Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Papers of Virginia Board of Trade, (bulk 1779 May - 1780 Apr.)
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia War Office
Manuscripts
Official communications, addressed to William Davies from the County Commissioners responsible for collecting the specific tax -- a five-year levy payable in certain commodities that was established in connection with the raising of funds for supplying the armed forces of Virginia
mssBR Box 44
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Brock Collection: Senate documents of Virginia General Assembly (Alexandria government)
Manuscripts
State papers, largely Senate documents with emphasis on the final period of the War. Included are the Senate Journal of Secret Sessions, original drafts and printed proofs of bills, acts, resolutions, communications, committee reports, etc. Principal topics of legislation are: finances and banks; re-organization of the armed forces, including slave and "free Negro" volunteers, salaries of soldiers and officers, supplies, exemptions from military serves, AWOL, amnesty to soldiers; civilian relief and public defense, escaped slaves, etc.
mssBR Boxes 236-240
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of Virginia State Board of Immigration
Manuscripts
Letters received by the Board, chiefly addressed to Governor James Lawson Kemper and Samuel H. Boykin, Secretary of the Board. The correspondence documents the state government's attempt to attract immigrants from other states and from abroad, particularly from England, Scotland, and Germany. The correspondence falls roughly into two categories: applications for agents' positions, and requests for literature published by Board, particularly for Jedediah Hotckkiss' "Virginia; a geographical and political summary" (Richmond, Va., 1876) and Matthew Fontaine Maury's "Physical survey of Virginia" (Richmond, Va. 1878.) There are a few items relating to a competition between the Board and various state and commercial agencies promoting emigration to the West and letters from emigration agencies in Great Britain and charitable immigration societies in the state. Correspondents include Jedediah Hotchkiss. Also included are orders and minutes of meetings of the Board (1877-1878)
mssBR Boxes 243 & 244
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Brock Collection: Papers of Edward Willis
Manuscripts
Official correspondence and records accumulated by Edward Willis during his career in the Confederate Army. Included are the general and special orders received from Army of Northwest, War Department, Army Headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector General, and Headquarters of Cavalry Forces, dispatches and regimental records (petitions, recommendations, medical certificates, reports, requisitions, muster rolls, etc.), records of courts martial, etc.
mssBR Boxes 149-152
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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin Harrison, (bulk 1779-1783)
Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, dispatches, communications, and petitions received by Benjamin Harrison during his service as speaker of the State House of Delegates and Governor of Virginia. Included are letters of acceptance and resignation from Virginia members of the Continental Congress, communications relating to taxation, raising of troops, procurement for the army, restitutions, bailing of prisoners, and other aspects of Revolutionary war in Virginia. Correspondents include Gabriel Jones, William Fitzhugh, Joseph Jones, Meriwether Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Carrington, Rochambeau, and Patrick Henry.
mssBR Box 2
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Brock Collection: Records of the Treasury office of Virginia
Manuscripts
A small lot of papers consisting largely of cerficiates, bills, and orders on the Treasury Office of the Colony and State of Virginia. Included are itemized expense accounts for repairs and maintenance of various public buildings in Williamsburg: the Capitol, Governor's Palace, Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds, Public Gaol, tobacco warehouses, foundry, and the Cape Henry Lighthouse
mssBR Box 40