Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Herman Böÿe, (bulk 1831-1838)

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Description: 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
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1811-1838.
Call number: mssBR Box 79
Creator: Böÿe, Herman(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.

Brock Collection: Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont, (bulk 1861-1868)

Manuscripts

Correspondence accumulated by Pierpont during his gubernatorial service, chiefly received by his office in 1861-1868. Included are letters, communications, dispatches, etc. from Federal government and military agencies, petitions, applications, letters of recommendations, etc..$bAlso included are a few personal letters addressed to Pierpont, an article on the history of West Virginia, by Edmund Pendleton of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Pierpont's autobiographical sketches (1883). Correspondence include James S. Wheat, Ephraim Benoni Hall, and Peter Godwin Van Winkle

mssBR Box 155

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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 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)

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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 John George Blair

Manuscripts

Business and personal records, documents, and correspondence of John George Blair and Albert Blair. Included are documents dealing with James Black's claim on the estate of William Galt, Farmers' Bank of Virginia, John G. Blair's diary kept during a trip to New York and Philaldephia (1831), and a report on coalfields in vicinity of Richmond, Va

mssBR Box 101

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Brock Collection: Papers of Richmond, Va. Customhouse, (bulk1865, Sept. - 1872)

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous papers accumulated by the United States Customhouse in Richmond (Va.). Included are communications received from the Treasury Department and various ships' papers -- invoices and certificates for shipments of goods issued by the U. S. Consulate in England, Ireland, France, Cuba and Nova Scotia, passenger lists, declarations, agreements, contracts, etc.

mssBR Box 187

Brock Collection: Papers of Herman Böÿe, (bulk 1831-1838)

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