Box I
Letter received from Mrs. Eustace [mother-in-law] informed she made confident of only one lady and Doctor [Archibald?] Campbell - had talked to Mr. Tucker on odious subject - asks what passed in the conversations - odious subject is question of his virility. Autograph Letter Signed. 1 page. 15 x 18 1/2 cm.
Letter received from Mrs. Eustace. Mother-in-law informed she made confidence of only one lady and Doctor Archibald? Campbell. Had talked to Mr. Tucker on odious subject. Asks what passed in the conversations. Odious subject is question of his virility.
Records of the Reverend James Blair Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century of Williamsburg. 2 boxes (ca. 200 items) of financial, membership lists, correspondence, minutes, printed matter relating to the organization.
Bond of James Greenway and Bolling Stark to the College of William & Mary for one hundred pounds for the appointment of James Greenway as surveyor of the County of Dinwiddie. Dated May 24, 1770. Signed by James Greenway, Bolling Stark, John Blair, Jr. and M. Hayness (?).
Bill for £40.12.9 sterling to Messieurs James Buchanan & Co., Merchant, London, England signed by Robert Carter, Virginia on verso, note to pay contents to Mr. Robert Allason or order value in accounts signed by William Allason.
Robert H. Little is infirm and would like to resign the position in favor of his son, signed by John E. Page, George William Blakeman, James H. Clark & Co., Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia.
Scope and Contents Rector Copy: "James Blair" by Thom Blair.
One glass goblet etched with Hargrave portrait of James Blair. Given to the college in 1973 by David Beers Quinn, James P. Harrison Visiting Professor of History, 1969-70. Presented at a dinner in London for British alumni and visiting American alumni. Transfered to Archives from the Muscarelle Museum. UA1999.037
Concerns Henley's books left in storage at the College of William & Mary. Also includes notes by James Madison. (Accession 1989.9)
Account of Surveys made by William Peters Martin, signed by John Blair, Jr., dated May 8, 1769. Includes years, names, in what county, acreage, fees received and fees not received. Names: Capt. John Quarles, Jane Bingham, Col. Thomas Moore, Nathaniel Fox, Roger Lipscomb, James Quarles, Jr., James Johnson, John Anderson, Jacob Valentine and James Neaves. Two entries in Caroline County for William Taylor.
A typed, single sheet, signed letter dated 14 February 1921, from Warren G. Harding to John W.H. Crim about the possibility of Harding receiving an honorary degree from William and Mary.
One-page letter from Edmund Randolph to the Reverend S.S. McCroskey regarding Randolph mortgaging land to the College of William and Mary for 500 pounds. A typescript is also included.