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Appointment of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary

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Identifier: UA 151
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Appointment of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, dated April 2, 1729. Written in Latin on parchment, it is signed by James Blair, who was both President of William & Mary and Rector of the Board of Visitors in 1729. The appointment also features the original college seal.

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Blair Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 68s B57
Scope and Contents An artificial collections of papers concerning the Blair family of Williamsburg. Includes land grant, 1741, signed by James Blair (1655-1743); document, 1768, signed by John Blair (1689-1771) concerning Loudoun County, Va. justices of the peace; depositions, 1787 and n.d., of John Blair (1732-1800) concerning a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Chatham County, Ga. (Margaret Eustace vs. Seth John Cuthbert) which concerned the estate of his brother, James Blair (1741-1772); deposition, November...
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Office of the President. James Blair Records

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Identifier: UA 2.01
Scope and Contents Acc. 1980.128 contains papers of and relating to James Blair, first president of the College of William and Mary.  The collection contains two original manuscripts: a funeral bill by Blair dated 1701, and a sermon erroneously attributed to Blair dated 1747.  The bulk of the collection consists of copies collected for research purposes, mostly in 1940-1941.  Includes biographical material; extracts and copies from official records; copies of correspondence; sermons; notes on paintings of...
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Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. Papers

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Identifier: Mss. 71 R75
Scope and Contents Professional and personal papers of Parke Shepherd Rouse, Jr. who was a newspaper writer and columnist and an author of books on Virginia. His personal correspondence covers his college years at Washington and Lee University; his years in the Navy during World War II; his early career while working in Richmond, Virginia and Newport News, Virginia; and his business affairs. His college and Navy letters include not only the letters he wrote home, but the letters he received from...
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College of William and Mary--History--18th century 2
Correspondence 2
Legal documents 2
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Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
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Education, Higher--Virginia--History 1
Loudoun County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Orders (military records) 1
Photographs 1
Playbills 1
Programs 1
Research notes 1
Theater 1
United States. Navy--History--20th century 1
Virginia--History 1
Virginia--History--20th century 1
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Virginia--Social life and customs 1
Washington and Lee University 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--Photographs 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
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Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714 1
Blair family 1
Blair, James, 1741-1772 1
Blair, John, 1687-1771 1
Blair, John, 1732-1800 1
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College of William and Mary. 1
Cuthbert, Seth John, d. 1788 1
Daily Press (Hampton Roads, Va.) 1
Dobson, Richard 1
Eustace, Margaret 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Georgia. Superior Court. Chatham County. 1
Gibson, Edmund, Bp. of London, 1669-1748 1
Greenhow, Robert, b. 1761 1
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 1
Meade, Robert Douthat, 1903-1974 1
Meredith, Samuel 1
Office of the President 1
Rouse, Parke Shepherd, Jr. 1
Simpson family 1
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