Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Virginia banks collection

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1841-1879.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 203-206
Additional description: There are a few items relating to the Civil War, including financing of the Confederate army, civilian relief, and blockade-runners. Also included are a few personal letters to William M. Sutton, among them a letter from William M. Read of the 1st Virginia Artillery describing earlier stages of the Gettysburg campaign (June 1863)

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: 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: Correspondence of Virginia State Board of Immigration

Manuscripts

Letters received by the Board, chiefly addressed to Governor James Lawson Kemper and Samuel H. Boykin, Secretary of the Board. The correspondence documents the state government's attempt to attract immigrants from other states and from abroad, particularly from England, Scotland, and Germany. The correspondence falls roughly into two categories: applications for agents' positions, and requests for literature published by Board, particularly for Jedediah Hotckkiss' "Virginia; a geographical and political summary" (Richmond, Va., 1876) and Matthew Fontaine Maury's "Physical survey of Virginia" (Richmond, Va. 1878.) There are a few items relating to a competition between the Board and various state and commercial agencies promoting emigration to the West and letters from emigration agencies in Great Britain and charitable immigration societies in the state. Correspondents include Jedediah Hotchkiss. Also included are orders and minutes of meetings of the Board (1877-1878)

mssBR Boxes 243 & 244

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Virginia banks collection

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: 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: Virginia railroads collection

Manuscripts

Chiefly correspondence of the companies' officers and employees, with miscellaneous documents

mssBR Boxes 189-201

Brock Collection: Virginia banks collection

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