Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Papers of William Harvie Richardson, (bulk 1807-1862)
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Brock Collection: Papers of John H. Steger, (bulk 1806-1848)
Manuscripts
Financial records - bills, receipts, etc., and a few personal letters chiefly related to Steger's duties as an administrator of the estates and his household expenses. Also included are scattered letters of his son John Overton Steger, an attorney in Stanton, Va
mssBR Box 73 (1)
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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 Benjamin Harrison, (bulk 1779-1783)
Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, dispatches, communications, and petitions received by Benjamin Harrison during his service as speaker of the State House of Delegates and Governor of Virginia. Included are letters of acceptance and resignation from Virginia members of the Continental Congress, communications relating to taxation, raising of troops, procurement for the army, restitutions, bailing of prisoners, and other aspects of Revolutionary war in Virginia. Correspondents include Gabriel Jones, William Fitzhugh, Joseph Jones, Meriwether Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Carrington, Rochambeau, and Patrick Henry.
mssBR Box 2
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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)
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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)