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James Blair (1741-1772) at Williamsburg, Virginia to St. George Tucker at College in Williamsburg, 1772 Sept. 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: id219964
Scope and Contents

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.

James Blair (1741-1772), Williamsburg, Virginia to St. George Tucker, College in Williamsburg, 1772 September 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: id219964
Scope and Contents

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.

Photographic Slide of William & Mary

 Item
Identifier: id199038
Scope and Contents The photographic slide contains the busts of King William III of England and Ireland (known as William II of Scotland) and Queen Mary II. After the Glorious Revolution, William and Mary were offered the throne in 1689. Four years after their reign began, William and Mary granted a charter for a college in Virginia. The charter named Reverend James Blair the first president. Subseqently named after the monarchs who granted the charter, the College of William & Mary was founded in 1693....

Mss. Acc. 1996.34 Addition, 1985-1995

 Series
Identifier: id59879
Scope and Contents

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.

Dinwiddie County - James Greenway, 1770

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

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 of Exchange, 1760 May 30

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120338
Scope and Contents

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.

Petition requesting the appointment of Robert H. Little, Jr. to the position of Postmaster, 1840 March 4

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: id120343
Scope and Contents

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.

Letters, Telegrams, Postcards, 1904 January-July

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: id66370
Scope and Contents Letter to William Wilson Galt from Daniel Barnes; letters to Mary Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Hugh Blair Grigsby Galt from A. H. Flint. Invitation to wedding of Ruth Waldron and Frank Peard Thomas on 1904 January 12, Minnie Bolling and James Duncan Puller on 1904 February 3, Lucy Daniel and Charles Kingston von Weise on 1904 June 29, Ethel Sharp and Ralph Mancill Griswold on 1904 July 28. William Wilson Galt’s letters were written primarily from Manila Bay, Hong Kong,...

Correspondence, January 1875

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: id83527
Scope and Contents 25 items. Henry A. Tabb, R. Walter & Co., J.M. Jefferies, Henry E. Blair, Warner T. Taliaferro (son) to William Booth Taliaferro (concerning William and Mary), Prosser to Leah, Peterfield Trent, Ro. T. Sears, Gardner, Carlton & Baldwin, James Lyons (concerning William Booth Taliaferro's refusal to co-sign a bond), William S. Peachy, Thomas S. Martin, William P. Smith, A.H. Dury (Westover), Warner Throckmorton Taliaferro (brother), W.T. Richardson, L.L. Tomkies, William C. Dutton,...

J. Paul Hudson Papers

 File — Box: 62, Folder: 6
Identifier: id49113

Business Correspondence, 1830-1852, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: id106909
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Business correspondence with various merchants predominately in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, as well as Hydraulic Mills, Virginia Correspondents include: Blair & Anderson; Beverly Blair; Deane & Edwards; John D. Brown (?); Charles Brown; Robert Enrastreny (?); Andrews Samper (?); Deane & Brown; B.C. Flannagan; James O. Walters; W. & B. Brown; T. Garth; W. Hatch; and N. N. Wallace. Contents pertain to various concerns, such as accounts with...

Dartington Glass Goblet, undated

 Item
Identifier: id3136
Scope and Contents

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

James Henderson, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Eliza Whiting, "Enfield" Prince William County, Virginia, 1801 July 12

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: id113174
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Wrote his friend about a fortnight ago by Mr. J.H. Peyton and having heard of Mr. Brent's leaving town tomorrow hastens to write her again; confesses his head is not in the "fittest mode for writing"; the Peacheys, Carys and BAnisters dined to day at Mr. Andrew's; Charlotte Balfour also "made one of the party"; he had unfortunately made other plans with gentleman "where the sparkling glass circulated too freely" and dissipated all his ideas; trusts her other correspondents...

