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Bishop James Madison Letter to the Speaker of the House of Delegates concerning Eastern State Hospital

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00641
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1788 October 31, Bishop James Madison, Williamsburg, to the Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Concerns Bishop Madison request to the General Assembly of Virginia funds to support the Eastern State Hospital for Lunatics. Also included is a lithograph of Bishop James Madison. The letter and lithograph were given by Harry Krauss in honor of professor David L. Holmes.

Dates: 1788 October 31

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

Richard Blow Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 B625
Scope and Contents Papers, 1772-1872, of the Blow family. Chiefly business papers, 1772-1820, of Richard Blow of Portsmouth and "Tower Hill," Sussex County, Va. and his son George Blow, Sr. and George Blow, Jr. of 'Tower Hill' and Williamsburg, Va. Richard Blow was a partner in stores in Virginia and North Carolina (trading as Richard Blow and Co., Briggs & Blow, Baker & Blow [South Quay, Nansemond County, Va.], Blow & Barksdale [Petersburg, Va.], and Blow and Scammel). He was also a plantation...
Dates: 1772-1872

Galt Papers (I)

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Identifier: Mss. 78 G13
Scope and Contents Professional and personal papers; 1745-1892; of the Galt family of Williamsburg, Virginia. Papers primarily concern the Galt family's work at the Eastern State Hospital, including apothecary shop daybooks, account books, medical daybooks, clinical notebooks, weather diaries, commonplace books, reports, medical notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other. The personal papers consist of diaries, letters, scrapbooks, school notes, financial papers, memoirs, and other material....
Dates: 1745-1892

Galt Papers (III)

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Identifier: 01/Mss. 78 G73
Scope and Contents The collection covers the dates 1750-1982 and consists chiefly of the personal and business correspondence, financial and legal documents, literary documents, and family history and genealogy notes of the Galt family. The collection also contains clippings, photographs, and personal mementos such as artifacts. Negatives have been added to Galt III, Group XI, Box IV, folder 44. Some material pertaining to William R. Galt is filed in 78 G73 Galt Family Papers III,...
Dates: 1750-1991

Channing M. Hall III Williamsburg, Virginia Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 1999.19a and Additions
Scope and Contents

The collection includes personal as well as offical papers of Channing M. Hall III of Williamsburg. Hall was a member of the Williamsburg City Council and most of the collection concerns the government of the Williamsburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1996-2004

Charles Lee Letter to William Lee

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00539
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1793 June 3, Charles Lee, Richmond, [Va.] to William Lee, "Greenspring" near Williamsburg, [Va.]. 2 p. on 1 leaf ; 22 cm.

Dates: 1793 June 3

Leven Powell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 P87
Scope and Contents This collection is largely comprised of the correspondence of Leven Powell, who served in American Revolutionary War as well as the Virginia House of Delegates, and the U. S. House of Representatives.The letters reflect military and civilian events in Virginia during the Revolutionary war, United States and Virginia politics, and foreign relations in the early national period. The collection also includes financial records concerning the Revolutionary War and Loudoun County,...
Dates: 1774-1806

Bishop James Madison Papers (Photostats)

 Collection
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

J. Michel to M. de Mesandre Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01253
Scope and Contents Letter written in French from Williamsburg, Virginia, by J. Michel, Captain of the French vessel, Le Lion, which was loading tobacco in the James River to transport to Europe, dated June 26, 1778.  Michel returned from a voyage from L'Orient in the company of Le Vicomte de Vaux commanded by Pierre Donat. Le Lion was threatened by English vessels in the Chesapeake Bay, including the St. Alban and the Solbay. Michel had sailed to New London, Connecticut and back to Williamsburg where he stayed...
Dates: 1778 June 26

Paradise-Barziza Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 P21
Scope and Contents

Photographs (and negatives) of papers concerning the marriage of Count Antonio Barziza, Venice, Italy to Lucy Paradise, daughter of John and Lucy Ludwell Paradise, Williamsburg, Va. Includes a typed copy of a letter, 24 February 1805, from Lucy Ludwell Paradise to Littleton Waller Tazewell; and a photograph of a letter, 28 January 1831, written by Margaret Nelson Bellett. Description: Photographs Williamsburg, Va. Williamsburg Restoration, 1930. 18 cm.

