Suggs, George, active 1793]]> Williams, James, active 1793]]> Apprentices--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Orphans--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Tailors--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Norfolk]]> 1793-09-22]]> MS2011.1]]> Harvey, John.]]> Latimer, Richard]]> Apprentices--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Orphans--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Shoemakers--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Norfolk]]> shoe and boot maker. Signed on 3 August 1799 by the above parties, and Robert Brough.]]> 1799-08-03]]> MS2014.8]]> Harvey, John]]> Latimer, Richard]]> Apprentices--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Orphans--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Shoemakers--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Virginia. Hustings Court (Norfolk)]]> 1799-01-28]]> MS2014.9]]> Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789--Correspondence]]> Champion, Travis, active 1768-1800]]> Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814]]> Page, John, 1744-1808--Correspondence]]> Washington, George, 1732-1799]]> Virginia. Navy]]> Brandywine, Battle of, Pa., 1777]]> North Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Naval operations]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Page, John, 1744-1808]]> 1777-09-26]]> MS1932.8]]> Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805]]> Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834]]> Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807--Correspondence]]> Stewart, Walter, 1756-1796]]> Tarleton, Lieutenant-General (Banastre), 1754-1833]]> Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796]]> Weedon, George, 1734-1793]]> Green Spring Plantation, Battle of, Va., 1781]]> Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807]]> 1781-07-29]]> MS2012.12]]> Latham, John]]> Smith, John, fl. 1799]]> Apprentices--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Orphans--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Ship captains--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Norfolk]]> 1799-08-03]]> MS2014.7]]> Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879--Correspondence]]> McKeever, Chauncey--Correspondence]]> United States. Army of the Potomac. Corps, 3rd]]> Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862]]> Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879]]> 1862-05-10]]> MS1955.2]]> Randolph, Richard, 1691-1749]]> Wills]]> Randolph, Richard, 1691-1749]]> 1742-02-06]]> MS1941.8]]> Williamsburg (Va.)]]> Williamsburg (Va.)--History]]> Wheeler, Lilla C. ]]> 1907]]> MS1991.16]]> Arithmetic]]> Exercise books--18th century. aat]]> Manuscript book of arithmetic rules, definitions, and problems, covering addition and subtraction of whole numbers, money and weights, multiplication and division, money problems, proportion, profit and loss, interest, and reduction of fractions, with many word problems for each type of problem.

"Lewis Worrell's Cyphering"--folio 28v.

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Worrell, Lewis]]> 1793]]> English]]> MS1965.6]]>
Music]]> Manuscript music book of 134 works belonging to A. Bell, New York. Contains marches, jigs, some tunes referring to the Duke of York and to soldiers and sailors, and some love songs. One song is attributed to a Mrs. Melmouth, and one was sung by a Mrs. Bannister.

Includes index-- pages [1-2] at end.

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Bell, A.]]> 1790]]> English]]> MS2000.55]]>
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]]> 1781]]> MS2000.66]]> Atlantic Ocean--Navigation]]> Navigational exercise book consists of handwritten exercises to determine longitude and latitude between various ports with most originating in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Exercises consist of examples with originating longitude and latitude, place of departure, destination, and conditions which might influence arrival. Answers consist of a plat diagramming the course, changes in longitude and latitude, distances sailed and other concerns. Also included are directional tables, or charts, and small, but detailed drawings of ships and ports on nearly every page. The types of exercises are divided into problems concerning plain sailing, traverse sailing, and mercator's sailing. The routes the exercises present consist mostly of trips between Cape Cod and the West Indies.]]> [1742]]]> English]]> MS1992.5]]> Cutrell, William]]> Apprentices--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Orphans--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Shoemakers--Virginia--Norfolk]]> Virginia. Hustings Court (Norfolk)]]> 1799-05-28]]> MS2014.11]]> Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de, 1550-1619--Correspondence]]> Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621--Correspondence]]> Virginia]]> Philip III, King of Spain, letter to Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, dated July 29, 1608. The King writes to request information concerning the English settlements in Virginia. Specifically, he wishes to learn the locations, ports and sailing conditions which prevail there. The Duke, as Captain General of the Ocean Sea was expected to obtain this information from his subordinates in the treasure fleets.

The letter was accomplished in manuscript by Andres de Prada, and signed by the King. A hole in the paper shows where the King's seal was attached.

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Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621]]> 1608-07-29]]> MS2010.5]]>
Medina Sidonia, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, duque de, 1550-1619--Correspondence]]> Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621--Correspondence]]> Pirates]]> Virginia]]> Philip III, King of Spain, letter to Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, dated June 11, 1609. The King writes that he has received the Duke's letter concerning the attack on Spanish vessels by pirates and requests more information. He also wishes to know more about English plans to populate Virginia. The Duke, as Captain General of the Ocean Sea was expected to obtain this information from his subordinates in the treasure fleets.

