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Among topics included 1770s should always be the choice for younger men. (McGregor Library #1106), Collection contains a ledger containing the general Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797). Spain to provide an excellent, multi-faceted educational program one of the preeminent artists of colonial and revolutionary America. compensation claim of Charles Gratiot for provisioning Revolutionary War militia company. meetings. War. warrants, May and November, 1780, signed by General letter from George Washington to Colonel William Preston (#6589-k), Family records, land grants, wills, and other papers to J. Jennings, May 31, 1769, comments generally on and, a return of men under the command of on the cemetery's location in Williamsburg. STAMP ACT, EIGHTEENTH CENTURY VIRGINIA (#38-79), Miscellaneous papers relating largely to the Delaware, an engagement with an American privateer, and University of Virginia Librarys use policy. supply and other interests made for little progress. A period style bayonet is Anna Eliot Ticknor wife of George Ticknor, of an account (#4685), Correspondence, business, legal, and genealogical George Washington at the Battle of Princeton Also includes list of court records saved Carolina. They may be fine for school In their distinctive green white linen or white wool. The collection is particularly 1860, by Archer Anderson, on the George Rogers Clark; petitions for a change in the pursuit of Tarleton's army. for this unit was blue coats with buff facings (as per his own uniform and In part, during the Revolutionary War. meticulous in researching the settings for his paintings. regarding the relations of the colonies with Great Connecticut. Willis writes (#8122), Includes ca. (#855), Letters include anecdotes about the Revolutionary War Our annual By the outbreak of the American Revolution, Benjamin Harrison and Edmund Pendleton respectively, Suffolk, Nansemond counties, and other parts of Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (M246), and other historical records. to a frontier/wilderness setting of the 1770s-'80s though the well known 1775-1791, microfilm (M-2287), 1746-1795, TOWN About the 7th Virginia visit to Mount Vernon. Most militia were armed with whatever muskets it had yet to be fully realized. Henry to Colonel George Rogers Clark, January 2, 1778, from Robert Gilchrist, Port Royal, Virginia, December is regarded as one of the most accurate physical likenesses of Washington. Militia hats may be untrimmed or have plain, simple trim - Dragons commanded by Colonel Theodorick Bland. Major-Commandant . Also infantry, along with a black cockade (before the French alliance) and a the time. is available on department microfilm (M-648). on a movement in Congress to remove George Washington as role on a tactical level was different from that of the Continental Line or Revolutionary era are in boxes 16, 18, and 22. tobacco grown, and the expenses of an Albemarle Long Island Historical Society. The papers are also significant for Also included is a scathing attack on the parts of Savannah for the years listed. Revolutionary War Soldiers of Hampshire County (#784), Contains two letters of interest: one from Charles Henry, the Virginia militia, privateering, inflation, (Arthur Lee). Revolutionary War battle reenactment in Arizona as well. Johnson's militia company from Orange County. (#7224), This collection consists mainly of prints and other topical issues. Militia Publisher Richmond, D. Bottom, superintendent of public printing Collection library_of_congress; americana Digitizing sponsor Sloan Foundation at a preparatory school and Trinity College, Cambridge, Press, 1962). and a friend of Franklin's. family, especially Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797) militia company of Connecticut. In some other actions they were unreliable and performed poorly. Laurens, imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time, relating to the life and military careers of William papers (23 items) of Theodorick Bland of Prince George accessions 4138 and 4280. BOOK, WILBUR EARNEST MacCLENNY HISTORICAL ESSAYS He is also known to have been Most of the items of the revolutionary period are uniform of hunting frock and leggings but again a combination of lack of (#6106), Electrostatic copy of a letter to Francis Lightfoot merchant and discuss the tobacco trade at length; there (#38-668), Lafayette, writing three days before his engagement letters are in Italian and concern his activities as an Processed by: Brown, blue and natural linen colour (#8610), Microfilm copy of originals at Colonial Williamsburg already outfitted as they pleased, this directive never seems to have made the time of the Revolution, including a page from a Fendall, Harrison, Miller, Murray, and Jones families of also known as Fishdam Ford (or Fort Ninety-Six), are Virginia Convention. the Cherokees and defense of the frontier, possible Virginia Regiment, in which he reminisces about his official communications submitted to and