Dates: 1787-1832

Edmund Randolph Letter Regarding Finances

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00974
Scope and Contents

Letter, 21 Feb. 1780, of Edmund Randolph, Williamsburg, Va. to unidentified recipient. Letter concerns a suit to collect the principle and interest of a bond. Also mentions Mr. Hunter, West, Peyton, and [George] Wythe.

Dates: 1780 February 21

St. George Tucker Letter to Matthew Carey

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Identifier: SC 00694
Scope and Contents

Letter from St George Tucker to Matthew Carey regarding the circulation of a printed letter written to Jedediah Morse "...vindicate the Inhabitants of this city from a most cruel and unprovoked attack...", about Carey's periodical "Guthrie's Grammar" and  publication, "The American Museum." Dated July 31, 1795. The circulated letter to Rev. Jedediah Morse from a "Citizen of Williamsburg" (1795) is also included.

19.5 cm x 22.5 cm

Dates: 1795 July 31, 1795

Sarah C. Watts Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 W34
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of letters from Sarah Watts' parents giving advice on marriage and the purchase of goods, as well as giving local news. The letters from Williamsburg and Surry County, Virginia contain news of social events, local residents and activities at the College of William and Mary including the banning of parties by the President of the College, Bishop James Madison, the formation of a military company by the students, and the fighting of a duel. See also...
Dates: 1807-1809

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Correspondence 12
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Williamsburg (Va.)--History--19th century 5
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Certificates 2
College of William and Mary--History--18th century 2
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Dueling--Virginia 2
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History 2
Legal documents 2
Letters (correspondence) 2
Marriage--Virginia 2
Photographs 2
Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century 2
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 2
United States--History--War of 1812 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century 2
Account books 1
Alien and Sedition laws, 1798 1
Banks and banking--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Canals--Southern States 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
College of William and Mary--Presidents 1
Courtship--Virginia--History 1
Daybooks 1
Diaries 1
Dismal Swamp Canal 1
Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Embargo, 1807-1809 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--Clergy--19th century 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Episcopal Church--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Fliers (printed matter) 1
France--Foreign relations--United States--18th century 1
Genealogy 1
Great Bridge (Va.), Battle of, 1775 1
Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--Revolution, 1775-1783 1
Horses--North Carolina 1
Horses--Virginia 1
Indians of North America 1
Invoices 1
Laboratory notebooks 1
Letter books 1
Lion (ship) 1
Lithographs 1
Loudoun County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Manuscripts (document genre) 1
Medicine--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Mentally ill--Care 1
Merchants--Great Britain 1
Merchants--North Carolina--History--18th century 1
Merchants--North Carolina--History--19th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--18th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Merchants--Virginia--Nansemond County 1
Merchants--Virginia--Petersburg 1
Merchants--Virginia--Sussex County 1
Merchants--West Indies 1
Minutes 1
Newspapers 1
Pamphlets 1
Photostats 1
Plantation life--Virginia 1
Plantations 1
Richmond (Va.)--History--Theater disaster, 1811 1
Schools--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Scrapbooks 1
Slavery--Virginia--18th century 1
Slavery--Virginia--19th century 1
Slavery--Virginia--History--19th century 1
Solbay (Frigate) 1
Speeches 1
Speeches, addresses, etc. 1
St. Alban (Frigate) 1
Surry County (Va.)--History 1
Tobacco--Southern States--History--18th century 1
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French 1
United States--History--War with France, 1798-1800 1
United States--Politics and government--1775-1809 1
United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783 1
Vicomte de Vaux (Ship) 1
Virginia Town and City Annual Conference 1
Whiskey Rebellion, Pa., 1794 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council 1
Williamsburg (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Williamsburg (Va.). 300th Anniversary Commission 1
Women--Education--Virginia 1
Women--Virginia--Williamsburg--Social conditions--19th century 1
XYZ Affair, 1797-1798. 1
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Language
English 13
French 1
 
Names
Madison, James, 1749-1812 3
Eastern State Hospital (Va.) 2
Galt family 2
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 2
Galt, Elizabeth Judith, 1816-1854 2