Guide to the Brafferton Estate Collection , UA 113

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Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. Permission to use documents held by other institutions, including Lambeth Palace & Borthwick Institute, reproductions of which are part of this collection, must be granted by the repository holding the original document.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Custodial History:

Acc. 2011.068 was previously part of the College Papers Collection.

Preferred Citation:

Brafferton Estate Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1994.009 was transferred from the College Papers folders 286, 287, and 288. Acc. 1990.006; Acc. 2009.129 was received prior to 2007. The will of Robert Boyle was originally Acc. 1939.36 and was a gift. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2009.129 accessioned by Steven Bookman in May 2009. Acc. 2011.069 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, on 2/14/2011. Acc. 2012.396 and 2012.397 accessiond and minimally processed by Benjamin Bromley, December 2012.

Container List

id175184

Series 1: Brafferton Estate Collection

Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id149709
Boyle, Robert--Biographical Material

Scope and Contents
Pages from a book on Boyle; typed pages of Boyle biography; newspaper clipping from Richmond Times Dispatch, March 19, 1944 on "Life of Great Physicist", an interpretive biography of Boyle.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id149710
Memorial concerning the Indian School
December 18, 1712
Scope and Contents
Folder contains both a handwritten copy and a typed transcription of the memorial and associated correspondence.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id149711
Accounts--C&O Hanbury

Scope and Contents
Letter, Osgood Hanbury & Co., to the President and Masters, 18 February 1771; Letter, Hanbury & Lloyd, to the President and Masters, 24 July 1771; Account, C & O Hanbury, 1766. Letter to William & Mary from John Lloyd, executor of Osgood Hanbury, about Brafferton financial matters, 1787 September 20.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id149712
Account of the half-yearly rents, 1772 and 1773; Accounts for 1773
1772-1773
Scope and Contents
An account of two half yearly rents due Lady Day and Michaelmas, 1772 and 1773.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id149713
Accounts--medical services

Scope and Contents
An account of medical services provided to the Indian School by Doctors James and William Carter, 1765/66
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6 id149714
Investigation of the estate, 1929

Scope and Contents
photos of Brafferton village and chapel in England typed pages of investigation
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7 id149715
Suit, Chancery Decrees and Orders

Scope and Contents
Notes on the papers in the case; typescript of Vestry report; typescript, Chancery Decrees and Orders, 1790; notes on the case; letter, John Forster, 1796
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8 id149716
Fulham Manuscript

Scope and Contents
Typed transcriptions of the "Rules and methods agreed on for the settlement of Mr Boyles Charity in Virginia"; correspondence between Ludwell Johnson (Chair of Department of History at W&M) and Sheffield University and Chatsworth Settlement
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 id149717
Christian Faith Society

Scope and Contents
Photocopies of the two charters of the Society for Advancing the Christian Faith in the British West India Islands and the Mauritius.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 id149718
Correspondence--James Blair
June 25, 1760
Scope and Contents
2 page photocopy of letter dated 25 June 1760
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11 id149719
Correspondence--Edmund Jennings
circa 1760
Scope and Contents
photocopies and transcripts of letter from Edmund Jennings circa 1760
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12 id149720
Correspondence--Earl Gregg Swem
1926-1930
Scope and Contents
Letter, October 26, 1926 to Julian A. C. Chandler from Earl Gregg Swem regarding the relation of Robert Boyle to the College of William & Mary; letter, March 29, 1929 to Earl Gregg Swem from Robert M. Hughes; letter, February 14, 1930, to Earl Gregg Swem from T. C. Dale.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 id149721
Correspondence--Herbert L. Ganter
1935-1936
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between William and Mary alumnus and archivist Herbert L. Ganter and The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; Lee Bolton & Lee; and Earl Gregg Swem.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 id149722
Correspondence--Bielby Porteus, March 18, 1758

Scope and Contents
photocopies of letter dated March 18, 1758 from B. Porteus
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id149728
Photo of a map of the Brafferton Estate in 1796
1976
Scope and Contents
P1988.231: Photograph of a map of the Brafferton Estate, 1796. Gift of Maurice Beresford, 1976.
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id293003
Will of Robert Boyle
1691
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id149725
Rules and methods for disposition of rents and profits
[1695]
Scope and Contents
Acc. 2009.129: A transcript of a 1695 document explaining the rules and methods for distributing rents and profits of the Brafferton Estate to fund the Brafferton School at the College of William & Mary.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id149726
Dublin Chronicle
1790
Scope and Contents
Newspaper, The Dublin Chronicle, dated November 20, 1790. Last page has an article on Robert Boyle.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id149727
Invoice to the Brafferton Indian School for Clothing for the Students

Scope and Contents
Acc. 2011.068: 1 page account.
Mixed Materials Frame: 1 id149729
Map of the Brafferton Estate
1771
Scope and Contents
Acc. 1990.6. Original is very fragile. Special handling required.

id175185

Series 2: Brafferton Estate Material from Repositories in the United Kingdom

circa 1693-1790s

Scope and Contents

This series holds copies of material related to the Brafferton Estate from the Borthwick Institute at the University of York and the Lambeth Palace Library. Material may only be used in the Special Collections Research Center and may not be copied.

Mixed Materials Series 2 Box 1 id175186
Borthwick Institute Material
1773-1796
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts and rental information from the Brafferton Estate, a map of Brafferton entitled "The Township of Brafferton in the North riding of the Co: of York, The Estate of The Society for the Conversion and Religious Instruction and Education of the Negroe Slaves in the British West India Islands," and appeals of the faculty of the College of William & Mary to the Lord Chancellor.
Mixed Materials Series 2 Box 2 id175187
Lambeth Palace Library Material
circa 1693-1790s
Scope and Contents
Includes a copy of the Royal Charter of the College of William & Mary, the Transfer to the Faculty in Virginia, an account relating to money given towards the construction of the College of William and Mary at its founding, material relating to the appointment of Chancellors of the College, and the money generated by the Brafferton Estate. There is also correspondence relating to the early history of the College, including letters from Francis Nicholson, Alexander Spotswood, and James Blair.