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Francis Jerdone papers
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1798-1809
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MS1929.6
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<p>The collection consists of four items sent to Francis Jerdone including two letters and two documents concerning the jailing of his runaway slaves. A letter written by his nephew, Alexander Macaulay, discusses the use of the physiognotrace by Raphaelle Peale in Norfolk. A letter from Littleton Waller Tazewell threatens action against Jerdone for non-payment of a debt.</p>
<p>Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Kent County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.</p>
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<table><tbody><tr><td>1798</td>
<td>Mr. Francis Jerdone, To Jailor of Spots<sup>a</sup> Count Dr</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>Aug<sup>t</sup>. 8<sup>th</sup>.</td>
<td>To Commiting y<sup>r</sup>. Negro fellow Nathan</td>
<td> 25 <sup>Cts</sup></td>
</tr><tr><td></td>
<td>To Deeling him from the 8<sup>th</sup> Aug<sup>t</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup> Sep<sup>tr</sup>. following<br />35 days at 17 Cents p day</td>
<td>$5.95</td>
</tr><tr><td>Sep<sup>t</sup> 12<sup>th</sup>.</td>
<td>To Releasing him</td>
<td> 25</td>
</tr><tr><td></td>
<td></td>
<td>$6.45</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p>Jo<sup>s</sup>: Chew Jailor</p>
<table><tbody><tr><td>1798</td>
<td>Mr. Francis Jerdone To Ry[?] Thompson D<sup>r</sup>.</td>
<td></td>
</tr><tr><td>Aug<sup>t</sup> 8<sup>th</sup></td>
<td>To taking up y<sup>r</sup>. Negro fellow Nathan as a Runaway</td>
<td>$1.67</td>
</tr><tr><td></td>
<td>To Conveying him to Spots<sup>a</sup>. Jail 18 Miles at 10 C<sup>ts</sup>. p Mile</td>
<td> 1.80</td>
</tr><tr><td></td>
<td></td>
<td> 3.47</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p>Spots<sup>a</sup>. Court House September [illegible] Then Received of M<sup>r</sup>. Francis<br />Jerdone by the hands of M<sup>r</sup>. Jos [illegible] Nine Dollars Ninety two<br /> Jo<sup>s</sup> Chew Jailor</p>
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Francis Jerdone account with the Spotsylvania County jail, 1798
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1798
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<p>Account of Francis Jerdone (1756-1841) with the Spotsylvania County jail for jailing his slave Nathan. The account covers the period August 8 - September 12, 1798 the period Nathan was committed to the jail. The jailer, Joseph Chew, signed the account acknowledging payment in full. The account includes payments to R. Thompson for "taking up ye. Negro fellow Nathan as a Runaway" and for conveying him to the jail.</p>
<p>Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Ken County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.</p>
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Jerdone, Francis, 1756-1841
African Americans--Virginia--Spotsylvania County
Enslaved persons--Virginia--Spotsylvania County
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Francis Jerdone papers
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1798-1809
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MS1929.6
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<p>The collection consists of four items sent to Francis Jerdone including two letters and two documents concerning the jailing of his runaway slaves. A letter written by his nephew, Alexander Macaulay, discusses the use of the physiognotrace by Raphaelle Peale in Norfolk. A letter from Littleton Waller Tazewell threatens action against Jerdone for non-payment of a debt.</p>
<p>Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Kent County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.</p>
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<h5>Recto</h5>
<p>Hampton Sept<sup>r</sup>. 29<sup>th</sup> 1803</p>
<p>Dear Uncle :</p>
<p>Yours Came safely to hand on the 12 of this Month<br />& am sorry that your Crops are so unpromising these in<br />the lower parts are half destroy<sup>d</sup>. by the Gust But am happy<br />to hear that Grandmama & the family keep in good<br />health. The French are making great preparation to invade England<br />By the latest Accounts y<sup>e</sup> English privateers & frigates are<br />continually coming into Hampton Roads. The people down<br />in this part have been remarkably healthy considering the<br />Season of the year & the D<sup>r</sup>. has not over five or six patients<br />to attend to. The famous Peale the profile drawer has just<br />gone from here yesterday & I send you one of my Blocks you<br />may Get 4 profiles for 1/6 & if you get drawn twice he<br />will let you have two Blocks. the profiles shew very well<br />in frames which he sells for 2/3 a piece The machine is very<br />ingenious, you sit on a table & apply your left ear to a</p>
