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Thomas Jefferson Day Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 248
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a flier announcing the Thomas Jefferson Day run held by the College of William and Mary, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, and the University of Virginia on October 6, 1957.

Dates: 1957-1957; Majority of material found in 1957

Thomas Jefferson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 39.1 J35
Scope and Contents Letters, 1785-1826, written by Thomas Jefferson while serving as a diplomat to France, Secretary of State, Vice-President and President of the United States to William Short. The letters are written from France (Paris, Lyons, Aix en Provence, Nice, Marseilles, Toulouse and Nantes), Amsterdam, Germany (Frankfort on the Main), New York City, Philadelpia, Washington and "Monticello," Albemarle County, Va. One of the subjects covered by the letters is the University of Virginia. Among...
Dates: 1761-1931

Thomas Jefferson Hughes Facsimiles

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01237
Scope and Contents

Facsimiles were likely made in 1965. Photocopies of letters, 1835-1845, to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Hughes of Gloucester County, Va. and Connorsville, Ind. chiefly from his brother Skaife W. Hughes, Jasper C. Hughes, and H. Yates Hughes, all from Gloucester County, Va. Includes photocopies of two essays by Mrs. Sarah Hughes, "What Qualities Should Be Cultivated by the Teacher" and "Forest Trees."

Dates: circa 1965

Thomas Jefferson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2002.31
Scope and Contents Letter, 24 June 1803, of Charles Ludlow, New York City, to Thomas Jefferson. Acknowledges receipt of his letter of the 17th with one enclosed for Mr. Cheetham; describes his financial dealings with Cheetham and declares himself willing to execute further commands. Note on verso; "Copy of a letter to his excellency Thomas Jefferson, 24 June 1803." The Jefferson Project was funded by the Papers of Thomas Jefferson and the Delmas Foundation to enable Swem Library to scan its...
Dates: 1803; Majority of material found in 1803

Thomas Jefferson Faculty Lectures Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 251
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a booklet of lectures given as part of the 1964 Thomas Jefferson Faculty Lectures.  Titles of the lectures include "Science and Thomas Jefferson's America," "Science and Philosophy of Life," "Science and Goethe's 'Faust'," "Science and the Novel," "Science, Civilians, and the Military," and "Science and Social Responsibility."

Dates: 1964; Majority of material found in 1964

Thomas Jefferson Head Letter

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00117
Scope and Contents Letter from Thomas Jefferson Head to his dearest Sallie dated 1861 June 15 from Yorktown, Va.  In it he describes Yorktown as a very old and neglected place, "...there has not been a house erected since Cornwallis delivered the sword to General Washington."  He further describes some of the visible ruins of Cornwallis's fortifications and writes in depth about the an manner in which the soldiers prepare for a fight they are certain will come upon them any day.  As a result of the paltry...
Dates: 1861 June 15

Thomas Nelson, Jr. to Thomas Jefferson Letter

 Collection — Box "Individual Thomas Jefferson letters", Folder: Mss. Acc. 2004.08, Item: 1 of 1
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2004.08
Scope and Contents

Letter, January 13, 1781, Williamsburg, Virginia, Thomas Nelson, Jr. to Thomas Jefferson (then Governor of Virginia) referring to British ships on the James River. References to Cobham in Surry, Milchfield, Suffolk, and Portsmouth. Mentions Benedict Arnold. 1 page - address on verso in another hand.

Dates: 1781; Majority of material found in 1781

Thomas Jefferson Stubbs Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 St9
Scope and Contents Collection includes a lot of genealogical notes and copies of wills compiled by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs but also report cards, class notes, and letters of different Stubbs family members. An oration delivered by Thomas Jefferson Stubbs, Sr. before the Phoenix Literary Society is also included as well as his application for the professorship at William & Mary. There are letters written William Carter Stubbs while a student at William & Mary,letters of John Catlett Stubbs while...
Dates: 1789-1933

Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 280
Scope and Contents

This collection contains booklets describing the Masters Program in Public Policy at William & Mary as well as booklets from various conferences on public policy.

Dates: 1980-2010

Jefferson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 65 Pst J352
Scope and Contents

Negative photostats of papers, 1776-1818, of Thomas Jefferson which concern Williamsburg, Va. and the College of William and Mary. Originals in Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress.

