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Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, Whiting Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 B58
Scope and Contents Letters, chiefly 1765-1817, of the Blair, Banister, Braxton, Horner, and Whiting families. Correspondents include John Blair (1732-1800), Anne (Blair) Banister and Mary (Blair) Braxton Burwell Prescott. Many of the letters are written by women.Subjects covered in the collection include the Baron de Botetourt, William Tryon, Martha Washington, dueling, social life and customs, marriage and courtship, medicine, the Richmond theater fire, slavery, War of 1812, the College of William...
Dates: 1760-1890; Majority of material found in 1765-1817
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Land Indenture between William Stith and the College of William & Mary

 Collection
Identifier: UA 382
Scope and Contents

Indenture between William Stith and the College of William & Mary, covering two lots, numbers 314 and 315, in the City of Williamsburg. Dated May 4, 1738.

Dates: 1738 May 4
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Bishop James Madison Papers (Photostats)

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Identifier: Mss. 65 Pst
Scope and Contents Photostats of correspondence, 1777-1812, of Bishop James Madison, President of College of William & Mary, with Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Joseph C. Cabell, St. George Tucker, and others.  These copies are from originals housed in various libraries:  Harvard College Library, Free Library of Philadelphia, University of the South, Church Historical Society in Austin, Texas, Maryland Historical Society, Chicago Historical Society, Yale University and the Free Library of Philadelphia. ...
Dates: 1777-1812
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

Stephen Hawtrey Letter to Edward Hawtrey

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Identifier: SC 01461
Scope and Contents Letter, dated March 26, 1765, written by Stephen Hawtrey of London to his brother Edward. At the time the letter was written, Edward was still in Exeter, England, though recently named Master of the Grammar School at William & Mary. Stephen tells Edward about his conversation with William Small, then in London, about the conditions at William & Mary and in Virginia. The letter details what Edward needs to take with him on his voyage, what clothes are appropriate for the Virginia...
Dates: 1765 March 26
Found in: Special Collections Research Center

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Richmond (Va.)--History--Theater disaster, 1811 1
Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century 1
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
United States--History--War of 1812 1
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College of William and Mary. 2
Banister, Anne Blair 1
Bannister family 1
Blair family 1
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, ca. 1718-1770 1
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Braxton family 1
Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856 1
College of William and Mary--Faculty 1
College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors. 1
Hawtrey, Edward 1
Hawtrey, Stephen 1
Horner family 1
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
Madison, James, 1749-1812 1
Prescott, Mary Blair Braxton Burwell 1
Small, William, 1734-1775 1
Stith, William 1
Tryon, William, 1729-1788 1
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 1
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 1
Whiting family 1
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