Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Philip Watkins McKinney, (bulk 1890-1893)

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Description: Chiefly correspondence and miscellaneous documents accumulated by Philip Watkins McKinney during his term as Governor of Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of petitions for executive clemency and letters of recommendations for positions of tax commissioners.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861-1893.
Call number: mssBR Box 125 (1)
Creator: McKinney, P. W (1832-1899)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also included is a petition for protection filed by Italian laborers in Pulaski, Va. who had been threatened by a local association of mechanics and builders

Brock Collection: Papers of Charles Tiplett O'Ferrall, (bulk 1894-1897)

Manuscripts

Correspondence and miscellaneous documents accumulated by Charles Triplett O'Ferrall during his term as Governor of Virginia. Included are petitions for executive clemency and letters of recommendations for state government posts

mssBR Box 125 (2)

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Brock Collection: Papers of Fitzhugh Lee, (bulk 1885-1889)

Manuscripts

Chiefly correspondence accumulated by Fitzhugh Lee during his term as Governor of Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of petitions for executive clemency, with a few items dealing with Lee's historical studies and affairs of Confederate veterans

mssBR Box 39

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Hoge Tyler, (bulk 1898-1901)

Manuscripts

Correspondence and miscellaneous documents, chiefly accumulated by James Hoge Tyler during his term as Governor of Virginia. Included are correspondence and petitions regarding institutional and military appointments, applications for executive clemency, etc.

mssBR Box 167

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Brock Collection: Papers of Virginia Board of Trade, (bulk 1779 May - 1780 Apr.)

Manuscripts

Official papers of the Board of Trade, chiefly concerning with supplies for the armed forces of Virginia. Included are orders, recommendations, and correspondence with Governor Jefferson and the Board of War, and correspondence with purveyors and agents

mssBR Box 1

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McKinney, Philip Watkins (Gov. of VA): Correspondence and Documents (1861- 1893)

Manuscripts

Brock's collection of papers and manuscripts relating to political, military, economic, religious, social, and genealogical history of the state of Virginia. Included are papers of prominent Virginia families, business firms and businessmen, religious and fraternal organizations, government offices and departments, politicians, statesmen, and administrators.

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Brock Collection: Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont, (bulk 1861-1868)

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Correspondence accumulated by Pierpont during his gubernatorial service, chiefly received by his office in 1861-1868. Included are letters, communications, dispatches, etc. from Federal government and military agencies, petitions, applications, letters of recommendations, etc..$bAlso included are a few personal letters addressed to Pierpont, an article on the history of West Virginia, by Edmund Pendleton of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Pierpont's autobiographical sketches (1883). Correspondence include James S. Wheat, Ephraim Benoni Hall, and Peter Godwin Van Winkle

mssBR Box 155

Brock Collection: Papers of Philip Watkins McKinney, (bulk 1890-1893)

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