Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Harrison family papers, (bulk 1780-1880)

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Description: Correspondence, litigation papers, business records, and genealogical materials pertaining to the affairs of various members of the Harrison family. Correspondents include Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, and Thomas Hicks Wynne.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1701-1910.
Call number: mssBR Box 3
Creator: Harrison (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also is a deed signed by Benjamin Harrison of Berkley, assigning two female slaves to his daughter (1701), and records and documents relating to the lawsuit brought by Charles Herries & Co. against the tobacco firm of Benjamin Harrison. Jr. & Co. (1784-1824)

Brock Collection: Papers of Thomas Harding Ellis, (bulk 1869-1895)

Manuscripts

Correspondence, mainly dealing with the affairs of the Southern Historical Society and Virginia Historical Society, with a few pieces relating to Thomas H. Ellis' business activities. Correspondents include Robert Alonzo Brock and Thomas Hicks Wynne.

mssBR Box 96

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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: Cabell family papers

Manuscripts

Letters and documents to and from members of the Cabell family, concerning family affairs, business dealings, legal and political matters and local current events, including the affairs of the University of Virginia.

mssBR Box 48

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Brock Collection: Daniel family papers, (bulk 1821-1889)

Manuscripts

Scattered letters to and from members of the Daniel family, concerning family and social affairs, local current events, and legal and political matters. Correspondents include: William Daniel (1770-1839); Peter Vivian Daniel (1784-1860); John Moncure Daniel (1825-1865), Raleigh Travers Daniel (1805-1877), Peter Vivian Daniel, Jr., and others

mssBR Box 82

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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 Thomas Hicks Wynne

Manuscripts

Correspondence of Thomas Hicks Wynne, mostly letters addressed to him relating to his historical interests, particularly his work on Historical documents from the Old Dominion (Richmond, Va., 1860-74. 5 v.). Also included are pieces dealing with the supplying of Confederate troops defending Richmond, Wynne's business career, discussion of state and national politics, current events, family news, and the settlement of Wynne's estate.

mssBR Boxes 133-137

Brock Collection: Harrison family papers, (bulk 1780-1880)

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