Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
Fred T. Newbraugh, Collector, Papers Regarding Berkeley Springs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1283
Scope and Contents
Material includes signed letter from David H. Strother to Perley Poore, Berkley Springs, March 25, 1858; lottery ticket for town lot in Bath, 1814; Porte Crayon autograph, and a slave list, Berkley County. Photostats of material in the Library of Congress include an signed letter from William Wirt to his daughter, August 31 1823 on Berkeley Springs; Thomas Jefferson to Mr. Rodney Washington, December 8, 1808 in regard to gambler Thomas Bailey's assault on Jefferson's secretary; portion of a...
Dates:
1787-1916
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2963
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence and papers of the noted lawyer and 1924 presidential aspirant for the Democrats, John W. Davis, kept by his daughter, a famous author, Julia (McDonald) Davis Adams. Noteworthy is a 1948 official publication in tribute to Davis' career as Solicitor General of the United States (1913-1918). There is a typescript copy of his diary recounting his wartime and post-war tenure (1918-1921) as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. His letters include some of his...
Dates:
1842, 1861-1897, 1918-1927, 1946-1953, 1978
Thomas Jefferson Letters (photostat)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1125
Overview
Photostat negative copies of an unsigned autograph letter dated at Paris, 19 Oct 1785, addressed to Peter [Carr], an enclosure in an ALS dated at Monticello, 27 Feb. 1822, written to George W. Summers, grandfather of the donor, while he was a student at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia.
Dates:
1785; 1882
William McCleery (1741-1821) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0146
Overview
The papers of Colonel William McCleery of Morgantown, a Revolutionary War veteran, attorney, county clerk, prosecuting attorney, representative from Monongalia County to the Federal Constitutional Convention, founder of the Presbyterian Church in Morgantown, and landholder and purchasing agent. The papers include correspondence, typescripts, land records, and some printed materials. Much of the correspondence is between McCleery and his agent, Benjamin Oden of Upper Marlboro, Maryland,...
Dates:
1770-1857, 1945; Majority of material found within 1770-1857
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- Slaves and slavery. 3
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Land. 2
- Account books 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- England 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Great Britain 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) 1
- Indiana 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Militia - Virginia 77th Regiment. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Romney (W. Va.) 1
- Surveyors and surveying. 1
- United Kingdom. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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