Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Anderson and Alexander Macaulay, (bulk 1833-1857)

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Description: Legal, and personal correspondence of Robert Anderson, chiefly related to his involvement in settling the estate of his father-in-law and his brother LeRoy Anderson. Included are some letters dealing with Alexander Macaulay's shipping business at Norfolk, Va., lawsuits against Dismal Swamp Canal Company and documents and plats relating to the property at Navy Hill (Richmond, Va.), including a plat of Navy Hill (Richmond, Va.) with a "Proposed Academy" whose "object is to introduce gradually a thousand or more elementary schools j in every part of the State."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1770-1858.
Call number: mssBR Box 50 (1)
Creator: Anderson, Robert (1781-1859)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Also included are three letters from Alexander Macaulay to his wife Elizabeth Jerdon Macaualy written in 1795-1796 from Norfolk, Va.

Robert Anderson and Alexander Macaulay papers, 1770-1858, (bulk 1833-1857)

Manuscripts

Brock's collection of papers and manuscripts relating to political, military, economic, religious, social, and genealogical history of the state of Virginia. Included are papers of prominent Virginia families, business firms and businessmen, religious and fraternal organizations, government offices and departments, politicians, statesmen, and administrators.

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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 Herman Böÿe, (bulk 1831-1838)

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous correspondence and documents of Herman Böÿe, including items pertaining to his immigration to the United States (credentials, letters of introduction, naturalization papers, etc.), documents relating to the preparation of the Map of Virginia, etc. The bulk of the collection consists of the correspondence and documents of John George Blair, cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Richmond, Va. who was the executor of Böÿe's estate

mssBR Box 79

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Brock Collection: Papers of Joseph R. Anderson

Manuscripts

Chiefly business correspondence of Joseph R. Anderson. The collection contains letters from engineers, gun manufacturers, ship builders, government agencies, and other customers of Tredegar Iron Works, including various military agencies of Confederate States of America

mssBR Box 126

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Brock Collection: Clergymen's collection : Episcopal Church, (bulk 1837-1893)

Manuscripts

Collection of correspondence and manuscripts of various Episcopal clergymen. Although the majority of the collection deals with Virginia and other Southern states, there are scattered pieces relating to Episcopalian clergy in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Lower Canada. Included are materials related to the Monumental Episcopalian Church (Richmond. Va.), St. James's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Va.), St. John's Church (Hampton, Va.), Virginia Council of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, the Southern Churchman and other publications and institutions of Episcopal Church, particularly in the diocese of Virginia. There are only a few pieces relating to the Civil War

mssBR Box 117

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Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Hill

Manuscripts

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

mssBR Box 41

Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Anderson and Alexander Macaulay, (bulk 1833-1857)

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