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Found in 9 Collections and/or records:

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Marian S. Carson collection of manuscripts

Identifier: MSS84367
Abstract

Collector. A collection of Americana including historical letters and documents, family and personal papers, broadsides, financial and legal papers, illustrated and printed ephemera, government and legislative documents, military records, journals, and printed matter relating primarily to the expansion and development of the United States from the colonial period through the 1876 centennial.

Dates 1656-1995; Majority of material found within 1700-1876
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Ellis & Allan Company Records

Identifier: MSS19711
Abstract General merchants and tobacco traders. Business and personal correspondence, journals, ledgers, daybooks, cashbooks, tobacco books, and other mercantile records of the firms of Ellis & Allan, Thomas & Charles Ellis, Ellis & Sons, and Thomas and Charles Ellis & Company of Richmond, Va. Includes records of the counterpart firm in London, Allan & Ellis, as well as those of several subsidiary companies organized in Lynchburg and in Amherst County, Va., to buy and sell...
Dates 1783-1889
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Thomas H. Hubbard Papers

Identifier: MSS83059
Abstract

United States representative and lawyer from New York. Letters written by Hubbard to his wife containing descriptions of his journeys to Washington, D.C., the physical layout and social life of the capital, and his impressions of national political figures.

Dates 1817-1823
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Marquis de Lafayette Papers

Identifier: MSS83803
Abstract Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the Marquis de Lafayette's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his...
Dates 1457-1990; Majority of material found within 1736-1880
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Louis McLane Correspondence

Identifier: MSS57083
Abstract

Lawyer, U.S. representative and senator from Delaware, diplomat, and cabinet officer. Correspondence primarily between McLane and members of his family relating to social life in Washington, D.C., his diplomatic duties, and national and congressional politics.

Dates 1795-1894; Majority of material found within ( 1817-1855)
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James Monroe Papers

Identifier: MSS33217
Abstract

United States president, secretary of state, secretary of war, and diplomat; delegate to the Continental Congress from and governor of Virginia. Correspondence relating primarily to negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, the Monroe-Pinkney treaty with Great Britain, the War of 1812, the purchase of Florida, South American independence, and Virginia politics and a diary, an account book of memoranda and official and personal accounts, and other papers.

Dates 1758-1839
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Joseph Hopper Nicholson Papers

Identifier: MSS34728
Abstract

Jurist and U.S. representative from Maryland. Correspondence and other papers relating chiefly to Nicholson's service as U.S. representative and judge of the U.S. Circuit Court and U.S. Court of Appeals.

Dates 1789-1827; Majority of material found within ( 1789-1817)
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William B. Randolph Papers

Identifier: MSS37283
Abstract

Virginia plantation owner. Correspondence, legal and financial records, and miscellaneous material reflecting the life of a plantation owner and enslaver in Virginia prior to the Civil War, with particular emphasis on the economics of managing an extensive plantation worked by a large force of enslaved people.

Dates 1696-1884; Majority of material found within 1795-1855
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Henry A. Willard II Collection

Identifier: MSS13573
Abstract

Papers and records collected by Henry A Willard II including Bradley-Willard family papers and correspondence, Willard Hotel records, miscellaneous business records, and autographs collected by Henry A. Willard I that include the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, and related individuals.

Dates 1743-1888; Majority of material found within ( 1770-1840)