, Fauquier County, Va.
Dates:
1859-1861
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame25u
Scope and Contents
Ledger, 1853-1854, of an unidentified merchant in or near Fauquier County, Va.
Dates:
1853-1854
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame24u
Scope and Contents
Ledger, 1852-1853, of an unidentified merchant in or near Fauquier County, Va. which has additional entries, 1872-1873.
Dates:
1852-1873; Majority of material found in 1852-1853, 1872-1873
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame34
Scope and Contents
Ledger, 1821-1823, and 1862-1889, of Nelson N. Fishback, merchant, of Fauquier County, Va. which includes notes on the Fishback family; "cures" for yaws and fistula; lists of slaves with their ages; records on harvesting crops; loose receipts; and scattered weather accounts.
Dates:
1821-1889
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV D8
Scope and Contents
Diary, 1829-1838, of Richard B. Buckner, "St. Bernard," Fauquier County, Virginiaa.], discussing farm work and the weather.
Dates:
1829-1838
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame75 Oversize
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1837-1849, of Richard N. Johnson, merchant, of [Fauquier County, Va. ?]
Dates:
1837-1849
Collection
Identifier: SC 01826
Content Description
A single four page letter written by Thomas Skinker to associate Dr. Nathaniel Vanderwall Clopton of Virginia from whom he describes renting enslaved people. The letter concerns topics relating to slavery including the annual hiring of named enslaved people and details about an injured enslaved person.
Dates:
1839 January 16
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ame79
Scope and Contents
Journal, 1818-1821, of Thomas G. Kirby, merchant, of Warrenton, Fauquier County, Va.
Dates:
1818-1821
Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad239-258
Scope and Contents
Account books of several generations of the Welch family of Fauquier County, Virginia. The earliest book includes notes, 1767-1778, of Thomas Glascock. The early volumes were probably kept by or for Sylvester Welch (1764-1832), the later ones by or for Sylvester Welch (b. 1800).The latter Welch seems to have been a merchant and owner of grist mills. One book, 1852-1856, includes ledger accounts with free blacks as well as with slaves. The volume, 1878-1880, concerns a farm. There...
Dates:
1767-1880
Collection
Identifier: SC 00397
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of three letters written from Williamsburg, Virginia by W.W. Vest, J.M. Chevers and Unknown. W.W. Vest of Williamsburg, Virginia to John M. Speer (or Speed) of Lynchburg, Virginia about hiring out of negroes and financial matters. 1843. Unknown in Williamsburg, Virginia to Robert Saunders in Fauquier, Virginia about family and a scandal at "The Springs." 1844. J. M. Chevers, a student in Williamsburg, Virginia, to Rev. CW. Thomson in Richmond,...
Dates:
1843-1846
Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 W89
Scope and Contents
The collection also contains miscellaneous manuscripts and account books. Included in this material are: land grants, 1761 and 1766, for land in Fairfax and Frederick counties, Va.; eighty-five survey maps of Frederick, Fauquier, and Loudoun counties, Va. and Berkeley and Hampshire counties, W. Va.; road petitions, 1743-1828, for Frederick County; affidavits for Revolutionary War service; correspondence, 1923-1930, of the Improved Order of Redmen, Great Council of Virginia; letters written...
Dates:
1752-1938