Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Correspondence of J. D. K. Sleight

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Description: Letters to J. D. K. Sleight, business agent of the Presbyterian Committee of Publication in Richmond, Va., chiefly from subscribers in Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, the Carolinas and other Southern States. Also included are letters from E. Thompson Baird, the Committee's Secretary
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1866-1878.
Call number: mssBR Box 161
Creator: Presbyterian Committee of Publication(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editor of the Richmond standard

Manuscripts

Scattered correspondence accumulated by the editors of the Richmond Standard, chiefly by George Watson James. Included are letters to James from contributors, readers, and subscribers; articles, books reviews, etc. The articles and letters to the editor deal with Virginia history and genealogy

mssBR Box 177

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the Richmond Agency of the American Tract Society

Manuscripts

Correspondence of George L. Shearer, Secretary of the Richmond Agency of the American Tract Society and T. L. D. Walford, the Agency's Depositor. The collection consists chiefly of letters received by the Richmond Agency concerning affairs of Sunday and other schools, especially those established for Freedmen in Virginia and the Carolinas. Many letters were written in response to requests for books.

mssBR Box 154

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Brock Collection: Papers of the editors of the Richmond enquirer, (bulk 1867-1876)

Manuscripts

Papers, chiefly routine correspondence with a few documents, accumulated by the editors and managers. Included are accounts, advertisements, letters from contributors, readers, subscribers, and advertisers, correspondence relating to the merger with Richmond Examiner (1866) and the company management. The majority of the letters are addressed to George C. Wedderburn and W. W. Berry.

mssBR Box 176

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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin H. Smith

Manuscripts

Correspondence of Benjamin H. Smith with his friends and family, chiefly letters from his father in Richmond, Va. Also included are Smith's letters describing his duty guarding John Brown, a brief diary covering Sept. - Dec., 1861, scattered regimental records of Co. 3 of the Richmond Howitzers, and the paperwork relating to Smith's wound and his court martial case

mssBR Box 153 (1)

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Brock Collection: Clergymen's collection : Methodist Church and Baptist Church

Manuscripts

Collection of miscellaneous personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts, and documents of Methodist and Baptist ministers and congregations, mostly of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and Baptist Southern Convention. Included are groups of correspondence of Samuel T. Moorman, a Methodist minister who served in North Carolina and Virginia in 1840-1860's., Rev. George William Keese, a Richmond, Va. Baptist minister, and materials relating to First Baptist Church (Richmond, Va)

mssBR Box 119

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Brock Collection: Clergymen's collection : Episcopal Church, (bulk 1837-1893)

Manuscripts

Collection of correspondence and manuscripts of various Episcopal clergymen. Although the majority of the collection deals with Virginia and other Southern states, there are scattered pieces relating to Episcopalian clergy in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Lower Canada. Included are materials related to the Monumental Episcopalian Church (Richmond. Va.), St. James's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Va.), St. John's Church (Hampton, Va.), Virginia Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Southern Churchman and other publications and institutions of Episcopal Church, particularly in the diocese of Virginia. There are only a few pieces relating to the Civil War

mssBR Box 117

Brock Collection: Correspondence of J. D. K. Sleight

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