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Pleasants' ledger kept in Henrico County, Virginia covers 1769-1777. The volume includes a few accounts kept during 1823-1824 by an unidentified individual and a short story, "The Unlucky Man." Physical Description: Letter bound book with the name of John G. Mosby on the cover. 167 pages. 24 1/2 inches.

Scope and Contents Letterbook, 1771-1781, of Pleasants includes letters written to family members, friends and to merchants in Philadelphia, New York, and England. Subjects include shipping of tobacco and other crops, buying of goods, the Quaker religion, slavery and its abolition, and the coming and progress of the American Revolution. Includes letter, March 1781, to [Benedict Arnold] and a letter, 22 September 1773, to Archibald Cary concerning the treatment of religious prisoners in the Chesterfield County,...

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Pleasants' account book kept in Henrico County, Va. covers the years, 1771-1778, and concerns the export and shipping of tobacco and other crops. It includes the religious diary, 1821-1824, of Mary W. (Pleasants) Mosby. 157 p. : bound volume ; 25 cm.

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Deed, 1755, for 400 acres of land in Cumberland County, Va. from Robert Carter, Sr. to Robert Carter, Jr. and Thomas Carter; and mortgage, 1762, of 313 acres of land in Cumberland County, Va. by Robert Carter, Sr. to John Pleasants, Sr. and John Pleasants, Jr.

Scope and Contents Collection includes two official copies of Kentucky and Virginia's acts to confirm and establish a boundary line. The acts were fixed by Commissioners appointed by both states. Though the two acts serve similar purposes, they differ in how each Commissioner's report was written and rendered as official copies. The Kentucky document is dated 26 May 1803 and it has several discrete parts. It contains (1) a copy of the "Agreement between the commissioners of the states of Virginia...

Scope and Contents Based on information gathered by Special Collections staff in 2011, there appear to be three possible creators of the ledger: William Tandy Burrus (1766 or 1776-1831), WTB (?-prior to 1836?), or William Stevens (1773-1843).The ledger (200 pp., 15 pages are missing in the front, several pages are missing in back, and several halves of pages are missing) records transactions for miscellaneous merchandise, wheat and tobacco. The contra page shows payments were mostly made in cash,...

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Can anything be done in the settlement of the loss of goods during the war.

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46 items.

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Preservation photocopy of original letterbook.

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18 items. Includes letters from B. M. DeWitt (concerning George T. Thornton; and the Richmond Examiner), V. P. Mosby, John G. McClanahan, Daniel P. Woodson, James M. Harris, S. P. [Vauter ?], D. P. Gooch, Seth Woodruff (evaluating slaves), W. A. Payne, Charles Scott (by Robert Pleasants), Anthony Thornton.

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Extract from the Journal. Elections by legislature of St. George Tucker, William Ronald, Robert Townshend Hoos, Thomas Pleasants and Francis Corbin as commissioners to meet with those of Maryland and Pennsylvania to discuss commerical regulations. Copy Signed. Bound with Resolutions relating to commerce, 1785 November 14.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 4 DecLembejr 1816-  List of qualified electors from Virginia for the Presidential,Vice-Presidential election of 1816-  Attached is certification, signed by lv[ilson] C[ary] Nicholas, Governor of Virginia, along with two Seals of Virginia-  DS, D- 2 items-4 December 1816-  Certification and signatures of the following electors that all votes were cast for James Monroe, current Secretary of State, for President of the United States: Geo[rge] Newton, Charles H- Graves, John...

Scope and Contents Peace, C. C., WM 1843/45Peace, Pleasant P., WM 1841/43Peachy, [?], WM 1825/26Peachy, Archibald C, WM 1829/30, 1832/42, 1847/48Peachy, Archie C., WM 1870/72, 1877/79Peachy, B. St. George T., WM 1838/39, 1842/47Peachy, Bathurst D., WM 1866/68, 1870/77Peachy, Jonathan B., WM 1832/34, 1836/43Peachy, John Blair, WM 1818/22Peachy [Peachey?], Samuel, WM circa 1718Peachy, Thomas...

Scope and Contents The folder contains the following items: Barbour, James S., Governor of Virginia, 1812-1814J.S. Barbour to the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, Washington D.C., 1829 December 24. Introduction of W.B. Tyler. Brooke, Robert, Governor of Virginia, 1794-1796Robert Brooke, Richmond, Virginia, to Governor Isaac Shelby of Kentucky, 1795 December 4. Asks for an immediate investigation...

Scope and Contents Item 1: Ann Mason, [Stafford Co., Va.], to Haswell and Hunt, London, [England], Ca. 1743 Cy. of L. 1p.Item 2: Ann Mason, [Stafford Co., Va.], to John Thomson, London, [England], Ca. 1743 Cy. of L. 1p.Item 3: G[eorge] Mason, "Gunston Hall," [Farifax Co., Va.], to Richard Henry Lee, n.p., April 12, 1779 ALS. 4pp. Including Tcy. of ALS. 2 items.Item 4: Will[ia]m Fitzhugh, Calvert County, [Md.], to William Bruff, n.p., May 13, 1781 ALS. 1p.Item 5:...