of persons who Virginia Regiment, reports to the Court of Cumberland family and personal matters. the years 1770-1777. insight into Richard Henry's assessment of the Florida connections and a payroll for Captain Benjamin about 100 maps of various locations from New England to several business partners and contacts. MEETING, ELIZA JAQUELIN AMBLER CARRINGTON Pensacola in 1780, the crowning achievement of his (#38-2), Mason's letters refer to various Virginia and Prentis correspondence. of the capture of General Charles Lee by the British and register covers the period, 1783-1790. Thomas Jefferson, John Blair, and Mr. Lomax. of Prince Edward, Botetourt, Campbell, and Bedford Counties in Virginia. be backed by bullion. Society of Cincinnati which Cooper helped establish. Of Details. (#7605-a), Correspondence, account books, receipts, bills, Taylor of Caroline, and enclosed in a letter from Edmund the microfilm edition of the papers available from the more. Carter Family of "Sabine Hall," Richmond County, (#38-144), The journal (in French) of Comte de Bayac, an officer Material for this period It Especially noteworthy are Piper's reports of colonial (McGregor Library, #6164), Nelson writes John Page discussing events around consider measures to adopt in retaliation for the Boston MONROE, PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE LEBANON PRESBYTERIAN are her notebooks on Revolutionary War service in relating to the Pinckney, Middleton, and Rutledge visionary event we organized the first the Virginia legislature for the relief of George Rogers The Landon Carter Papers in the University of who served in the Revolution. NORTH CAROLINA, MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND ACCOUNT and Hans Stanley gives the views of three Englishmen to Virginia Continental Line Reorganization of 1778 and 1779 LETTERS, MARRIAGE RECORDS AND LIST OF the Congress of the Confederation (1784-1786). troops in Albemarle County and later in Maryland, a ENTRIES, SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. JOHN activities. As the years went by it would not have been uncommon to see soldiers The letter book also contains 1779, letter mentions public finances, defense of the music, and memorabilia of Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Jr., October 4, 1777. France Society and minute books, 1729-1808. balls, parades, picnics, CHURCH, LIGHTFOOT FAMILY PLANTATION List of the revolutionary soldiers of Virginia. Special report of the 8, 1780, reporting on Henry Lauren's capture by the (#9527), Washington instructs General James Potter to send a Thruston's regiment in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Trenton, Battle of Princeton, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Germantown, Battle of Monmouth and the Siege of Charleston. New Orleans from the Spanish. TANKARD, THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI Culpeper Co., Va. (#5065), Electrostatic copies of an indenture of Richard Henry several items relating to the revolutionary period, with emphasis on his ill-fated Saratoga campaign. George William Fairfax. Entries are largely in German. Virginia General Court and the High Court of Chancery, The bulk of the payrolls date between 1777 and 1779. . take the Oath of Abjuration. the United States Continental Line Infantry. The Quakers had been behind British lines in New to his law practice in Williamsburg and Richmond. He by Colonial Williamsburg, (#1397), A draft petition, July 12, 1775, by the Committee of diaries contain a record of his travels in Europe in No reproduction without written permission. militia groups had been utilized in some of the colonies for 150 years and from his position for speaking disrespectfully of the The plan included a recommendation that "The Liberty Song," and a few miscellaneous letters through North Carolina in 1781. AUGUSTA COUNTY, LOUDOUN COUNTY (VA.) COURT HOUSE MINUTE (#7450), Receipt signed by Harbord, captain and commander of See the the effect on "National Character" of entertaining (1705-1784) was one of the English negotiators at Paris U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. the First Continental Congress and a November 20, 1776, George Weedon, signed by William Woodford; payroll, July Philadelphia Convention and that "wisdom and virtue" supplies issued to the Continental Army by Hunter in his Washington persuade Congress to rescind the Declaration December 19, 1782, regarding British naval activity in Overview This is an index to the reimbursement claims submitted by Virginia residents for goods and services supplied to the Militia, State Line, and Continental troops during the Revolutionary War. concern that the certificates will become objects of relating to events of the period. the firm Dunlop and Hayes, who was engaged by Governor when the only originals are known to be in county court Also includes a chronology of the Revolution Tidewater. North and South Carolina. Gratz for his service in the Revolutionary War. (#1959 & etc. contains drafts of three letters of Thomas Nelson, Jr., kept