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Bowyer-Hubard family papers
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1767-1816
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Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, captain (Continental Line) of Augusta County, VA, including various state and continental commissions; leave certificates; certification of his marriage to Frances Carpenter in 1766; letters from John Page and James Wood containing military orders for Bowyer; and a letter (traditionally written to Bowyer) from Lafayette, introducing the French engineer Bernard. Also, correspondence and mementos of the Hubard family of Williamsburg, VA, united with the Bowyers when Elizabeth, daughter of the Loyalist lawyer James Hubard, married Michael Bowyer’s son. Included are letters from James Murray and Matthew Hubard to Mrs. Frances Hubard, Williamsburg; the engraved plate for James Hubard’s bookplate; and a framed silhouette of James Hubard.
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MS1929.1
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<h5>Page 1</h5>
<p>In Council November 8<sup>th</sup>. 1776</p>
<p>Sir,</p>
<p>On [torn, illegible] your Letter [torn, illegible] dated<br />2<sup>d</sup>. Instant, & having consulted several Gen<sup>t</sup>. well ac=<br />quainted with the Situation of the back Country & the<br />Facts you State, the Board are of Opinion that you<br />may continue your Company at their<br />present Station 'til further Orders - The<br />Money you want should have been<br />sent by your Express if the Treasury<br />could have furnished it; as soon as it<br />can, it may be sent up to you - in the<br />mean Time as your Men will continue<br />where they are, I hope they will not suf-<br />fer for want of it.</p>
<p>I am<br />your mo. obed Ser<sup>v</sup><br />John Page J<sup>r</sup>.</p>
<p>P.S.<br />You will please to procure in the best<br />Manner you can every thing necessary<br />for your Men in Case it should be<br />expedient to order them down to the little<br />Kanhaway.</p>
<h5>Address leaf</h5>
<p>On public Service</p>
<p>To<br />Cap<sup>t</sup> Michael Bowyer<br />at<br />Stanton</p>
<p>p Express</p>
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Page, John, 1744-1808
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John Page Jr. letter to Michael Bowyer, 1776 September 8
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1776-09-08
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John Page letter to Michael Bowyer informing Bowyer that he is to remain with his company at his current post in Staunton and that money will be sent as soon as possible.
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Bowyer, Michael, 1730-1809--Correspondence
Page, John, 1744-1808--Correspondence
Virginia. Militia
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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MS1929.1.5
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<p>[Page 1]</p>
<p>No Letter by the Post [illegible] not even a drunken one. Very little<br />news has transpired this week - not the least communi<br />=cation between Portsmouth and us. Report says the Enemy<br />are throwing up works there and I suppose they are but<br />I also think they are very much disapointed in their ex=<br />=pectations with respect to the success of Cornwallis [crossed out, illegible]<br />which I believe is stopt in his career, reports from Car<sup>n</sup>.<br />are many and very favourable but as the most of them<br />want confirmation I shall defer the acc<sup>t</sup> till next<br />Post - you may rest assured that affairs there have taken<br />a favourable turn. - Gen<sup>l</sup> Mhulinberg is now at<br />Suffolk with a considerable Army of Regulars, &<br />Militia who turn out in great numbers and with<br />great cheefrullness. For my part I think my situation<br />a Safe one and I believe our friends as I at Hoods thinks<br />theirs the same - I heard from them the first of the<br />week nothing new Liddy [illegible] still very ill very little<br />hopes I believe of her recovery. Expect a long letter next<br />week and I trust an agreeable one - Have you got the<br />brass tops for Gilbert's Chair Wheels or have you got<br />him the Tea Kettle. I plainly perseve our correspon=<br />=dence on the decline but to do you justice you have<br />done more than I had a right to expect considering your<br />business - Come here and let us see your face dont be<br />afraid there's no body here that will hurt you lets see<br />what a figure you'll cut in your New Phaeton and<br />your taste in Horse flesh - don't be scared as price horses<br />here [crossed out, illegible] that are fine will fetch what you plan to ask</p>
<p>[Page 2]</p>
