Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Department of Virginia (United States Army), (bulk 1865-1867)

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Description: Routine correspondence and documents (reports of inspections, inventories, orders, discharge papers, etc.) generated by the Department and its offices, particularly the District of Central Virginia and Sub-District of South Anna.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865-1869.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 122-124
Creator: United States(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Included are materials relating to occupying Union forces in Virginia, particularly the 67th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers and correspondence and documents of Provost Marshals (certificates of oath of allegiance issued to various persons in Virginia, claims for damage done by the Union forces, petitions, affairs of former slaves, etc.) Also included is Department's correspondence with the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands

Department of Virginia (United States Army) Papers

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: United States courts in Virginia collection, (bulk 1801-1860)

Manuscripts

A collection of writs of execution, exhibits, bills of complaints, depositions, legal opinions, subpoenas, and other documents from the files the Middle Circuit, 5th Circuit, 4th Circuit, Virginia Circuit, Virginia District and Eastern Virginia District courts. Most cases concern libel, felony, and misdemeanor, and bankruptcy trials and proceedings, with a few admiralty and maritime suits. Included are papers relating to various lawsuits of the Second Bank of the United States

mssBR Boxes 210-214

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Brock Collection: Virginia troops collection, (bulk 1762-1820)

Manuscripts

A collection of scattered papers of Virginia state and continental troops: military service certificates, discharge certificates, regimental accounts, pay rolls, warrants, and claims, commissions and appointments, lists and other miscellaneous document.

mssBR Box 100

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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

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Brock Collection: Papers of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, (bulk 1785-1878)

Manuscripts

Correspondence and scattered records of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Included are communications from national and foreign Grand Lodges, including those of Ireland and Nova Scotia, correspondence between the Grand Lodge and the local subordinate lodges, with a few papers of the Royal Arch Masons and the Virginia Knights Templar

mssBR Boxes 20-25

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Brock Collection: Papers of Department of Virginia (United States Army), (bulk 1865-1867)

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