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Charles Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Charles Brown was a physician who resided in Charlottesville, Virginia in the early nineteenth century and who served as sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Letters, accounts, and legal papers of Dr. Charles Brown. Collection includes letters, 1813-1818, concerning patients (including slaves).
Includes land signed by Henry Lee and John Tyler, items relating to "Actonplace" [Acton] English estate of William Jennings and plats of land in Albemarle County, Virginia; as well as letters of members of the Brown family.
Charles Brown Papers 1792-1888, Albemarle County Virginia is available on microfilm in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number HD1471 .U5 R43 36 reels.
This collection has been arranged chronologically by date with those items without dates located at the end. These papers have been organized into four series and two sub-series: 1. Letters,1813-1877 (Folders 1-4); 2. Accounts and Papers of Charles Brown, 1810-1877 (Folders 5-8); 3. Papers relating to Other Members of the Brown family, 1751-1888 (Folder 9); 4. Papers belonging to other persons, 1796-1850 (Folder 9).
Charles Brown Sheriff Bond, 1842, SC
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Letters about the estate of William Jennings of Actonplace England with Charles Brown as the executor. 1859-1877. Letters that were sent to or written by Charles Brown concerning his patients, 1813-1818. 193 items.
Letters from or concerning patients and correspondence with Charles Brown as the Executor of the estate of William Jennings.
Charles Brown was the Executor of the estate of William Jennings. In the search for descendants of William Jennings, there is genealogical information on the descendants of Cornelius Dabney and Sarah Jennings. 20 pieces.
5 letters concern slaves.
1 letter concerns a slave.
Both letters concern slaves.
Note: On the bottom of the sheet appears a note in the same hand signed James Keaton.
Letter concerns a slave.
2 letters concern slaves.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
2 letters concern slaves.
4 letters concern slaves.
1 letter concerns a slave.
2 letters concern slaves.
1 letter concerns a slave.
1 letter concerns a slave.
1 letter concerns a slave.
1 letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Letter concerns a slave.
Includes 2 letters to Dr. Ragland. Personal and business correspondence, some having to do with legal matters in Albemarle County. A few letters deal with the estate of Charles Brown's father in 1843. Other letters are from members of his religious community. Some names mentioned are: Tilman G. Maupin, George H. Smith with Polly Hardin Smith, William Adams with David M. Wingfield, J.W. Locke of Hartsville, Tennessee and J.H. Wartmann. Letter from Ira Benjamin Brown to Charles Brown thanking him for the advice to change the way he signs his name.
Important accounts and papers that were kept and used by Charles Brown.
A deed given by William D. Taylor, United States tax collector for the 18th district of Virginia, to Charles Brown, covering a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
A warrant issued by John Taylor, Governor of Virginia, granting a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia, to Charles Brown.
Papers concerning other lands owned by Charles Brown.
Licenses to practice medicine.
Bonds given by persons appointed by Charles Brown, sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia, to act as deputies.
Suits against Charles Brown, sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Suit of G. T. Owens against Charles Brown.
Judgement against Charles Brown.
Papers concerning the joint ownership of a horse by Charles Brown and John Fagg.
An article on the habits and economy of the honey bee, by Charles Brown.
Papers relating to a patent for a process of preserving wood discovered by Charles Brown.
Power of attorney given to A. R. Brown and Elvira S. Ayres in the settlement of the Charles Brown estate.
Included are letters, accounts, boundary and land identifications, and estate settlement papers.
Papers consisting of invoices, receipts, etc. from members of the Brown family
Papers giving boundaries of land owned by Benjamin and Bezaleel Brown.
A warrant signed by Henry Lee, governor of Virginia, granting to Bazeleel [Bezaleel] Brown a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Papers relating to the settlement of the estate of Judith Brown.
Papers that were created for or by persons other than the Brown family and found among Charles Brown's papers.
A warrant granting to John Barkley a tract of land in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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84 pages. 6 x 4 inches.
28 pieces