Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Minor family papers

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Description: Scattered papers and correspondence, including letters to and from Lucian Minor (1802-1858), John Barbee Minor (1813-1895), and Charles Landon Carter Minor(1835-1903)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1787-1905.
Call number: mssBR Box 56
Creator: Minor (Family)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.
Associated people: Brock, R. A. (1839-1914,); Minor, Charles L. C. (1835-1903.); Minor, John B. (1813-1895.)

Brock Collection: Tinsley family papers

Manuscripts

Chiefly account books, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous documents of Nathaniel Tinsley (1757-1834) and his son, Jeremiah Samuel Beckley Tinsley (b. 1813). Correspondents include Tennessee family members and friends

mssBR Boxes 16 & 17

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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: 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: Alfriend family papers

Manuscripts

Business correspondence of Thomas M. and Thomas L. Alfriend.

mssBR Box 81 (2)

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Brock Collection: Papers of Archelaus Hughes

Manuscripts

Correspondence and business records Archelaus Hughes. Included are rentals, leases, titles, and building contracts of real estate in Richmond, adjacent to the James River Canal, and surveys and deeds for property in Kent and Henrico Conties. There are a few personal letters, including ones discussing the trial of Aaron Burr (1807) and Fourth of July (1813), and a letter from John Clopton (1756-1816) about political and congressional news (1810)

mssBR Box 50 (2)

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Brock Collection: Miscellaneous papers of the U. S. Treasury Dept., (bulk 1791-1859)

Manuscripts

Collection of scattered letters and documents to and from various offices and officials of the Treasury Department: Secretaries of the Treasury, Registers, Comptollers, Auditors, Solicitors, Paymasters, the Land Office, Customs officers, and others. Included are individual items related to finances of the Revolutionary War and Early Republic, including pensions paid to the war veterans, and John Jacob Astor's "proposal for loaning monies to the United States," (1813), a group of documents and letters relative to Nathaniel Denby, U.S. Naval agent in Marseilles in 1845-1851, and correspondents and documents addressed to various customs collectors and internal revenues agents, predominantly in Virginia

mssBR Box 202

Brock Collection: Minor family papers

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