<h5>Verso</h5>
<p>a piece of wood scooped out like a spoon & he then draws a<br />small bit of Brass over all your face which is connnected with<br />a small fine pin which marks the paper, he then cuts out<br />the profile with a pair of scissars & you put it on a bit of black<br />Silk or Paper & it shews remarkably, The one I send is <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">Supposed</span> thought<br />to be a remarkable likeness, he is gone to Will<sup>ms</sup>burg &<br />suppose will proceed to Richmond: They are well at home<br />by the last Accounts & hope that you & Grandmama & family<br />still retain your health, Give my best love to Grandmama<br />& family also to my Friends about & believe me</p>
<p>Dear Uncle your affectionate Nephew<br />Alex<sup>r</sup>. Macaulay</p>
<p>N.B. I was obliged to cut the profile smaller to put in a<br />letter & if you will paste it carefully on a piece of Black Silk<br />it will shew very well</p>
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Macaulay, Alexander
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Alexander Macaulay letter to Francis Jerdone, 1803 September 29
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1803-09-29
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MS1929.6.2
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Alexander Macaulay letter to his uncle, Francis Jerdone (1756-1841) regarding the destruction of crops; the health of family members; and the war between France and England. Macaulay also writes about the visit of Raphaelle Peale to Virginia and his process of making silhouettes with the physiognotrace. Macaulay also notes the prices charged and explains how his uncle should mount the silhouette of himself which he has enclosed. Macaulay writes further that Peale has left for Williamsburg and will probably proceed to Richmond.
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Jerdone, Francis, 1756-1841--Correspondence
Macaulay, Alexander--Correspondence
Peale, Raphaelle, 1774-1825
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Francis Jerdone papers
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1798-1809
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MS1929.6
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<p>The collection consists of four items sent to Francis Jerdone including two letters and two documents concerning the jailing of his runaway slaves. A letter written by his nephew, Alexander Macaulay, discusses the use of the physiognotrace by Raphaelle Peale in Norfolk. A letter from Littleton Waller Tazewell threatens action against Jerdone for non-payment of a debt.</p>
<p>Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Kent County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.</p>
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<h5>Recto</h5>
<p>Hanover County to wit.</p>
<p>I do hereby certify that John Mittitchel hath<br />this day brought a Negro boy, [illegible] Joseph<br />before me a Justice of the peace as a runaway.<br />who says that he belongs to Francis Jordan<br />of Louisa: and the distance from the place<br />where the said Slave was apprehended and the<br />residence of the said Jordan is in my<br />opinion twenty five miles. Given under<br />my hand this 26<sup>th</sup> day of March 1808<br />Henry Robinson</p>
<p>The price for apprehending<br />a Slave is one dollar & sixty seven<br />cents, & ten cents pr mile for carrying him<br />home.<br />H.R.</p>
<h5>Verso</h5>
<p>Henry Robertsons<br />Certificate<br />to Jn<sup>o</sup> Mitchell for<br />Taking up boy Isaac<br />Run away from the<br />Forge : for 417 Cents.<br />or 25/</p>
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Hanover County Court certificate issued to John Mitchell, 1808 March 26
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1808-03-26
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MS1929.6.3
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Certificate of the Hanover County Court signed by Henry Robinson, a justice of the peace, issued to John Mitchell for taking up a runaway belonging to Francis Jordan [Jerdone] (1756-1841) of Louisa. The certificate notes the price for apprehending a runaway is $1.67 and 10 cents per mile for transportation. The certificate names Joseph as the runaway slave but the verso states the enslaved man is Isaac who ran away from the forge [Providence Forge in New Kent County].
