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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin Harrison, (bulk 1779-1783)

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Description
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.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1779-1788.
Call number
mssBR Box 2
Creator
Harrison, Benjamin (approximately 1726-1791)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description
Included are: a letter from John Mathews of South Carolina relating to the state's plan to "dispose of some Negroes for cash to answer some pressing necessities of the Government," appeals of cases of theft, treason, and "Toryism," and a letter from John Fitch relating to his steamboat. Also included is the last will and testament of Benjamin Harrison. The inventory of the estate includes a list of slaves
Provenance
Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Associated people
Carrington, Edward, (1749-1810.)
Fitch, John, (1743-1798.)
Fitzhugh, William, (1741-1809.)
Jefferson, Thomas, (1743-1826.)
Jones, Gabriel, (1724-1806.)
Jones, Joseph, (1727-1805.)
Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, (1725-1807.)
Smith, Meriwether, (1730-1790.)
Associated organization
Virginia.
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