Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Hill

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Description: Chiefly commissions and business correspondence of Robert C. Hill and the firm Hill & Dabney concerning with wheat and corn trade, bill collecting and sale and hiring slaves
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1778-1840.
Call number: mssBR Box 41
Creator: Hill, Robert (active 1830-1840)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock,, 1922.
Associated people: Brock, R. A.; Hill, Baylor.

Brock Collection: Correspondence of Lewis Hill

Manuscripts

Chiefly business letters addressed to Lewis Hill, relating to bill collecting and hiring of slaves. Included are a few documents and pieces of personal correspondence

mssBR Box 92

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Brock Collection: Papers of Micajah Crew

Manuscripts

Chiefly business papers and correspondence of Micajah Crew dealing with wheat, corn, and tobacco trade. There are a few letters relating to the affairs of the Society of Friends and hiring of slaves. Also included correspondence about the estate of Robert Pleasants, including the fate of his former slaves, and a letter regarding a decision of the Superior Court of Chancery to restore a slave to her freedom (1809)

mssBR Boxes 42 & 43

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Brock Collection: Papers of George Evans

Manuscripts

Personal financial and legal records and scattered correspondence of Dr. George Evans: bonds, bills, accounts, powers of attorney, receipts, and land surveys. There are also bills and receipts for purchases and sales of slaves, treatment of plantation slaves, and documents relating to several estates administered by Dr. Evans. Also included are letters from his agents regarding his bounty lands and letters relating to the debts of George Evans, Jr

mssBR Box 47

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Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Means

Manuscripts

Legal and business papers of Robert Means and Daniel Call. Included are a few personal letters discussing political news in Virginia and Ohio. Among correspondents are Virginia Land Office, Duncan McArthur and Albert Gallatin

mssBR Box 63

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Brock Collection: Maury family papers, (bulk 1847-1878)

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous family papers, chiefly correspondence, that cover familial relations, business activities, and careers of various members of the Maury family. Included are pieces dealing with scientific and military career of Matthew F. Maury's, Dabney Herndon Maury's service in the Mexican and Civil War and his post-war career, and William A. Maury's legal practice.

mssBR Box 109

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Harford, (bulk 1767-1805)

Manuscripts

Correspondence, accounts and legal papers, chiefly pertaining to Harford's legal affairs in America. Included is correspondence of Robert Pleasants, Thomas Bates, William Fisher, James Cowles and Samuel Fisher, Benjamin Day, Oliver Towles, John Dixon, and Micajah Crew. There are items that document the sale of slaves. Also included is a letter of Edmund Pendleton discussion various opinions of the case

mssBR Box 27 (1)

Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Hill

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