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Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers Collection of Ludwell-Lee-Slater Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 00298
Scope and Contents
The family papers of Corie Lynn Dorset Rivers include over 140 separate letters and other manuscript documents handed down to Rivers by her mother, Corie Lynn Slater Dorset. This collection includes papers written by several generation of Williamsburg, Virginia residents, including Lucy Ludwell Paradise; James and Louisa Bellett Lee and family; and Virginia Lee and Parkes Slater and family.Series One consists of the oldest item in this collection, a ledger or commonplace book...
Dates:
1805 - 1886
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Goodrich Durfey Estate Ledger
Collection
Identifier: SC 01063
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a ledger of accounts for the Goodrich Durfey Estate, located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The estate sold flour, corn, feed, livestock, and other supplies to the Williasmburg community. Some of the accounts listed include the Eastern State Asylum, President of William & Mary Benjamin S. Ewell, John Dix, Robert Saunders, John M. Galt, and Richard M. Bucktrout.
Dates:
1859-1870
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center