Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of Edward Willis

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Description: Official correspondence and records accumulated by Edward Willis during his career in the Confederate Army. Included are the general and special orders received from Army of Northwest, War Department, Army Headquarters, Adjutant and Inspector General, and Headquarters of Cavalry Forces, dispatches and regimental records (petitions, recommendations, medical certificates, reports, requisitions, muster rolls, etc.), records of courts martial, etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1861-1864.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 149-152
Creator: Willis, Edward (1840-1864)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Many pieces are addressed to Edward Johnson

Brock Collection: Papers of William Harvie Richardson, (bulk 1807-1862)

Manuscripts

Collection of miscellaneous papers and correspondence of William H. Richardson. The bulk of the collection consists of financial records -- bills, receipts, promissory notes, etc, including a few items that document sale of slaves. Also included are a few personal letters addressed to William H. Richardson that discuss political news, Washington Canal and Rhode Island State Lottery, bear hunting, and other subjects. Also included are a few documents issued by Richardson as Adjutant General of Virginia (1862), and a letter of his son, William H. Richardson, Jr. who served in the Confederate Army

mssBR Box 73 (2)

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Brock Collection: Records of 4th Regiment of Virginia Cavalry

Manuscripts

Letters, invoices, petitions, certificates, reports, horse and equipment valuation, orders, dispatches, details, communications, and other regimental records concerning military operations, supplies, and personnel (including pieces dealing with deserters, conscripts, and courts martial) of the 4th Regiment of Virginia Cavalry.

mssBR Box 141

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Brock Collection: Papers of L. W. Spratt

Manuscripts

Provision returns, receipts, requisitions, invoices, reports, orders, and other records generated and accumulated by the Brigade Commissary.-bAlso included are a few personal letters addressed to Spratt discussing political and war news

mssBR Box 153 (2)

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Brock Collection: Papers of James Miles Moore, (bulk 1863-1865)

Manuscripts

Official correspondence and documents, chiefly referring to requisitions for stores: for stoves and fuel, office supplies and equipment, building materials, and the sale of government buildings. Many of the letters are addressed to Daniel Henry Rucker, Chief Quartermaster of the Washington Depot, or bear his endorsements. Included are letters regarding supplies for Freedmens' Hospital, Army Medical Museum, National Baseball club, and U.S. Burial Corps

mssBR Box 121 (2)

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Brock Collection: Virginia courts collection

Manuscripts

Miscellaneous records, consisting of lawsuits (all fragmentary); legal writs, county sheriff's papers, claims against the Commonwealth, wills, revenue reports, etc., emanating from the General Court (1688-1820); High Court of Chancery (1780-1850), Court of Admiralty (1786), Districts courts of Richmond, Hay Market, Dumfries, Lynchburg, and Williamsburg, and county and circuit courts (1687-1898)

mssBR Boxes 217-226

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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

Brock Collection: Papers of Edward Willis

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