Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Virginia railroads collection
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Brock Collection: Virginia banks collection
Manuscripts
Business correspondence and documents from the files of various Virginia regional banks. The largest group consists of correspondence and documents related to the Clarksville branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia (1841-64). Also included are groups of miscellaneous correspondence of Savings Institution of Richmond (1828-1841), Pittsylvania Savings Bank (1861-1864), William M. Sutton & Co. (1863- 1869), First National Bank (1865-1875), Merchants' National Bank (1870-1872), Lancaster & Co. (1874), Davenport & Co. (1876-1879), and others.
mssBR Boxes 203-206
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Brock Collection: Virginia Insurance collection
Manuscripts
Collection of scattered miscellaneous records and documents of various insurance companies, including Essex and Virginia Fire & Marine, American Mutual Life, Aetna Life Insurance, Southern Protection Insurance, Richmond Fire Association, Insurance Company of the State of Virginia, Firemen's and Merchants' Insurance, Insurance Company of the Valley of Virginia, Southern Mutual Insurance, Widows & Orphans Benefit Life Insurance, Equitable Life Insurance, St. Louis Mutual Life, North America Life Insurance, Life Association of America, etc. City Fire Insurance, Orange Blossom Mutual Aid Society, and other companies. Included are certificates, receipts, policies, claims, etc., relating to chiefly for real estate and movable assets in Virginia. Also included are briefs and legal opinions on disputed claims
mssBR Box 170
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Brock Collection: Richmond, Va. collection
Manuscripts
Miscellaneous documents from the files of courts located in Richmond, chiefly the Hustings Court and Richmond Circuit Court. Included are wills, depositions, lawsuits, and other documents, mostly dealing with debts, inheritance, and various criminal charges. Some items contain references to slaves
mssBR Boxes 249-251
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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: Senate documents of Virginia General Assembly (Alexandria government)
Manuscripts
State papers, largely Senate documents with emphasis on the final period of the War. Included are the Senate Journal of Secret Sessions, original drafts and printed proofs of bills, acts, resolutions, communications, committee reports, etc. Principal topics of legislation are: finances and banks; re-organization of the armed forces, including slave and "free Negro" volunteers, salaries of soldiers and officers, supplies, exemptions from military serves, AWOL, amnesty to soldiers; civilian relief and public defense, escaped slaves, etc.
mssBR Boxes 236-240
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Brock Collection: Tinsley family papers
Manuscripts
Chiefly account books, personal correspondence, and miscellaneous documents of Nathaniel Tinsley (1757-1834) and his son, Jeremiah Samuel Beckley Tinsley (b. 1813). Correspondents include Tennessee family members and friends
mssBR Boxes 16 & 17