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Jerdone, Francis, 1756-1841
Robinson, Henry
Mitchell, John
African Americans--Virginia--Louisa County
Fugitive slaves--Virginia--Louisa County
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Francis Jerdone papers
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1798-1809
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MS1929.6
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<p>The collection consists of four items sent to Francis Jerdone including two letters and two documents concerning the jailing of his runaway slaves. A letter written by his nephew, Alexander Macaulay, discusses the use of the physiognotrace by Raphaelle Peale in Norfolk. A letter from Littleton Waller Tazewell threatens action against Jerdone for non-payment of a debt.</p>
<p>Francis Jerdone was the son of Francis Jerdone (1720/1-1771) who arrived in Virginia from Jedburgh, Scotland about 1740 and Sarah Macon Jerdone (1731/2-1818). His father ran a mercantile firm in New Kent County and lands in New Kent and Louisa Counties which he inherited upon his father's death.</p>
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<h5>Page 1</h5>
<p>Sometime in the month of September last, an<br />application was made to me by one Daniel M<sup>c</sup>.Claren, to<br />go from this place to Williamsburg, for the purpose of<br />defending him under an Indictment for Murder, whe[torn, illegible]<br />to be tried at the next ensuing session of the district Cou[rt] [torn,illegible]<br />be held in that place. Not practising in that Court the [torn, illegible]<br />at that particular time being a long and incon[venience] [torn, illegible]<br />me, and M<sup>r</sup>. M<sup>c</sup>.Claren being a perfect stranger, I declin[torn, illegible]<br />under his first application, & stated to him, that [torn, illegible]<br />under such circumstances the fee which I should [illegible]<br />would be much larger than that which woud be require[d] [torn, illegible]<br />other Counsel more conveniently to be obtain, and therefore<br />recommended him to employ some other Advocate. M<sup>r</sup>. M<sup>c</sup>.Claren however<br />still persisted in is application, and being seconded by the<br />solicitations of some of my friends in that quarter of the Country,<br />I finally agreed to go up, provided he would pay me an adequate<br />fee. To this demand of mine he replied, that he had no money<br />then, but that you were indebted to him, and had authorized him<br />to draw upon you for $100, for which sum he would draw in my<br />favour, upon you, if I would go up To prove these facts, he sent<br />me an original letter from you to him, dated Sept<sup>r</sup>: 4<sup>th</sup>: 1808, in<br />which you say to him, that altho' his accounts with you are yet<br />unsettled, and therefore that you cannot say how the balance<br />stands, or how large it may be, yet you would have complied with<br />his request in sending him an hundred dollars, provided you<br />could have done so safely - But that if you had complied with</p>
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<p>his request, and have sent him the money, you would have had<br />no voucher to shew that you had made such a payment - "If"<br />[how]ever you can contrive to draw an order upon me by some one<br />[torn, illegible] [su]fficiently authorized, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">I will pay that much</span> <sup>(that is $100)</sup> in part of what "<br />[torn, illegible] be due you on a settlement" - These are the very words of your<br />[torn, illegible] You then go on to state to him, in the following workds - "If<br />[torn, illegible] proper to draw upon one as above advised, I have<br />[torn, illegible] annexed the form of an order" - This form is then stated, &<br />[torn, illegible] cording to which the draft which I have upon you<br />[torn, illegible] - Seing this letter, altho' not personally acquinted with you,<br />[torn, illegible] frequently heard you spoken of as a gentleman of<br />[torn,illegible] operty, of strict integrity, and of punctuality, I did not<br />[torn, illegible] to to accept of an order from M<sup>r</sup>. M<sup>c</sup>.Claren upon you,<br />[torn, illegible] the very sum <sup>which in your letter you</sup> stated you were willing to pay, and drawn after<br />the very form which in that letter you yourself had prescribed. To<br />guard against accident myself, and to prevent you from being<br />aggrieved, or any other stranger injured by M<sup>c</sup>.Clarens drawing more<br />orders than one, I took the original letter from you to him, which<br />I have ever since kept, and still have.</p>