Dates: 1776-1818

Book Dedication by Thomas Jefferson to the Library of the College of William and Mary

 Collection
Identifier: UA 365
Scope and Contents An inscription dedicating a book to the library of the College of William and Mary, believed to be in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson. The signature in the inscription has been cut out. Also included in the collection is another manuscript describing the provenance of the book dedication by someone with the initials "J.B." The inscription was supposedly from a copy of Tracy's Treatise on Political Economy, which was revised and corrected by...
Dates: undated

Thomas L. Alfriend Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00269
Scope and Contents Chiefly letters, 1861-1865, from Thomas L. Alfriend (1843-1901) Sergeant, of Company B, 15th Virginia Infantry and Parken's Battery, Alexander's Battalion, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, from camps in Virginia and Tennessee to family members in Richmond, Virginia. Includes letter dated May 26, 1861 from Alfriend while stationed in Williamsburg, Virginia.The addition contains 25 typewritten pages of transcripts of letters by Jefferson Davis, James Seddon and others...
Dates: 1843-1901; Majority of material found in 1860-1865

Thomas Mann Randolph Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. Acc. 2001.32 and Acc. 2004.19
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a letter, 1809 September 15, from Thomas Mann Randolph to Thomas Jefferson as well as a ledger recording business transactions of "Tuckahoe" plantation, including records of Tuckahoe Coal Mining Company. The letter is autographed and signed by Randolph with an endorsement by Jefferson.

Dates: 1792-1809

Edward Coles Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 C68
Scope and Contents Typescript copies of letters and extracts, written by Edward Coles (1786-1868), who held the positions of secretary to President James Madison and Governor of Illinois. Subjects covered by the letters include James Madison and the War of 1812; Madison's not emancipating his slaves at his death; the claiming of public lands by individual states; the estate of James Monroe; Andrew Jackson; Thomas Jefferson's authorship of the Ordinance of 1787; and Jefferson's relationship with John Adams....
Dates: 1814-1857

Nicholas Fitzhugh Commission

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01587
Scope and Contents

Commission of Nicholas Fitzhugh as assistant Circuit Court judge for the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.). It is signed by U. S. President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison. The collection also includes a contemporary copy of the document.

Dates: 1803 November 25

Captain John Winston Land Grant

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01344
Scope and Contents

700 acre Ohio land grant to Captain John Winston, after serving 3 years in the U.S. Army, Virginia Line. Signed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, James Madison, Secretary of State, and Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War.

According to an article in the Nov. 1, 1944 issue of The Flat Hat, the grant was written for John W. Price, William & Mary Class of 1823. The surname Price, however, does not appear on the document.

Dates: 1804 March 14

Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), Jefferson Laboratory Records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 175
Scope and Contents

This collection contains proposals, newsletters, and related material created by SURA and VARC when applying for the location of a national electron accelerator laboratory in Newport News, Virginia. The collection also includes publications created by the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF).

Dates: 1982-1996

John Edmunds Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 Ed5
Scope and Contents

Letter, 2 March 1795, of Eliza Short Ridgely, "Hors-du-Monde" [Cumberland County, Va.] to her nephew Jack [John Thomas Edmunds] concerning his health; and letter, 23 December 1807, of John [Thomas] Edmunds, Cabin Point, Va. to his uncle F[rederick] Ridgely, near Versailles, Kentucky concerning the possibility of war with Great Britain and the recruiting of troops in Virginia.

Dates: 1795-1929

Archibald Stuart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 St7
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings of letters, 1790-1811, in the Staunton Spectator May-June 1879, written to Judge Archibald Stuart, Staunton, Va. chiefly by Thomas Jefferson at "Monticello" concerning plantation and agricultural matters. The clippings include copies of letters from James Monroe, John Marshall, Henry Lee (1756-1818) and a photostat of a letter, 25 August 1816, from Stuart to William Wirt giving reminiscences of Patrick Henry.

Dates: 1790-1816

Baytop Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00470
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1838 August - September 6, of Lucy T. Baytop and her son Thomas C. Baytop to James Baytop, Gloucester Court House, Va. and including a letter, 1838, of Thomas C. Baytop to Jefferson W. Stubbs. The letters are written from Richmond, Va., Staunton, Va. and Lewisburg, Va. [now W. Va.] and concern a trip to Lewisburg.

Dates: 1838

John William Garlick Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Nme8
Scope and Contents

Notes, 1845, of John W. Garlick, student at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., interfiled with a printed syllabus of lectures by Thomas D. Mutter. The book includes memoranda of a private school operated by the Pendleton family of "Cuckoo," Louisa County, Va.

Dates: 1845

Boyd Miller and Archibald Robertson Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 1997.30
Scope and Contents

Ledger kept by merchants, Boyd Miller and Archibald Robertson of Lynchburg, Va. Contains legal work for various individuals of Lynchburg, Va. and other areas. Included are approximately 14 entries relating to Thomas Jefferson. Many entries are Boyd Miller's attempts to collect on debts owed to William Brown & Co.

Dates: 1819-1857

Joseph Carrington Cabell Papers relating to the College of William & Mary

 Collection
Identifier: UA 5.024
Scope and Contents

This collection contains biographical items, correspondence (1798-1831), and Cabell's "Speech on the Anti-Tariff Resolutions," 1831. Correspondence is photocopied from the Cabell Collection at Alderman Library at the University of Virginia, and includes letters relating to William and Mary and the University of Virginia.