<p>consider that [illegible] sold for 10,000 lb J River Tob<sup>o</sup>.<br />Jo Davis complains of my <sup>Carryg</sup> Knives, I wish you cou'd<br />procure some of your Fathers if he has declined the<br />business or there is a Patrick M<sup>c</sup>Closkey's Widdow<br />who had some go<sup>o</sup>d ones which she perhaps might<br />dispose of if you get them contrive them by land<br />as soon as possible - But seriously dont you intend this<br />way soon - Good Quarters here I can assure you - Oysters<br />excellent, good Wine & Jamaica, Cider, Beer &c &c &c &c<br />I have not heard of Purviance since I wrote you but sup=<br />pose his bounds is prescribed as they have taken Post at<br />Doct<sup>r</sup> Halls and the great Bridge.</p>
<p>you'll naturally imagine that imported goods have<br />taken a rise since the Invation and Tob<sup>o</sup> fallen.</p>
<p>I have not seen North or Nestor lately but conclude from<br />my own knowledge that a waggon load of dry goods<br />wou'd ans<sup>r</sup> well at Richmond as the waggon & Horses<br />might be sold at a good price but as I am not acquainted<br />with circumstances sufficient to recommend it leave it entirely<br />to your own consideration - I [crossed out, illegible] am of oppinion that the<br />British will not stay longer at Portsmouth than to take<br />all the Beef and Pork which that part of the Country af<br />fords for (as I said before) I think them disapointed in<br />first aim. Adieu I hope in my next to give you a good<br />account of Cornwallis and till then</p>
<p>I am Dear Jo<br />yours<br />W: Plume</p>
<p>Williamsburg<sup>th</sup>. Nov 1780. -</p>
<p>Family well and sends peace and health to Poll.</p>
<p>[Page 3]</p>
<p>I have receive'd yours to Nestor of the 23<sup>rd</sup>.. Ult. Bets begs you w. not<br />forget the Search I wrote you for</p>
<p>[Page 4]</p>
<p>Joseph North Esq<sup>r</sup>.<br />Post Office<br />Philadelphia -</p>
<p>Plume<br />1780</p>
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Plume, William
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William Plume letter to Joseph North, 1780 November 4
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1780-11-04
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Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805
Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807
North, Joseph--Correspondence
Plume, William--Correspondence
Horses
United States. Continental Army
Virginia. Militia
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
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<p>William Plume, Williamsburg, Virginia, letter to Joseph North, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1780. Plume writes briefly about the war including mentions of Cornwallis and the Leslie raid of Virginia. Plume notes that Leslie has failed in his primary goal and is opposed by a large number of American regular and militia forces commanded by Brigadier General Muhlenberg. The rest of Plume's letter concerns business and personal matters. Plume requests North procure some knives for him and discusses the high price of horses in Virginia. He also urges North to come to Virginia where he will find plentiful oysters, rum, cider, beer etc.</p>
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MS1938.9
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<h4><strong>Recto</strong></h4>
<p style="text-align:center;">THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY FOR THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA</p>
<br /><p>To George Givins, Gent</p>
<br /><p>BY Virtue of the Power and Authority invested in us, by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations in General Convention assembled, we, reposing especial Trust and Confidence in your Patriotism, Fidelity, Courage, and good Conduct, do, by these Presents, constitute and appoint you to be a Captain of the Militia of the County of Botetourt ; and you are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Trust reposed in you, by disciplining all Officers and Soldiers under your Command. And we do hereby require them to obey you, as their Captain . And you are to observe and follow all such Orders and Directions as you shall from Time to Time receive from the Convention, the Committee of Safety for the Time being, or any superiour Officers, according to the Rules and Regulations established by the Convention.</p>
<br /><p>GIVEN under our Hands, at Williamsburg This<br />14<sup>th</sup> Day of May - ANNO DOMINI 1776.</p>
<br /><p style="text-align:right;">Dudley Digges<br />P. Carrington<br />J<sup>s</sup>. Mercer<br />Thos. Lud: Lee<br />W: Cabell<br />Thomas Walker</p>
<br /><h4>Verso</h4>
<br /><p>Capt. Geo. Givins May 1776<br />Sworn in before the Committee<br />D May</p>
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Virginia. Committee of Safety
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George Givens militia commission, 1776 May 14
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1776-05-14
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George Givens was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1740. At some point, he moved his family to Botetourt County. He had served as a lieutenant in Lord Dunmore's War and was at the Battle of Point Pleasant. For his service in the Revolution, Givens was awarded 400 hundred acres of land in Lincoln County. He died in Kentucky in 1825.
