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Blow Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B63
Scope and Contents Papers, 1770-1875, of the Blow family of "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and of the Waller family. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Philip Barraud, John Hartwell Cocke, Henry Lee and Edmund Ruffin. Most of these accessions were integrated as the collection was partially processed, but some are boxed separately. Includes a Blow family scrapbook containing many manuscript items. Collection includes: correspondence of Richard Blow (1746-1833), merchant, who had...
Dates: 1613-1960; Majority of material found in 1770-1875

Leven Powell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 P87
Scope and Contents This collection is largely comprised of the correspondence of Leven Powell, who served in American Revolutionary War as well as the Virginia House of Delegates, and the U. S. House of Representatives.The letters reflect military and civilian events in Virginia during the Revolutionary war, United States and Virginia politics, and foreign relations in the early national period. The collection also includes financial records concerning the Revolutionary War and Loudoun County,...
Dates: 1774-1806

McGavock Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 M17
Scope and Contents Papers (including correspondence, legal documents, and accounts) of James McGavock (1728-1812), his son James McGavock (1764-1838) and his grandsons James McGavock (1804-1839) and Stephen McGavock (1807-1880). Many of the papers concern lead mines at Fort Chiswell, Va, slavery, agriculture, aspects of the Revolutionary War, and other.  Included are a list of parish levies before 1776; receipts for supplies issued at Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Va. and at Fort Patrick Henry, Tenn. for an...
Dates: 1760-1888

William K. Perrin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 95 P42
Scope and Contents Business letters, 1833-1839, to Major William K. Perrin and 1855, 1860, to his son-in-law Wyndham Kemp, both of Gloucester County, Virginia from Perrin's step-son Robert W. Nicolson in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama, about the management of a cotton plantation. Letters mention purchasing land, growing and selling cotton management of slaves, legal and banking matters and uprising of the Creek Indians. Papers, 1800-1855 and n.d., relating to the hiring out and management of slaves of...
Dates: 1732-1902; Majority of material found in 1820-1858

Preston Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 P91
Scope and Contents This inventory, chiefly 1786-1815, represents three generations of the Preston family, and likewise can be divided into the following: Items relating to William Preston (ca. 1729-1783), 1755-1782, primarily photostats of appointments to various county offices (coroner, sheriff and surveyor) and to positions in the Virginia militia; but also including original appointments, 1763 and 1776; a surveyor's entry; 1774; and letters, 1773-1782, to Preston concerning land, the Cherokee...
Dates: 1755-1836; Majority of material found in 1786-1815

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Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 1
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Augusta County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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College of William and Mary--History--18th century 1
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Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 13th. Company H 1
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France--Foreign relations--United States--18th century 1
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Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Great Bridge (Va.), Battle of, 1775 1
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Montgomery County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Spanish-American War, 1898 1
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Tower Hill (Sussex County, Va.) 1
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United States--Politics and government--1775-1809 1
United States--Politics and government--1789-1815 1
United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783 1
University of Virginia--History--19th century 1
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Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
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Virginia. Militia. 15th Regiment 1
Virginia. Militia. 4th Regiment 1
Washington County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Washington County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
Wythe County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
XYZ Affair, 1797-1798. 1
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Barraud, Philip, 1758-1830 1
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Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 1
Cloyd family 1