Jefferson, Thomas
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1743 - 1826
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Poplar Forest, 1957
File — Box 2, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a paper written for a fine arts class entitled, “The Historical Survey of Poplar Forest,” which is in Bedford County, written by E.M. Barber. Poplar Forest was a home used by Thomas Jefferson as a retreat from Monticello; he inherited it from his wife, along with 135 slaves, which she had inherited from her father. The paper also talks about renovations made by Jefferson, as well as structural notes, photographs, and a floorplan.
Dates:
1957
Reid Family papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0027
Scope and Contents
Series 1 of this collection primarily covers the period from 1763 through Samuel McDowell Reid's death in 1869. There are also a few later items dealing chiefly with his estate. The bulk of the papers deals with business matters. Documents concern such matters as the James River and Kanawha Company, the North River Navigation Company, Washington College's relationship with the Society of the Cincinnati, slavery, and the financial dealings of John Robinson and the Hare family. Series 2 is...
Dates:
1760-1896
Virginia State History
Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 0000006998], Folder: 23, Box: data_value_missing_1123615e31f8f38caf387e35cd66140d
Scope and Contents
Materials related to the history of Virginia including a booklet on the 1776 Virginia Convention, a booklet on Wichester and the Shenandoah Valley, a pamphlet for William Moseley Brown (a candidate for VA governor), a piece on 'The Madison-Jefferson Correspondence Concerning Religious Liberty, 1784-1789,' an article called 'The Potomac Route to the Western Waters,' an article called 'The Three Generals of the Valley,' a map, postcards, a 'Sketch of Virginia History for the French Veterans,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Creation: 1910 - 1965
William and Anne Fleming Family papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0009
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers created by or related to William and Anne Fleming and several family members on Anne's side, including her parents, Israel and Elizabeth, and her brother, William.The subjects include Flemings accounts of his trips to Kentucky, his journal of the first Kentucky convention of which he served as chair, letters about business, Kentucky land claims, and family affairs. There are commissions, wills and estate inventories, land surveys and indentures, a...
Dates:
circa 1754-1833, 2000
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