The letter was accomplished in manuscript by Antonio de Arostequi , and signed by the King. A hole in the paper shows where the King's seal was attached.

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Philip III, King of Spain, 1578-1621]]> 1609-06-11]]> MS2010.5]]>
]]> Marten, Polley, b. ca.1801]]> Clothing trade--Virginia--Campbell County]]> Illegitimate children--Virginia--Campbell County]]> Women weavers--Virginia--Campbell County]]> Articles of apprenticeship--Virginia--Campbell County--19th-century]]> Campbell County (Va.). Overseers of the Poor.]]> 1805-02-01]]> MS2012.10]]> Charlton, Richard, -1779]]> African Americans--Virginia--York County]]> Hotelkeepers--Virginia--Williamsburg]]> Enslaved persons--Virginia--York County]]> Estate inventories--Virginia--York County]]> Appraisal, January 17, 1780, of the estate, of Richard Charlton, barber and tavernkeeper of Williamsburg, Virginia for his property in York County. The appraisal was conducted by Humphrey Harwood, James Craig and William Nicolson and recorded in the York County Court by Thomas Everard. The estate was valued at £14,419..14. Seven enslaved African Americans accounted for £10,464 of the value of the estate. The remainder of the estate consisted of a large amount of household items, a stage wagon, several horses and a valuable collection of books worth over £150s. Included amongst the books are Voltaire's Works, Ferguson's Astronomy, Cicero's Orations, Goldsmith's Roman History, A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Robertson's History of Charles V and Smollett's History of England.

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1780-01-17]]> Craig, James, -1794]]> Everard, Thomas, 1719-1781]]> Harwood, Humphrey, -1788]]> Nicolson, William]]> MS1996.9]]>
Mansergh-St. George, Richard St. George]]> Great Britain. Army. Regiment of Foot, 52nd]]> Military commissions]]> William Howe signed military commission dated December 23, 1776 appointing Richard St. George Mansergh St. George lieutenant in the 52nd Regiment of Foot. The British Army under Howe was at that time stationed in New York City.

Mansergh was horribly wounded at the Battle of Germantown on October 4, 1777. A surgeon removed a portion of his skull which was then covered with a silver plate. Mansergh retired from the military in 1785. We was killed in Ireland during the uprising in 1798.

The commission was on display at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia as part of the exhibit: Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier from September 28, 2019 through March 17, 2020.

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Great Britain. Army]]> 1776-12-23]]> Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814]]> MS2007.3]]>
Rose, Robert]]> MS1941.9]]> Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808--Correspondence]]> Robinson, John, 1705-1766--Death and burial]]> Trebell, Sarah--Correspondence]]> Brothers and sisters--Correspondence]]> Trebell, Sarah]]> 1766-05-12]]> MS1989.12.1]]> Galt, John Minson, 1744-1808--Correspondence]]> Trebell, Sarah--Correspondence]]> Brothers and sisters--Correspondence]]> Letters (correspondence)--Virginia--James City County--18th century. aat]]> Trebell, Sarah]]> 1767-01-16]]> 1767-01-18]]> eng]]> MS1989.12.2]]> Abercromby, Robert, Sir, 1740-1827]]> Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805]]> Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788]]> Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834]]> Muhlenberg, John Peter Gabriel, 1746-1807]]> Saint-Simon, Claude-Anne, comte de, 1743-1819]]> Savage, John, fl. 1775-1781]]> Scammell, Alexander, 1747-1781]]> Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794]]> Vioménil, Antoine Charles du Houx, baron de, 1728-1792]]> Washington, George, 1732-1799]]> Charon (Ship)]]> Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783]]> Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781]]> MS1981.5]]> Clements, Richard P.]]> Surveyors--Virginia--Southampton County]]> Surveyor's commission of Richard P. Clements appointing him surveyor of Southampton County, Virginia. Clements was certified to be qualified for the post by the College of William and Mary and his commission bears the signatures of its President, James Madison, and Professors Robert Andrews, St. George Tucker, John Bracken and James Henderson. It is also signed by Virginia Governor James Monroe.

Printed document completed in manuscript.

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Virginia. Governor (1799-1802 : Monroe)]]> 1800-11-22]]> Andrews, Robert, 1743?-1804]]> Bracken, John, -1818]]> Henderson, James]]> Madison, James, 1749-1812]]> Tucker, St. George, 1752-1827]]> MS1934.6]]>
Botetourt, Norborne Berkeley, Baron de, approximately 1718-1770--Family]]> Barclay family--Genealogy]]> Genealogical tables--England--18th-century]]> [1764]]]> MS2004.2]]>