Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of James Brown

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Description: 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
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1788-1856.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 58-61
Creator: Brown, James (1762-1841)(Opens in new tab)

Brock Collection: Letters of Alexander Brown

Manuscripts

Letters, chiefly to Robert Alonzo Brock, dealing with Brown's genealogical research, his work on The Genesis of the United States, and the John Smith Controversy. Included are copies of eighteenth century documents

mssBR Box 62

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Brock Collection: Fairfax Proprietary papers

Manuscripts

Chiefly correspondence and documents covering the routine business affairs of the Northern Neck Proprietary, including survey warrants issued by several agents to the country surveyors (1722-1760); county rental returns (1721-1780), and letters, office records and memoranda of Robert "King" Carter, Sir William Fairfax, George William Fairfax, and Thomas Bryan Martin. Included are Robert Carter's letterbook (1720-1721), land grants in the Northern Neck counties, and survey warrants to George Washington (1749-1752).

mssBR Boxes 227-233

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Brock Collection: Papers of Robert H. Maury

Manuscripts

Business and personal correspondence of Robert H. Maury, chiefly letters addressed to him and his firm

mssBR Boxes 110-116

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Brock Collection: Papers of Micajah Crew

Manuscripts

Chiefly business papers and correspondence of Micajah Crew dealing with wheat, corn, and tobacco trade. There are a few letters relating to the affairs of the Society of Friends and hiring of slaves. Also included correspondence about the estate of Robert Pleasants, including the fate of his former slaves, and a letter regarding a decision of the Superior Court of Chancery to restore a slave to her freedom (1809)

mssBR Boxes 42 & 43

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Andrew Brown papers

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the correspondence and papers of Andrew Brown. The collection is made up primarily of business records and contains 97 volumes of day books, cash books, ledgers, daybooks, and account books. Also included are bills and receipts related to Brown's general store in Kernville, California, his jobs as postmaster and an agent for Wells, Fargo Express Company, and his other business interests. Of note in the collection are two account books from 1873 to 1886 for business transactions with Chinese individuals in Kernville. Some of the volumes are damaged and fragile so use may be restricted.

mssBrown

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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)

Brock Collection: Papers of James Brown

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