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February 18, 1783, Letter from Walker Daniel, at Col. Floyd's, to a French Merchant concerning commercial conditions on the wester Kentucky Frontier Both are friends of Col. Floyd, mentions Lincon, Fayette, Fall's of Ohio River, KY River' number of…

The collection consists of a manuscript map survey of land in Montgomery County, Virginia, belonging to Philadelphia merchant Levi Hollingsworth. The acreage, divided into thirty-two tracts of one thousand acres each, is situated on the Guyandotte…

Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial Manufactory Trade Card, probably printed about 1784. The Coade stone business was started by Eleanor Coade in 1769 and operated into the 1833, later run by a business partner after Coade's death. The trade card was…

381 pages

Signed and witnessed note dated January 2, 1792

108 pages

Slate Disposal Dump and Part of Aerial Tram At Caretta

The Hertford Receipt Book is a recipe book written in Hertford, England (a county town of Hertfordshire) from 1800 to 1833. The recipes were documented by several people as handwriting changes throughout the volume. Some recipes are…

5 volumes

Promissory Note William Pennock and Peter Boon for $150.00

Goodson asks Samuel Huff to pay George Helton two pounds and five shillings for him.

Samuel Huff says that he will pay James Goad $10.00.

Bird Smith says that he will give Samuel Huff 30 acres of land.

Weddle informs Samuel Huff of his welfare after his trip and what he saw while he traveled.

Keef promises 8 dollars to be paid on or before November 1, 1806.

Indenture between Bird Smith and William Thompson, for land on the west fork of Little River in Montgomery County, VA.

Huff promises to pay John Snyder one pound and nine pence.

A list of free Negroes and Mulattoes, compiled by James Barnett, district commissioner of revenue, Montgomery County, Virginia. The list includes places of residence of the free persons as well as a brief job description for each. The list divides…

James Adams or Jacob [Hallex?] promises to pay John Douglas seven pounds, sixteen shilling, and sixpence.

John Jameson Receipt

Promises 4 dollars, 4 shillings and two sixpences.

This is the will of George Reaves.

Financial records of multiple transactions.

Fine of 1 dollar and 50 cents to Samuel Huff for delinquency at Battalion and Augt. Musters

Duncan tells his uncle and relatives about his travels from his cousin's house and back to home as well as his health and welfare.

Baltzer Yonson's receipt for payment to Sheriff of Wythe.

Note: The scan of the third page of this letter is missing. Please see the transcript for the text of the missing page.

Duncan talks about newly passed laws in Virginia regarding soldiers.

Account held by Zachariah Wheat with Micajoch Travis Jr.

Receipt written by Baltzer Yonson in 1815.

Receipt written by Baltzer Yonson in 1815.

Receipt of payment of Baltzer Yonson to the Clerk of Waythe Superior Court.

This is a document appraising the values of enslaved persons and lands held by Robert Edmiston, of Washington County, Virginia. The inventory lists an enslaved man and woman, both aged between 12 and 50 years, and an enslaved boy and girl, both aged…

Notebook belonging to John Bralley, where he practiced arithmetic (1815-1816). The latter parts of the book contain store accounts from 1832-1846. Parts of the book are written in pig-pen cipher.

Receipt of payment of Baltzer Yonson to the Clerk of Waythe Superior Court for copying two orders of attendance.

Baltzer Yonson's written tranfer of money from George Kinger, 1816.