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[Identification of item], Reid Family Papers, WLU Coll. 0027, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
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Andrew Franklin Reid, Sr. (1751-1837): Father of Sarah Reid Moore (1777-1860), Andrew Franklin Reid, Jr. (1783-1811), Elizabeth Reid Alexander (1788-1870), Samuel McDowell Reid, Sr. (1790-1869), Magdalene Reid (1793-1867), Ann A. Reid (1795-1863), and Jane Stuart Reid Venable (1800-1834)
Andrew Franklin Reid, Sr. married Magdalene McDowell Reid (1755-1838) in 1776.
Samuel McDowell Reid, Sr.: Father of William Hare Reid (1823-1842), Henry Cabell Reid (1826-1844), Mary Louisa Reid White (1832-1901), Samuel McDowell Reid, Jr. (1835-1856), and Agnes Jane Reid Ross (1838-1923)
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 comprised of a second set of materials received at a later date. The correspondence supplements that found in Series 1. The other materials consist chiefly of court and other legal records during the 74-year period (1778-1852) in which Andrew and his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, were clerks of the court of Rockbridge County: tavern licenses, taxation lists, apprenticeship deeds, voter lists, militia rolls, invoices, etc. There are also some Washington College papers.
Andrew Reid, Sr. was the father of Samuel McDowell Reid. Andrew's other son, Andrew Reid, Jr., is represented in the collection. All of Samuel McDowell Reid's children are represented in the collection as well: William Hare Reid, Henry Cabell Reid, Mary Louisa Reid, Samuel McDowell Reid, Jr., and Agnes Jane Reid.
Samuel McDowell Reid's 4 volume New Testament set was separated and cataloged into rare books.
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.
Papers, 1760-1896, of the Reid Family of Virginia, including business corresopondence of Andrew Reid, 1751-1837, and of his son, Samuel McDowell Reid, 1790-1869; court records from their terms as clerks of the court of Rockbridge County; scattered 19th century papers of Washington College, of which Samuel McDowell Reid was secretary of the Board of Trustees.
To the Honorable the County Courts of the several Counties named in the annexed Schedule: Announcing 'An Act to provide further for the Public Defense;' requisitioning slaves from various counties for labor for fortifications and other various works to provide for the public defense. John Letcher, Executive Department, Richmond, November 27, 1862.
Confederate four percent registered bond. Loan Act of February 17, 1864. For R.H. Maury & Co. for $100. 8.5 x 11, approximately. March 1, 1865.
'To the Alumni of the College of William and Mary:' From the Faculty of the College of William and Mary. Four pages, only the first is printed on. Black ink on white paper, etching of the college at the top. 9.75 x 7.75 inches, closed. Williamsburg, July, 1869.
Circular about 'Numerical or Universal Language.' Ten pages bound with a single brass brad. 13.5 x 8.5 inches. Your Most Humble and Obedient Servant, Boucher de Bourcherville. Quebec, Canada. March 7, 1870.
Advertisement soliciting subscriptions to the Southern Law Review, and Southern Law and Collection Union, Nashville, Tenn. Four pages. 11 x 8.5, closed. For 1873.
Advertisement soliciting subscription to Hubbell's Legal Directory of The United States and Canada. Eight pages. 9 x 5.75, closed. Bound with string. February 10, 1873.
Circular. 'In the Supreme Court of Virginia. Hudson vs. Dismukes, &c. Note of Argument for Appellee, D. S. Marrow.' Seven pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. 1879.
Circular. 'In the Supreme Court of Appeals of Va. at Richmond. Gill, &c., Trustees, v. Barbour's Adm'r, &c. Statement.' Seven pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. 1875.
Advertisement for Standard Law Books, namely 'Judge Bouvier's Law Dictionary…' Four pages. 9.5 x 6 inches, closed. Circa 1872.
Advertisement. 'J.B. Lippincott & Co.'s New Standard Publications.' Four pages. 9 x 6 inches, closed. Circa 1875.
Advertisement. 'The Irish Law List, 94, 95 & 96 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin.' 7.75 x 5.25, approximately, closed. Printed on two pages, but folded so that two more are blank. Circa 1875.
Circular. 'Virginia State Bar Association. Officers and Standing Committees. 1888-1889.' Four pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 1888-1889.
September Supplement to Chart No. 17 of the United States Law Association, Containing Corrections to Date. Two pages. 28 x 8.5 inches. September, 1881.
Circular. 'Rules of Practice and Forms to be Observed and Used in Making and Granting Requisitions for Fugitives from Justice.' Eight pages. 8.75 x 5.75, closed. October 1, 1887.
Contains McDowell's South Carolina Militia Records, 1764-1780, and Andrew Reid's legal forms book
Microfilm of McDowell's Rockbridge County account book from 1776-1797