Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Letters of Alexander Brown
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Brock Collection: Letters from Philip Slaughter to R. A. Brock
Manuscripts
Letters to Robert Alonzo Brock chiefly dealing with Rev. Slaughter's historical and genealogical studies.
mssBR Box 158
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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 James Brown
Manuscripts
Business records, legal papers, correspondence and miscellaneous documents of James Brown, his family and business associates, particularly Robert Burton and Robert Rives. Included are: correspondence about Brown's land holdings in Kentucky and Ohio, papers relating to the long litigation in settling the estate of Burton, whose widow married Brown, as well as complication in the matter of the estates of Mr. & Mrs. Brown in connection with the claims of the two sets of her children. There is also material regarding the liquidation of the firm Brown, Rives & Co
mssBR Boxes 58-61
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Brock Collection: Dealers collection
Manuscripts
Collection of miscellaneous business correspondence, print notices, circulars, prospectuses, bills, book lists, advertisements and similar material, addressed to Robert A. Brock as Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society and Southern Historical Society. Represented are publishers and publishing houses, booksellers, autograph dealers, printers & stationers, and publishers' agents
mssBR Box 253
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Brock Collection: Letters from Kate Mason Rowland to Robert Alonzo Brock
Manuscripts
Letters from Kate Mason Rowland to R. A. Brock concerning her work on The life of George Mason, Virginia history, affairs of Virginia Historical Society, etc.
mssBR Box 138
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Brock Collection: Papers of Robert Anderson and Alexander Macaulay, (bulk 1833-1857)
Manuscripts
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."
mssBR Box 50 (1)