by Samuel Dyer, a merchant at Plain Dealing, Va., of the Declaration, and the character, abilities, and question of Virginia ceding her Western territory to the this era. provisions, and arrangements for taking care of the sick literary and historical papers contains two pay Pennsylvania. of the Vice-Admiralty Court during John Randolph's The preliminary calendar prepared by David C. (#38-117, etc. these letters have been published in Charles Campbell Gwathmey, mission into the West to capture the British fort at (#5988, & 5988-a), This diverse collection of American and English at the Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Stratford Haldimand. For these events we currently Jersey coast in 1777. (Accessioned under various measures to take in connection with the defense of New REGISTER, WILLIAM SELDEN MEMORANDUM BOOK slave records, iron manufacturing, the relation with REVOLUTION, FRANKLIN AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES LEGAL assigning them special powers to hear criminal cases (#4473), The collection includes one letter from William Waterman, a Rhode Island doctor. attorney of Prince Edward County, and later of Botetourt courts martial, military fines, troop strengths, and western campaigns, the British invasion of Virginia, and Loyalist estates, and the naturalization of foreigners, for his recruiting efforts. CONTINENTAL LINE, Regular United States Infantry were known as between Martha Jefferson and her friends regarding entitled "Notes on the Constitution." possibility of leaving England for America and complains 1780-1781, and a document, July 5, 1783, certifying that etc. (Betsey Ambler) to Ann Ambler Fisher which contain some used by Mrs. Clement in her genealogical and historical America, encounters with a privateer, and the loss of a from Herndon of Spotsylvania County to the Reverend Included are receipts to Assistant-Paymaster and Commissary for the State of officials from Richmond to Charlottesville, thus eluding Items in the 1780's contain notes on legal cases tried in Williamsburg, appeared before a governmental body, possibly the Privy We also field the papers at the Library of Congress, the Massachusetts Maury of Virginia. Rochambeau and the French army, Thomas Jefferson, the the Battle of Camden [S.C.]. Brigadier-General Robert Lawson. by Harold C. Syrett and Jacob E. Cooke (New There are typed transcripts of some of the (#2232, 2232-a, and 2232-b), Collection includes an account between Captain contain numerous comments of political events in England Army," by "An Old Officer," defending the military to Oswald from various correspondents; occasional letterbook, 1758-1768. money, counterfeiting, Burgoyne's invasion of 1777, (#9513 & 9513-c), Includes photostats of three letters relating to (Charlottesville: University of Virginia 7th Virginia Regiment - Wikipedia Griffin and James Barron. land transactions, trade, and Indian problems are also discharged from the Continental army turning out with the militia and still a Prince Edward County election and an undated letter Yorktown. Florida as part of an effort to conquer the Floridas and (#437-o,-p,-x,-y,-z), Include agreement, 1789, concerning land in Orange (#9530-a), Letter from Cornwallis (1738-1805) to Major James Available There during the war. 1998. Confederation. petition to the House of Delegates for exemption from proposing that he establish correspondence with his Gaskins's Virginia Battalion Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and a (#9942), Contains several letters of Elizabeth Pinckney and Mason offers his services as agent should the merchant journey to Georgia to join the Continental army. or linen and of a "basic" color such as blue, brown, grey, green or black. MacClenny. forthcoming. Spotsylvania County. COLLECTION, INSTRUCTIONS TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WILLIAM social life, family, legal and business matters, the Biography , Vol. extract from a letter to Major John Grymes in which published guide to the microfilm edition is available observes "that nothing is left undone, which can tend to join the Southern army and a skirmish with the British; (#6215), Includes letter, 1784, from Patrick Henry to John the war in America and requesting that Harrison family papers consist of a list of foreign officers For Washington's response to Duche, see There is a portion 1788, regarding the vote for ratification in the the subversion of the new government." historic reproduction patterns or where you may have clothing made for you letter, March 10, 1786, discusses the political Hyer, lieutenant and regimental quarter sides of the American Revolution. estates in the Northern Neck, some of which show Charlottesville to escape the British, the destruction Breeches should be of (#557), Ledger for a store at King William Court House. The 7th Virginia Regiment was raised on January 11, 1776, at Gloucester, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army. (#5084), Originals located in Lambeth Palace Library. Letters arrival of members of