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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 17

 Container

Contains 9 Results:

Financial and Legal Papers, 1848-1849

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).

Dates: 1848-1849

Financial and Legal Papers, 1850-1851

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).

Dates: 1850-1851

Financial and Legal Papers, 1852-1856

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.

Dates: 1852-1856

Financial and Legal Papers, 1857-1860

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the “Gallego Mills” following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).

Dates: 1857-1860

Financial and Legal Papers, 1861-1869

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the “North Wales” plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter...
Dates: 1861-1869

Financial and Legal Papers, 1870-1874

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).

Dates: 1870-1874

Financial and Legal Papers, 1875-1876

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the File: The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates: 1875-1876

Financial and Legal Papers, 1877-1879

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the File: The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates: 1877-1879

Financial and Legal Papers, 1880-1946

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the File: The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates: 1880-1946