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Brock Collection: Papers of Richmond, Va. Customhouse, (bulk1865, Sept. - 1872)

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    Brock Collection: Papers of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, (bulk 1785-1878)

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence and scattered records of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Included are communications from national and foreign Grand Lodges, including those of Ireland and Nova Scotia, correspondence between the Grand Lodge and the local subordinate lodges, with a few papers of the Royal Arch Masons and the Virginia Knights Templar

    mssBR Boxes 20-25

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    Brock Collection: Papers of Lancasterian school (Richmond, Va.)

    Manuscripts

    Correspondence and documents of the Lancasterian school. Included are: records of faculty appointments, tuition accounts, attendance reports, monitors's bonds, and reports of the Visiting Committee

    mssBR Box 93

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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: Richmond, Va. collection

    Manuscripts

    Miscellaneous documents from the files of courts located in Richmond, chiefly the Hustings Court and Richmond Circuit Court. Included are wills, depositions, lawsuits, and other documents, mostly dealing with debts, inheritance, and various criminal charges. Some items contain references to slaves

    mssBR Boxes 249-251

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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: Papers of John George Blair

    Manuscripts

    Business and personal records, documents, and correspondence of John George Blair and Albert Blair. Included are documents dealing with James Black's claim on the estate of William Galt, Farmers' Bank of Virginia, John G. Blair's diary kept during a trip to New York and Philaldephia (1831), and a report on coalfields in vicinity of Richmond, Va

    mssBR Box 101