<p>Confident in the exact conformity of my order to your own<br />letter, confident too of yur willingness and ability to perform<br />that which therein you had undertaken to perform, and knowing<br />from the same letter that M<sup>r</sup>. James Innes of Richmond was your<br />friend and correspondent there, I supposed that he would probably<br />pay this draft for your honor, & therefore remitted it to my friend<br />in Richmond, to be presented to him for that purpose - M<sup>r</sup>.<br />Nivison made this application, but M<sup>r</sup>. Innes refusing to have<br />any thing to due, to the draft, M<sup>r</sup>. Nivison wrote to you upon</p>
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<p>the subject on the 10<sup>th</sup>. of October last, and immediately informed<br />me of what he had done - From the circumstances I have<br />stated <sup>I could not doubt,</sup> that you who had directed this draft to be drawn, who<br />had actually presented its very form, and who had pledged<br />your solemn promist that "you would pay that much <span style="text-decoration:underline;">in pa</span><br />"what might be due to him", would <sup>not</sup> have hesitated to have [torn, illegible]<br />honor'd an order which I may litterally call your own - [torn, illegible]<br />then Sir what was my surprize, when i received from M<sup>r</sup>. Niv[ison] [torn, illegible]<br />few days since, your letter to him of the 17<sup>th</sup> Ult<sup>o</sup>., [torn, illegible]<br />merely inform him that M<sup>c</sup>Claren and you have [torn, illegible]<br />your accounts, but that when you do, you think it probab[torn, illegible]<br />will be a balance due him - What concern have I sir with [torn, illegible]<br />and his accounts? You have said to the world by your Letter [torn, illegible]<br />the 4<sup>th</sup>: Sept<sup>r</sup>: 1808, that if any one would take his order when [torn, illegible]<br />you for $100, drawn in a particular form, "you would pay that<br />"much in part of what might be due to him" - Upon the faith of<br />this [torn, illegible] and acceptance of yours, I have agreed to [torn, illegible]<br />[torn, illegible] our order from him upon you - And now you tell me [torn, illegible]<br />have not settled with him yet - Surely Sir you musth have [torn, illegible]<br />the letter you had written to him of the 4<sup>th</sup>. of Sept<sup>r</sup>, when [torn, illegible]<br />wrote that to M<sup>r</sup>. Nivison of the 17<sup>th</sup>. Dec<sup>r</sup>: last - But I [torn, illegible]<br />press this subject no further; the object of the present is mere[ly]<br />to inform you, that I have your positive <sup>& unconditional</sup> acceptance of this<br />draft - that it was upon the faith of this acceptance I agreed<br />to recieve the draft itself - that posessed of such evidence I hold<br />ample means of enforcing its payment from you, whether you<br />may be indebted to M<sup>c</sup>.Claren upon a settlement or not - but<br />that I am unwilling to resort to these means, until I recieve your<br />final answer whether you will at once pay the draft or not -</p>
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<p>I shall wait for this answer a reasonable period, before I thak any<br />measures which will be scarcely less disagreeable to me than to<br />[yo]urself ; and I sincerely hope that this answer will make such<br />[mea]sures unnecessary.</p>
<p>I am very respectfully<br />your mo: obe<sup>t</sup>. serv<sup>t</sup>.<br />Litt<sup>ton</sup> W Tazewell</p>
<p>[torn, illegible] Norfolk.<br />[torn, illegible] Jan<sup>y</sup>. 26. 1809.</p>
<p>M<sup>r</sup>. Francis Jerdone<br />Mitchils Store<br />Louisa County.</p>
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Littleton Waller Tazewell letter to Francis Jerdone, 1809 January 26
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1809-01-26
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Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860
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Littleton Waller Tazewell letter to Francis Jerdone (1756-1841) addressed to Mitchils Store in Louisa County. Tazewell writes to learn if he may draw $100 from Jerdone in favor of Daniel McClaren. Jerdone had already written that he would not honor a draft of $100 in favor of McClaren and Tazewell threatens to sue if he does not. Tazewell had been hired by McClaren to defend him against the charge of murder in the Williamsburg District Court.
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Jerdone, Francis, 1756-1841--Correspondence
McClaren, Daniel
Tazewell, Littleton Waller, 1774-1860--Correspondence