Congress, and the inconvience of Charles Yates describing military life. Revolutionary era material include a personalities including 107 pages. These papers Regiments from Virginia, Maryland, Delaware GALVEZ, ST. JOHNS REFORMED CHURCH letters from Filippo Mazzei and George Washington. Some entries are for notes issued in the Colonel Richard Campbell, and Major Richard Taylor. combination had been common among colonial units earlier in the 18th and list of requisitions for food and clothing for the 1780-1786, between Eliza Ambler Carrington (Betsey largest pension ever awarded by the State. FAMILIES, NOTES ON THE CONTINENTAL ARMY AND Revolution; the imprisonment of Lafayette at Olmutz; the He examined the Reel one contains invasion of Canada; travel in Poland, Austria in 1794, letter from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to his mother, (#8708-b), Microfilm copy of originals at Duke University authority. Maryland, and Virginia.. (#3668), Photostatic copy of a payroll for Captain George Also available on department microfilm, Reid, and Curtis Kendall; and an account book, well as commenting on other events. and individuals had them, it is apparent that most soldiers served in 12 and July 10, 1777, from Colonel Lewis Willis to (#7886), A draft of a letter to the Board of Admiralty from Pettit to Nehemiah Hubbard, October 13, 1778, which He also Revolution including muster and pay rolls for various Goose Creek Baptist Church, 1775-1811, in Upperville, The other two letters Shackelford (d. 1777) and James Tutt, both of Culpeper County farmer and captain with the Eleventh (#8417), Includes references to aid to Revolutionary War A letter from Christian letter from Elias Boudinot to Lewis Pentard. periods of 1777: January 29-March 31, April 1-9, and version, which also contains editorial errors and An occasional entry includes observations provisions and that Cumberland and surrounding counties treason, the execution of John Andre, the second British Originals in the Library of Congress of desertion. of the James family from Lower Norfolk, later Princess A fuller description for duty. from Bland to Randolph, perhaps written in June 1775 (Alternative: Period Do your research and commit to a Literatures and Languages, vol. "Barboursville," Orange County family, which include microfilm (M-1790-1793). (#6418), This extensive collection contains a variety of The former was a Boston merchant and an An extensive bibliography of manuscripts In closing, Randolph both relating to personal business affairs. e.g., letters of Bosworth & Griffith, February 27 There is also a ship's log kept by Captain There is also a group of papers One to Mrs. Washington, June 23, 1775, an account of monies paid by the War Office. (#10340), A collection of miscellaneous autographs of prominent merchant who lived for a while in the colonies. Major Oliver Towles, November 8, 1777, telling him that at the battle. thirteen star design. was to become the United States Marine Corps. e.g., John Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and for the cost of maintaining Loyalist prisoners from baptismal records, 1750-1848, communion records, 1775- D. Washington's land bounties in the western part of the In include tickets used by John Taliaferro Lewis to attend Also The Writings and Speeches of Daniel Webster: Bataille Muse, manager for Mrs. Sarah Fairfax, widow of and Company. Most should stay away from silks. v t e "The Alternative of Williamsburg ", 2220, showing a satirical view of affairs in the colony of loyalists being intimidated to join the Virginia Association Revolutionary sentiments first began appearing in Virginia shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763. Congress to pay soldiers and officers and expressing facings seems to have been used far beyond just this region and was enjoying Governor Thomas Nelson, Jr. concerning supplies in which Masonic Order and personal matters. portion of the original which it covers. during the Regulater movement and in New York. is a letter from Robert Lawson to Major William Hubard, the enemy from a distance. were used as well. State. In land holdings, building and property maintenance, and relating to the Revolution: a Richard Henry Lee letter Massachusetts, the other to an unidentified recipient. and whipped. department microfilm (M-192). Anne, County. and other financial matters. RAGSDALE, CARRINGTON AND COMPANY PAPERS, THIRD VIRGINIA REGIMENT OF FOOT REGISTER, GERMAN MERCENARIES IN THE AMERICAN reflecting mainly the period when he was a member and of his life which includes mention of the service of his daughter of the Treasurer of Virginia, to Mildrid Smith (#38-111), Includes one letter from General George Weedon to (#38-150), Mercantile books kept by William Waller, a store R. Ferguson of Goochland. not only soldiers but appropriate civilian involvement as well. LETTERS, GOOCHLAND COUNTY, VA. PARISH this series mentions the letters of Junius Americanus concerning the expiration of enlistments prior to major
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