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Bishop James Madison Letter to James Breckenridge, 1805 December 20
Collection
Identifier: SC 00973
Scope and Contents
Letter, 20 December 1805, from Bishop James Madison, Williamsburg, to James Breckenridge, Botetourt County, Va. Concerns defending Madison against a claim to deprive him of land surveyed near Guyandot Falls by Breckinridge. Asks Breckinridge to discount fee at next College [of William and Mary] settlement. Also concerns Madison's Map of Virginia (1807) and a new method of taking latitudes.
Dates:
1805 December 20
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Surveying Collection
File
Identifier: UA 246
Scope and Contents
Survey accounts prepared by individual surveyors for Virginia Counties. Collection also includes licenses, bonds and correspondence. Most of the reports include the name of the purchaser, the amount of acreage surveyed, the fee charged, and the date. Many of the names have been transcribed in the descriptions, but often the writing is illegible and names are misspelled. The Royal Charter established the College of William and Mary, and Article XVI appointed the...
Dates:
1741-1801
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center