Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Records of the Treasury office of Virginia
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Brock Collection: Records of Virginia Land Office
Manuscripts
Letters addressed to the various Registers, particularly William Price and William Selden, treasury warrants for surveys and scattered miscellaneous documents, and soldiers' certificates of military service in the colonial wars and American Revolution, submitted as part of application for bounty lands. Also included are related patents, claims, transfers, court orders, and other legal papers
mssBR Boxes 240-242
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Brock Collection: Correspondence of William Davies, Commissioner of Virginia War Office
Manuscripts
Official communications, addressed to William Davies from the County Commissioners responsible for collecting the specific tax -- a five-year levy payable in certain commodities that was established in connection with the raising of funds for supplying the armed forces of Virginia
mssBR Box 44
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Brock Collection: Virginia courts collection
Manuscripts
Miscellaneous records, consisting of lawsuits (all fragmentary); legal writs, county sheriff's papers, claims against the Commonwealth, wills, revenue reports, etc., emanating from the General Court (1688-1820); High Court of Chancery (1780-1850), Court of Admiralty (1786), Districts courts of Richmond, Hay Market, Dumfries, Lynchburg, and Williamsburg, and county and circuit courts (1687-1898)
mssBR Boxes 217-226
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Brock Collection: Orderly book of the Virginia Regiment
Manuscripts
Fragment of the orderly book of the Virginia regiment that covers the period from June 4 through Sept. 4, 1762, including regimental orders and brief records of proceedings of the court martial.
mssBR 97
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Brock Collection: Confederate States of America hospitals collection
Manuscripts
Letters and documents pertaining to personnel (letters of recommendation, agreements, returns), and patients (reports and lists, discharge papers, request for physical examinations, medical certificates) of various Confederate hospitals. The bulk of the collection pertains to Winder Hospital, although there are some items relating to Chimborazo Hospital, a hospital for Negroes "engaged on work on Richmond Defense," Refuge Hill Hospital, Robertson Hospital, and Williamsburg Seminary Hospital. Many letters are addressed to Dr. Alexander G. Lane, Surgeon-in-charge of the Winder hospital
mssBR Box 83
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Brock Collection: Papers of Virginia Board of Trade, (bulk 1779 May - 1780 Apr.)
Manuscripts
Official papers of the Board of Trade, chiefly concerning with supplies for the armed forces of Virginia. Included are orders, recommendations, and correspondence with Governor Jefferson and the Board of War, and correspondence with purveyors and agents
mssBR Box 1