Letters, Telegrams, Postcards, 1923-1933

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: id66398
Scope and Contents Letters to William Wilson Galt from William Richard Galt, Ward Skelton Galt, Annie Galt, Zander Galt, "Alfred" (husband of daughter Susie), Hugh Blair Galt, Mrs. A. G. Zimermann and James B. Denny; letter to sister Susie from William Wilson Galt; letter to brother Zander from William Wilson Galt; letters to William Richard Galt from William Wilson Galt; letter to Mary Carrington Galt, William R. Galt and Hugh Blair Galt from William Wilson Galt, letter to Bill from Zander; letter from Billy...

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Samuel Henley, 1778 June 9

 File — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Concerns Henley's books left in storage at the College of William & Mary. Also includes notes by James Madison. (Accession 1989.9)

King William County - William Peters Martin, 1767-1769

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

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.

Amherst County - William Cabell, 1766

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents "A list of fees received for surveys in Amherst County by William Cabell, Jr., Surveyor," dated 1766. Columns: for whom surveyed, acres, when surveyed and gross tobacco (?). Names include John Roberts, Daniel Aaron, Isham Davis, John Edmonds, George McDaniel, Richard Peter, Ambrose Rucker, Joseph Frost, John Spears, Charles Tuly, Joseph Higginbotham, James Smith, James Colbard Blair, Benjamin Higginbotham, Thomas Powell, Henry McGuffy, Rachal Morrison, John Key, Isaac Mayfield, John...

Surname Bo-Brin

 File — Cabinet: 1, Drawer 5
Scope and Contents Bockius, Samuel Mecklin, WM 1819/21Bocock, James Branch, WM 1928/31, 1936/39Bohannan, Aurelius Wilson, WM 1893/96, 1897/98Bohannan, James Gordon, WM 1895/98, 1901/02, 1938/46Boisseau, Edward, WM 1811/12Boisseau, Edwin, WM 1821/22Boisseau, James, WM 1807Boisseau, James, WM 1839/42Boisseau, James B., WM 1818/20Boisseau, Peter F., WM 1818/19Boisseau, William E., 1817/19...

Aunt Anne (Blair) Banister to "niece" (Eliza (Braxton) Whiting), 1803 October 25

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: id113363
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents Blushed at her gentle reproof; throws herself on her mercy for pardon; passes last winter with her friend Mrs. Hamilton, the British Consul's Lady, in Norfolk; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have been very good to both her and her son [Theodorick Bland] in Scotland; promised to stay this winter with them [the Hamiltons]; would like to have been excused because going prevented her from seeing her (EW) , and she has to spend too much money on clothers "to keep up the Lady"; has a...

Greeting from Prince Charles, 1989 Feb.

 File — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is an artificial collection of material related to visits to the College of William and Mary by HRH Prince Charles and greetings sent to William and Mary by him. The first item is a volume presented to the university by HRH The Prince of Wales on February 13, 1993. The volume is composed of reproductions of selected portrait engravings of King William III and Queen Mary II from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Acc. 1987.80 is a framed copy of the Honorary Fellowship certificate...

Letter, 1921 Feb. 14

 File — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Folder 1: Letter, 1773 January 7

 Item — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter dated 7 January 1773, from George Washington of Mt. Vernon to Rev. Jonathan Boucher (tutor to John Parke Custis, Washington's step-son) regarding Washington's suggestions for where Custis should attend college. It includes the following comments about William and Mary: "...I cannot think William and Mary College a desirable place to send Jack Custis to -- the in-attention of the Masters, added to the number of Hollidays is the subject of general complaint... These...

Edmund Randolph Letter to Rev. S. S. McCrosky, 1790 June 28

 File — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: id322846
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Message of Recognition from Prince Charles, 1989 Feb. 11

 File — Container: UA Vault Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is an artificial collection of material related to visits to the College of William and Mary by HRH Prince Charles and greetings sent to William and Mary by him. The first item is a volume presented to the university by HRH The Prince of Wales on February 13, 1993. The volume is composed of reproductions of selected portrait engravings of King William III and Queen Mary II from the Royal Library, Windsor Castle. Acc. 1987.80 is a framed copy of the Honorary Fellowship certificate...

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