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MS1984.1
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Givens, George, 1740-1825
Virginia. Militia
Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Military commissions
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Cabell, William, 1730-1798
Carrington, Paul, 1733-1818
Digges, Dudley, 1718-1790
Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778
May, David
Mercer, James, 1736-1793
Walker, Thomas, 1715-1794
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<h5>Recto</h5>
<p>Robert Dinwiddie, Esq<sup>r</sup>; His Majesty's Lieutenant Governor & Commander in Chief of the<br />Colony & Dominion Virginia -</p>
<p>To Daniel Park Custus Esq<sup>r</sup>:</p>
<p>By Virtue of the Authority and Power to me given by His Majesty, as Commander in Chief<br />of this HIs Colony and Dominion , I, reposing special Trust & Confidence in Your Loyalty, Courage & Conduct, do<br />hereby constitute and appoint you the said Daniel Park Custus to be Lieutenant of the County of New Kent<br />& Chief Commander of His Majesty's Militia, Horse and Foot, in the said County of New Kent - And I do give<br />unto you full Power and Authority, to Command, Levy, Arm, and Muster, all Persons which are or shall be<br />liable to be levied & listed in the said County. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the Duty of<br />Lieutenant and Chief Commander of the Militia, by doing & performing all, and all Manner of Things therewith<br />belonging, particularly by taking Care that the said Militia be well provided with Arms and Ammunition as<br />the Laws of this Colony directs : And that all Officers & Soldiers be duly exercised and kept in good Order and<br />Dicipline. And in Case of any sudden Disturbance or Invasion, I do likewise impower you to raise, order,<br />and march, all, or such Part of the Militia, as to you shall seem meet, for resisting and subduing the<br />Enemy ; And I do hereby command all the Officers and Soldiers of His Majesty's Militia, in the said County,<br />to obey you as their Lieutenant, or Chief Commander, and you are to observe and follow such Orders<br />and Directions, from Time to TIme, as you shall receive from me, or the Commander in Chief of this<br />Colony for the Time being, or from any other your Superior Officer, according to the Rules and Dicipline of War.</p>
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Daniel Parke Custis militia commission, 1754 December 13
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<p>Commission appointing Daniel Parke Custis Lieutenant and commander of milita for New Kent County, Virginia. The commission is signed by Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, dated December 13, 1754.</p>
<p>Custis was a wealthy planter and politician who owned several properties including one in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the first husband of Martha Dandridge who married George Washington after Custis's death.</p>
<p>The commission was displayed in the <em>Clash of Empires</em> exhibit, an NEH supported exhibition at the Senator John Heinz Regional History Center, from May, 2005 to July, 2007.</p>
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Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757
Virginia. Militia
Military commissions
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1754-12-13
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MS2002.5
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Formerly in the Marshall B. Coyne Collection.
Creator
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Virginia. Lieutenant Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie)
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Title
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Manuscripts and Documents
Description
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This collection consists of manuscripts and documents which were acquired as individual items not forming part of a large collection of personal papers or corporate records.
Text
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Text
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<h5>Recto</h5>
<p>When I got to the Iron Works Dr.<br />Armstrong & Copeland very kindly as-<br />sisted me, looking out for a house<br />to lodge in where I might not be incon-<br />venienced by numbers nor distressed by<br />the groans of the wounded. I yesterday<br />obtained leave of absence from camp<br />for a few days for the recovery of strength<br />in my leg. I expect in five to six days to<br />be able to return to my duty, which I am<br />anxious to discharge in such a manner<br />as not to subject me to any ill-natured<br />reflections. Here let me take notice that<br />I am much obliged to Gen. Lawson for a<br />particular kind of attention which he has paid<br />me ever since I have been with him. As<br />my acquaintance with him was very slight<br />& I am conscious that my experience in<br />military matters must make me sometimes act<br />improperly, I think this acknowledgement due to a<br />man, who is in general remarkable for a<br />vigorous exaction of duty. Gen. Greene is also</p>
<h5>Verso</h5>
<p>very polite and attentive to the Virginia<br />officers. We are as happy in these<br />respects as our most sanguine<br />wishes could make us.</p>
Original Format
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Ink on paper
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Identifier
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MS2000.66
Title
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Memoir of a stay at the Iron Works : manuscript copy
Date
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1781
Subject
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Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786
Lawson, Robert, 1748-1805
Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827
Virginia. Militia
Guilford Courthouse, Battle of, N.C., 1781
North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Description
An account of the resource
19th-century copy of an American officer's account of convalescing from his leg wound. The account mentions Brigadier General Robert Lawson, who commanded the Virginia militia at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, and Major General Nathanael Greene. It is possible St. George Tucker is the author of this account. Tucker served in the militia under General Lawson and was wounded in the leg at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse on March 15, 1781. Following the battle, the American army encamped nearby at Speedwell's Iron Works on Troublesome Creek in Rockingham County, North Carolina.