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Fox family

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0150
Scope and Contents

All sent to Vause Fox, Romney, (W.) Va., by relatives and others relating to family affairs, prices of farm products, and leather and hides at Baltimore. Writers of letters include Amos Fox, Absalom Fox, Mahlon Lewis, Sam Kercheval, Jr., J.P. Bayless, Geo. Leslie, Henry Leslie, and Wm. Vause.

Dates: 1822-1832

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0477
Scope and Contents

Letters and business papers of the Fox family, centered on William and Vause Fox; there are accounts showing prices for goods and services in the first decades of the nineteenth century, including hides and leather, surveying, field labor, and weaving; items on Negroes and slavery, the Literary Society of Romney; and letters from Virginians who had taken up western lands.

Dates: 1788-1892

Fox Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0471
Scope and Contents

Papers centering upon Williams and Vause Fox, Hampshire County; including indentures, patents a slave deed, return of supplies and regimental orders of the 77th Regiment of Virginia Militia, accounts for farm implements and household supplies; names mentioned include Johnson Barkelow, and William and George Calmes; the land papers bear the signatures of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Wood, and Thomas Randolph.

Dates: 1799-1859

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Account books 2
Farms and farming. 2
Land. 2
Leather 2
Literature -- Societies, etc 2