Dates: 1798-1831

Distiller's Ledger and Merchant's Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Adi2
Scope and Contents

Ledger, 1799-1812, of an unidentified distiller, of Albemarle County, Virginia. Includes ledger, 1779-1786, of an unidentified merchant who had an account with Thomas Jefferson.

The two individuals who kept the volume each numbered the pages (127 p. and 224 p.)

Dates: 1779-1812

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Italy--Description and travel--19th century 2
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United States--Foreign relations--1783-1815 2
United States--History--War of 1812 2
United States--Lawyers 2
United States--Politics and government--1775-1809 2
Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty 2
Virginia--History--18th century 2
Virginia--History--19th century 2
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 2
Washington (D.C.)--History--19th century 2
Washington University (Baltimore, Md.) 2
Westmoreland County (Va.)--History--19th century 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--Colonial Period--History 2
Williamsburg (Va.)--History 2
Yellow fever--Virginia--Norfolk 2
African American physicians 1
African Americans--Virginia--Richmond--History 1
African Americans--Virginia--Williamsburg 1
Agendas (administrative records) 1
Agriculture--Southern States--History--19th century 1
Agriculture--United States--History--19th century 1
Alabama--History 1
Albemarle County (Va.)--History--18th century 1
Albemarle County (Va.)--History--19th century 1
Alexandria (Va.)--History 1
American Civil War, 1861-1865 1
American Temperance Union 1
American poetry--19th century 1
Americans--Italy 1
Architecture, Domestic--Virginia--Staunton 1
Arson--United States 1
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Ash Lawn (Virginia : Estate) 1
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Language
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French 1
Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
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Names
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 30
College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae 8
College of William and Mary. 6
Marshall-Wythe School of Law 6
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827 5
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Adams, John, 1735-1826 4
Madison, James, 1749-1812 4
Madison, James, 1751-1836 4
Short, William (1759-1849) 4
Associated and Branch Campuses--Virginia Associated Research Campus 3
Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856 3
College of William and Mary 3
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Physics 3
College of William and Mary. Office of the President 3
Madison, James, Jr., 1751-1836 3
Marshall, John, 1755-1835 3
Mason, Stevens Thomson, 1760-1803 3
Office of the President 3
University of Virginia 3
Washington, George, 1732-1799 3
Washington, Henry A., 1820-1858 3
Alfriend, Frank H., 1841-1887 2
Associated and Branch Campuses--Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) 2
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2
Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894 2
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) 2
Galt, Alexander D. II, 1827-1863 2
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 2
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 2
Jefferson Laboratory 2
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 2
Madison, Dolley P., 1768-1849 2
Millington, John, 1779-1868 2
Paschall, Davis Young, 1911-2001 2
Powell, Leven, 1737-1810 2
Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868 2
Short family 2
Stuart, Archibald, 1757-1832 2
Stubbs family 2
Stubbs, Thomas Jefferson, 1841-1915 2
Taylor, John, 1753-1824 2
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 2
Tucker-Coleman Family 2
Upshur, A. P. (Abel Parker), 1790-1844 2
Wythe, George, 1726-1806 2
von Baeyer, Hans C. 2
Alfriend, Frank Heath 1
Armstrong, Edward Ashby 1
Associated and Branch Campuses--Richard Bland College 1
Badgley, John 1
Barraud Family 1
Barraud family 1
Barraud, Ann Blaws Hansford, 1760-1836 1
Barraud, Ann Blaws, 1760-1836 1
Barraud, Daniel Cary, 1790-1867 1
Barraud, John Taylor, 1826-1860 1
Barraud, Otway Byrd, b. 1801 1
Barraud, Philip, 1758-1830 1
Barron, James, 1769-1851 1
Baytop family 1
Baytop, Lucy Taliaferro Catlett 1
Blair family 1
Blankenship family 1
Blayton, James Blaine, Sr., (Dr.) 1
Booth family 1
Booton, Lucy Mary Modesitt 1
Brooks, Phillip, 1835-1983 1
Brown, Coalter, and Tucker Family 1
Bruton Parish Church (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Bryan, John Stewart, 1871-1944 1
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 1
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 1
Carr, Peter 1
Catlett family 1
Chandler, J. A. C. (Julian Alvin Carroll), 1872-1934 1
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 1
Coalter, John, 1769-1838 1
Cocke, John Hartwell 1
Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866 1
Coleman family 1
Coleman, Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington, 1832-1908 1
College of William and Mary. Board of Visitors 1
College of William and Mary. College of Arts and Sciences 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Chemistry 1
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Mathematics 1
College of William and Mary. Library 1
College of William and Mary. Office of the Bursar. 1
College of William and Mary. Phoenix Literary Society 1
College of William and Mary. Special Collections Research Center 1
College of William and Mary. Swem Library 1
Connolly, John, 1750?-1813 1
Cook family 1
Crump family 1
Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857 1
Darling, James S. 1
Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Decatur, Stephen, 1779-1820 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Dept. of Physics 1
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