Account current with the estate of John Lynch French

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  Dawsonne Drake (estate). Account current with Robert Storey

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  PO 1123

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  Account book of the estate of Peter Jefferson

  Manuscripts

  An account book marked "Albemarle County" that covers the period from Aug. 26, 1757 to September 1765 kept by an executor of Peter Jefferson's estate, most likely John Harive (1706-1767). The miscellaneous accounts entered on a semi-regular basis reflect settling of Peter Jefferson's estate; entries include payments to the Surveyor's Office and the College of William and Mary.

  mssHM 912

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  Pierre Joseph Jeunot journal

  Manuscripts

  The journal that Jeunot kept during his service in the West India Islands and Virginia. The manuscript contains detailed information on vessels of the French fleet, the combined French and Spanish fleets, together with a list 124 English vessels, and gives detailed accounts of the French operations at Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Kitts, Tobago, and St. Christopher as well as a long account of the engagement in Chesapeake Capes (Sept. 5, 1781). The manuscript also includes the Articles of Capitulation of the Islands of Tobago and St. Christopher, as well as the "Capitulation of York in Virginia made between Lord Cornwallis Commander General of the British Troops in Virginia and Maryland..." and a list of the French regiments engaged in the siege of Yorktown, together with a list of the ships engaged and the names of their commanders. Also included are contains directions for making fuses, disquisitions of the artillery employed in the French fleet, some poems, religious reflections, scattered daily entries penned in the early 1800s (in a different hand), etc.

  mssHM 578

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  Account book of the estate of Peter Jefferson, (bulk 1743-1758)

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  The accounts of Peter Jefferson's estate compiled ca. 1759 by an executor of Peter Jefferson's estate, probably John Harvie (1706-1767). The book covers the period from 1743 to 1758 and consists of the accounts with the estates of Col. William Randolph, Peter Jefferson's father, Thomas Jefferson (1679-1731), (these accounts cover the period from 1728 to 1732 and include a record of the sale of a "Negro woman Call'd Phillis & 2 children Call'd Dinah & Goliath, purchased of Capt. Henry Wood at Publick sale"), and Joshua Fry. Also included are accounts with "Messrs. Thomas Chamberlayne & Co," John Bisnell, College of William and Mary, Albemarle County, Doctor Thomas Walker, and others. More detailed accounts of Col. William Randolph's estate include lists of vouchers of payments made by Peter Jefferson, "An Account of Tobacco made at Col. Randolph's Quarters," "Overseers Accounts," and "Sundry payments made to the Sheriffs of Goochland & Cumberland on Account of Col. Randolph's Estate" (ff. 28v -- 32 v.). Also included are records of Peter Jefferson's surveyor's fees (ff. 34 v. - 38), and alphabetical index (ff. 45 v. - 46 v.)

  mssHM 911

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  Account book of John Edward Pryor, Perth Amboy, N.J

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  Account book kept by Pryor and probably his son and namesake during the construction of the Proprietary House. Included are accounts of payments to workers, purchases of construction supplies and furnishings for the house, (including those intended for "Negroes"); personal accounts, etc. Also included are sketches of the construction and receipts for various payments.

  mssHM 676

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  Letters regarding French bookbinding

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  The majority of this correspondence is written to Robert Hoe, book, manuscript and art collector, American businessman, and the head of R. Hoe & Company. The correspondence, which is all written in French, concerns bookbinding and often specific consignments (proprosed treatments, payments, shipments, etc.) on books sent to the binders by Hoe. The letters are written by several notable French bookbinders including: Émile Carayon (1), René-Victor Chambolle (5) and his son René (1), Adolphe Cuzin (3), Francisque Cuzin (5), Antoine Joly (15), and Léon Maillard (3). Many of the letters are addressed solely to "Monsieur," but are probably also written to Hoe.

  mssHM 81037-81070