Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Lyons family papers, (bulk 1820-1880)
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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin Oliver, (bulk 1786-1820)
Manuscripts
Business papers and correspondence of Benjamin Oliver and his brother James and the mercantile firm Oliver & Brand
mssBR Boxes 51-53
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Brock Collection: Garland family papers, (bulk 1816-1857)
Manuscripts
Chiefly legal and business papers of various members of the Garland family of Lynchburg, Va., particularly Samuel Garland and the law firm of Samuel and Maurice H. Garland, and the mercantile firm of Garland & Roy. Included in the collection is business and personal correspondence of John B. Roy
mssBR Boxes 84-86
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Brock Collection: Perkins family papers
Manuscripts
Correspondence, with some legal and financial documents, mostly relating to William H. Perkins. Included are letters addressed to his deputy, John F. Hansford
mssBR Boxes 76 & 77
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Brock Collection: Harrison family papers, (bulk 1780-1880)
Manuscripts
Correspondence, litigation papers, business records, and genealogical materials pertaining to the affairs of various members of the Harrison family. Correspondents include Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, and Thomas Hicks Wynne.
mssBR Box 3
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Brock Collection: Pleasants family papers, (bulk 1745-1850)
Manuscripts
Papers and correspondence of several generation of the Pleasants family, focusing on Robert Pleasants.
mssBR Boxes 12-15
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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