Browse Collections (29 total)
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Newspapers
This collection consists of issues of The Virginia Gazette printed in 18th-century Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. None of the Norfolk issues are…
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Manuscripts and Documents
This collection consists of manuscripts and documents which were acquired as individual items not forming part of a large collection of personal…
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Bowyer-Hubard family papers
Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, captain (Continental Line) of Augusta County, VA, including various state and continental…
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Georges LeClerc Collection of Revolutionary War Papers of French Commanders, 1780-1786
Letters of French commanders and others during the American Revolution. They include material concerning the French campaigns around Newport, Rhode…
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Wise and Ware family papers, 1846-1871
Personal and business papers of the Wise and Ware families. Whether or not either of these families ever resided in Williamsburg, and if so, for how…
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Francis Jerdone papers
The collection consists of four items sent to Francis Jerdone including two letters and two documents concerning the jailing of his runaway slaves. A…
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Family Bible Records
This collection contains the family Bibles held by Special Collections containing material of a genealogical nature. Its purpose is to make the…
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Collection of dye recipes and formulas
The collection consists of seven items, one letter and six recipes or formulas for dyes from the 19th-century. An undated letter from Emily Hudson…
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Elizabeth G. Elliott papers
Collection includes papers of Warwick and York Counties' resident Elizabeth G. Elliott (d. 1856), widow of Kemp P. Elliott (d. 1836?); Warwick County…
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Richard Corbin papers
Letters and accounts of Richard Corbin (1708-1790) of "Laneville," burgess, councilor, and receiver general of Virginia from 1761-1776. Included are…
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Vest Family papers
Correspondence of George S. Vest to Mary Garrett Vest, residents of Williamsburg’s Palmer
House on Duke of Gloucester Street, before and after their… -
Baylor family papers, 1714-1938
Papers, primarily 1770-1848, accumulated by members of the Baylor family of New Market, Caroline County, Va., especially Frances Walker Baylor (d.…
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Charles Steuart papers
Letters, 1762-1763, between Charles Steuart (1725-1797), merchant in Norfolk, Virginia, and later receiver general of customs for the Eastern-Middle…
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Dismal Swamp Canal Company records
Virginia’s General Assembly authorized several joint-stock companies for projects to link separated
crop producing areas during the late eighteenth… -
Deneufville family papers
Papers, primarily 1785-1815, of brothers Jean Augustine (1763-1838) and Peter Robert
Deneufville (d. 1809), who arrived in Hanover County and… -
Playbill Collection
Original printed and manuscript playbills for plays performed in Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, and Suffolk, VA; New Bern, Fayetteville, and Edenton,…
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Galt Family Papers
Miscellaneous papers relating to the Galt family, especially Dr. John Minson Galt II (1819-1862), superintendent of Eastern State Hospital in…
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William Nelson ledger and daybook, 1767-1784
Ledger and daybook of William Nelson, merchant and colonial leader of Yorktown, Virginia. The collection contains one ledger from a family business…