Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin Oliver, (bulk 1786-1820)
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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: Lyons family papers, (bulk 1820-1880)
Manuscripts
Primarily correspondence of James Lyons. Also included are letters to and from William Henry Lyons and Governor Henry A. Wise, James Lyons' brother-in-law
mssBR Boxes 30-38
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Brock Collection: Papers of James Brown
Manuscripts
Business records, legal papers, correspondence and miscellaneous documents of James Brown, his family and business associates, particularly Robert Burton and Robert Rives. Included are: correspondence about Brown's land holdings in Kentucky and Ohio, papers relating to the long litigation in settling the estate of Burton, whose widow married Brown, as well as complication in the matter of the estates of Mr. & Mrs. Brown in connection with the claims of the two sets of her children. There is also material regarding the liquidation of the firm Brown, Rives & Co
mssBR Boxes 58-61
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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
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Brock Collection: Papers of James Harford, (bulk 1767-1805)
Manuscripts
Correspondence, accounts and legal papers, chiefly pertaining to Harford's legal affairs in America. Included is correspondence of Robert Pleasants, Thomas Bates, William Fisher, James Cowles and Samuel Fisher, Benjamin Day, Oliver Towles, John Dixon, and Micajah Crew. There are items that document the sale of slaves. Also included is a letter of Edmund Pendleton discussion various opinions of the case
mssBR Box 27 (1)
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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin H. Smith
Manuscripts
Correspondence of Benjamin H. Smith with his friends and family, chiefly letters from his father in Richmond, Va. Also included are Smith's letters describing his duty guarding John Brown, a brief diary covering Sept. - Dec., 1861, scattered regimental records of Co. 3 of the Richmond Howitzers, and the paperwork relating to Smith's wound and his court martial case
mssBR Box 153 (1)