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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Virginia -- History -- 19th Century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

19th Century Legal Manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-89-2
Scope and Contents

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT This collection contains documents - mostly letters - from a variety of Virginia and Maryland judges, Supreme Court personalities from the 19th century.



Dates: 1820-1859
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Rose, Redd, and Claiborne family papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0075
Dates: c.1771-2007
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

The John M. Woolsey Collection of Legal Documents

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-6
Abstract

Important small collection of legal documents signed by George Wythe, John Marshall, Charles Lee, Samuel Chase, Edmund Randolph, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Henry St. George Tucker and John B. Minor.

Dates: 1790-1844
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Wickham family papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15753
Scope and Contents 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: 1704-circa 1950
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library