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Lawyers--Virginia--19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Preserved Alger Appointment of Thomas Goodwin as Attorney

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00161
Scope and Contents

Document with paper seal where Preserved Alger of Warren County, Rhode Island, appoints Thomas Goodwin, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, as his attorney.  December 29, 1803.

Dates: 1803 December 29

Attorney's Account Book (Chesterfield County, Va.)

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Al15
Scope and Contents

Account book of an unknown attorney with many cases in Chesterfield County Court in Virginia.  Full index in front of ledger.

Dates: 1866

Edward Bland account book

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01658
Scope and Contents

Edward Bland Account book.

Dates: 1806-1837

Andrew Steele Fulton Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Al4-MsV Al5
Scope and Contents

Account books (ledger and cash book), 1825-1834, of Andrew Steele Fulton, Wythe County, Va. One volume includes recipes for English champagne and for current wine.

Dates: 1825-1834

B. F. Garrett Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Al6
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1842-1849, of B. F. Garrett, attorney, Williamsburg, Va. Includes account with John Tyler, Jr.

Dates: 1842-1849

John M. Martin Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Al7
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1802-1850, of John M. Martin, lawyer and merchants, of [Albemarle County ?] Va. which includes an account with the University of Virginia.  Includes an index.

Dates: 1802-1850

Chapman Johnson Letter to Mr. Preston

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01174
Scope and Contents Letter, 19 Jan. 1835, of Chapman Johnson, Richmond, Va. to Mr. Preston, n.p. Discusses how Dr. Alexander McCall of Washington County has asked him to furnish a written note of argument, with reference to authorities, in the case of "King v. White" in the Supreme Court; understands that Preston will again argue the case for the appellant King so will send the note to him if this meets with his approval; asks Preston to inform him when the case will be argued and whether the argument will...
Dates: 1835 January 19; Majority of material found in 1835 January 19

Warner T. Jones Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.1 J75
Scope and Contents Papers, 1807-1891, of Warner T. Jones, judge of Gloucester County, Virginia; his brother Richard P. Jones; and his nephew John R. Page. Papers include letters concerning the Jones family and the Seawell family. Prominent correspondents include John Randolph Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Samuel Bassett French, James Barron Hope, Charles Triplett O'Ferall, William Booth Taliaferro, John Randolph Tucker, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Collection includes printed advertisements for sewing and...
Dates: 1818-1891

C. W. Murdaugh Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2009.387
Scope and Contents

Papers, ca. 1853-1878 of Portsmouth, Virginia attorney, judge and politician C.W. Murdaugh, consisting of 3 volumes of law notes, notes on politics and history, transcribed stories, poemd and anecdotes, etc. and clippings from papers and magazines, some of which are annotated.

The volumes had at some point been numbered 8, 19 and 83 which indicates that they were once part of a larger collection.

Dates: 1853-1878

Thomas Staples Martin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 98 M36
Scope and Contents

Letters, receipts and legal papers of U. S. Senator Thomas S. Martin relating chiefly to his law practice in Charlottesville and Scottsville, Va.

Dates: 1855-1902; Majority of material found within 1870-1889