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Thomas Mann Randolph Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2001.32 and Acc. 2004.19
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter, 1809 September 15, from Thomas Mann Randolph to Thomas Jefferson as well as a ledger recording business transactions of "Tuckahoe" plantation, including records of Tuckahoe Coal Mining Company. The letter is autographed and signed by Randolph with an endorsement by Jefferson.

Dates: 1792-1809

Robert H. Crist Letter to P. M. Crist

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01111
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1862 February 26, between Robert H. Crist, a private in the 21st Indiana Volunteers, to his father, P.M. Crist, during the American Civil War. Crist writes about camp life around Fort Monroe, Virginia, soldiers sleeping in stables, being able to see rebels across the river and observing there are no towns there except camps.

Dates: 1862 February 26

Thomas Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 T21
Scope and Contents

Letters, primarily 1867-1880, written to Thomas Taylor of "Woodlawn," Goochland Co., Va., from his daughter Sarah C. (Taylor) Hatcher and son-in-law David A. Hatcher of Missouri. The letters concern family business and reflect financial difficulties. Includes reports and correspondence, 1877- 1888, of Taylor who served as the clerk of the First School District in Goochland County.

Dates: 1805-1914, undated

Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 01/Mss. 65 T97 Additions
Scope and Contents

Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.

Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.

Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.

Dates: 1821-1976

Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.4 V82co
Scope and Contents

Artificial collection of papers relating to various counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Includes current West Virginia Counties of Berkeley, Hardy, Jefferson, Morgan, Nicholas and Pendleton because the material was generated when these counties were part of Virginia.

Dates: 1600-2000; Majority of material found in 1730-1890

Andrew J. Weeks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00239
Scope and Contents 37 letters, mostly during the Civil War era, written by Andrew J. Weeks, of Brooklyn, New York, to his sister, Hannah Weeks of Merrick, Long Island, New York. He was a 1st sergeant of Co. D., 10th Regiment of the New York infantry Volunteers. He wrote from Fort Monroe, Virginia, Gosport Navy Yard, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Point Lookout, Maryland, Beaufort, North Carolina and Riker's Island, New York. On March 9, 1861, Weeks states the Merrimac has sunk the Cumberland and the Ericcson...
Dates: 1861-1902; Majority of material found in 1862-1866

Williamsburg, Virginia Letters

 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

Thomas G. Wynne Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00041
Scope and Contents This collection contains letters, sermons, financial records and other material pertaining to Thomas G. Wynne of James City County Virginia. Wynne graduated from William & Mary as the valedictorian in 1854, and a copy of his valedictory speech is included in the collection along with his diploma. After graduation, Wynne taught in the James City County schools, and a sample report card from the 1880s can be found in the collection. Also included in the collection is Wynne's William &...
Dates: circa 1853-1891

Yeaman and Walker Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.542
Scope and Contents The Yeaman and Walker Family Collection consists mainly of correspondence and financial records of the Yeaman and Walker families, mostly relating to tobacco farming in Virginia between 1840 and 1910.  The predominant locations are Pittsylvania County, Botetourt County, Charlotte County, Lynchburg, and Danville. Letters demonstrate economic stress after the Civil War, particularly as it relates to crop and livestock prices. Other topics discussed include sickness and deaths of children and...
Dates: 1836-1937; Majority of material found in 1850-1910

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College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Volunteer Regiment, 32nd 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Eastern Publishing Co 1
Edmunds, Henry E. 1
Fitzgerald, John 1
Fling, John Bosworth 1
Galt family 1
Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862 1
Galt, William Richard, 1818-1892 1
Garland family 1
Gosport Navy Yard (Va.) 1
Graves, William J. (Congressman), 1806-1876 1
Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 1
Greenleaf, Joseph 1
Grigsby family 1
Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881 1
Hale, Frederick C. 1
Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), b. 1848 1
Howdershell, Maude A. 1
Ives family 1
Ives, Albert 1
Ives, Dora 1
Ives, S.S. 1
Jefferys, William S. 1
Johnson, Robert Garrett, 1895-1987 1
Kerrick, Milton F. 1
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 1
Landers, Thomas 1
Logan, Benjamin, 1743-1802 1
Mason, George 1
Mason, Thomas H. 1
McCandlish (Colonel) 1
McCandlish, Robert 1
Milstead, Emmett Ward, 1859-1932 1
Minge (Dr.) 1
Moon, John C 1
Morecock, William Henry Edloe 1
Nance, Lilian Hancock, 1898-1990 1
Nelson, Thomas, 1738-1789 1
Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.) 1
Randolph, Thomas Mann, 1792-1848 1
Robertson, Mary A 1
Shields, Howard 1
Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794 1
Taylor, Thomas 1
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Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 1
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935 1
Tyler, Mary 1
Tyler, Robert, 1816-1878 1
Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953 1
United States. Army. New York Infantry Volunteers, 10th Regiment 1
United States. Navy. Office of the Paymaster 1
Virginia State Senate 1
Virginia. General Court 1
Waggaman, George 1
Walker family 1
Warburton, Mary 1
Warburton, Robert 1
Weeks, Andrew J. 1
Wharburton family 1
Wheaton (Mr.) 1
Whig Party (U.S.) 1
Wickliffe, C.A 1
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 1
Wynne, Thomas G., 1834-1904 1
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