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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

Grigsby-Galt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.308
Scope and Contents This collection contains the family papers of members of the Grigsby and Galt Families. Mary Blair Grigsby married William W. Galt in 1881.  The collection contains papers of various members of the Grigsby family, particulary Hugh Blair Grigsby who was a historian and Chancellor of The College of William and Mary and his son, Hugh Carrington Grigsby who lived his entire life at the family farm, Edgehill, in Charlotte County, Virginia. The collection also contains the personal...
Dates: 1736-1982; Majority of material found in 1840-1930

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

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Spanish-American War, 1898 2
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Augusta County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Bedford County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Botetourt County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Cabinet photographs 1
Carte de visite photographs 1
Certificates 1
Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Cherokee Indians 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 13th. Company H 1
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Volunteers, Third Brigade 1
Creek Indians 1
Farms--Virginia--History--19th century 1
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Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Greeting cards 1
Hampden-Sydney College--History--19th century 1
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Indians of North America--Virginia 1
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Japan--Description and travel 1
Lead mines and mining--Virginia 1
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Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898 1
Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898--Pictorial works 1
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Medicine--Practice--Virginia 1
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Montgomery County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Norfolk (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Pittsylvania County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
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Tobacco farmers--Virginia 1
Tower Hill (Sussex County, Va.) 1
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
United States. Navy 1
United States. Navy--History--19th century 1
United States. Navy--History--20th century 1
University of Virginia--History--19th century 1
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Virginia--Genealogy 1
Virginia--History--19th century 1
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 1
Virginia--Social life and customs--19th century 1
Virginia. Militia. 15th Regiment 1
Virginia. Militia. 4th Regiment 1
Visiting cards 1
Washington County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Washington County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
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Barraud, Philip, 1758-1830 1
Blow family 1
Boyd family 1
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Cloyd family 1