Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Papers of Charles Tiplett O'Ferrall, (bulk 1894-1897)
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Brock Collection: Papers of Philip Watkins McKinney, (bulk 1890-1893)
Manuscripts
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.
mssBR Box 125 (1)
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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 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 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: Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont, (bulk 1861-1868)
Manuscripts
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
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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