Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Joseph R. Anderson

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Description: Chiefly business correspondence of Joseph R. Anderson. The collection contains letters from engineers, gun manufacturers, ship builders, government agencies, and other customers of Tredegar Iron Works, including various military agencies of Confederate States of America
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-1896.
Call number: mssBR Box 126
Creator: Anderson, Joseph R (1813-1892)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
Associated people: Brock, R. A. (1839-1914,)

Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Anderson and Alexander Macaulay, (bulk 1833-1857)

Manuscripts

Legal, and personal correspondence of Robert Anderson, chiefly related to his involvement in settling the estate of his father-in-law and his brother LeRoy Anderson. Included are some letters dealing with Alexander Macaulay's shipping business at Norfolk, Va., lawsuits against Dismal Swamp Canal Company and documents and plats relating to the property at Navy Hill (Richmond, Va.), including a plat of Navy Hill (Richmond, Va.) with a "Proposed Academy" whose "object is to introduce gradually a thousand or more elementary schools j in every part of the State."

mssBR Box 50 (1)

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Brock Collection: Papers of Joseph Scott

Manuscripts

Chiefly letters addressed to Joseph Scott regarding serving judicial writs and other aspects of his duties as marshal. Correspondents include William Branch Giles and Littleton Waller Tazewell.

mssBR Boxes 74 & 75

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Brock Collection: Papers of Joseph C. Stiles

Manuscripts

Personal and professional correspondence of Joseph Clay Stiles, mostly letters addressed to him from colleagues, associates, and parishioners. The letters discuss the affairs of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky, Virginia, New York, and Connecticut; Southern Aid Society and affiliated charitable institutions, and theological and social issues of the day, such as Campbellite controversy and slavery.

mssBR Boxes 105 & 106

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of Joseph M. Stevens

Manuscripts

Personal and business correspondence of Joseph M. Stevens. Included are orders for boots and shoes made by prisoners and correspondence relating to lawsuits involving Stevens

mssBR Box 157 (1)

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of Joseph Christian, (bulk 1870-1882)

Manuscripts

Professional and personal correspondence of Judge Joseph Christian

mssBR Box 147 (1)

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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

Brock Collection: Papers of Joseph R. Anderson

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