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Samuel Paul Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Samuel Paul was a merchant at Mt. Solon, Va. and served as an Augusta County, Va. Sheriff from 1866-1869 and county Treasurer
from 1870-1882. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research
Center Wiki: .
Papers, 1828-1886, of Samuel Paul, merchants of Mt. Solon, Va. and who served as Augusta County, Va. Sheriff, 1866-1869, and
Treasurer, 1870-1882. Includes correspondence with merchants in Richmond and Staunton, Va., Baltimore, Md. and Philadelphia,
Pa.; receipts; legal agreements; tax records; business and animal licenses; and instructions given to county officials from
state officials. Collection also includes scrapbooks, [post 1850]-1886, kept by Araminta G. Paul and Blanche Paul.
Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; as well as various other manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors,
and debtors.
1849-1853
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id138156
Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; as well as various other manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors,
and debtors.
1854 January - May
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id138157
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1854 June - December
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id138158
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1855 January - June
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id138160
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; also correspondence about land warrants.
1855 July - December
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id138163
Box 2: Merchant Correspondence
1856-1857
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id138164
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1856 January - 1856 July
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id138165
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1856 August - 1856 December
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id138166
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1857 January - 1857 May
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id138168
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; letters from attorneys giving advice on
bringing suit against debtors.
1857 June - 1857 December
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id138170
Box 3: Merchant Correspondence
1858-1859
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id138172
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
1858 January - 1858 June
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id138174
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; also letters from Paul's former partner,
Gabriel Jordan.
1858 July - 1858 December
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id138176
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, debtors, and creditors. The majority of which deal with the collection
of debts.
1859 January - 1859 March
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id138177
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection
of debts.
1859 April - 1859 August
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id138178
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection
of debts.
1859 September - 1859 December
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id138180
Box 4: Merchant Correspondence
1860-1863
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id138183
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection
of debts.
1860 January - 1860 June
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id138184
Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; also letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors,
and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
1860 July - 1860 December
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id138186
Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors dealing with the collection of debts and
war-time conditions; also correspondence concerning the distribution of salt by Samuel Paul.
1861 - 1863
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id138189
Box 5: Merchant
Scope and Contents
Business Records 1830 - 1865 and undated; Legal Papers 1828 - 1861; Printed Material 1853 - 1856
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id138190
Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
1830 - 1854
Scope and Contents
Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id138193
Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
1855 - 1859
Scope and Contents
Incluing statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of bankruptcy, records of land warrants, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id138194
Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
1858 - 1859
Scope and Contents
Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id138195
Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
1860 - 1865
Scope and Contents
Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, receipts for
salt, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id138196
Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
undated
Scope and Contents
Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, receipts for
salt, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id138197
Legal papers
1828 - 1861
Scope and Contents
Including articles of agreement and deeds concerning the sale of real property, personal property, or the performance of personal
services entered into or witnessed by Samuel Paul, Peter Paul, or Samuel Paul's business aprtners.
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id138198
Box 6: Sheriff's Correspondence
Scope and Contents
Business Records 1866 - 1869; Legal Papers 1866 - 1868; Printed Material 1868 - 1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id138200
Letters to Samuel Paul dealing with collection of taxes and debts and other aspects of his duties as Sheriff of Augusta County,
Virginia; also including personal business correspondence.
1866 - 1867
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id138201
Letters to Samuel Paul dealing with collection of taxes and debts and other aspects of his duties as Sheriff of Augusta County,
Virginia; also including personal business correspondence.
1868 - 1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138202
Folder 3
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138203
Business records of Samuel Paul, Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia including statements of account, receipts, tax records,
notices of bankruptcy, etc.
1866 - 1869
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138204
Legal papers including articles of agreement concerning the sale or rental of real and personal property or the performance
of personal services entered into or witnessed by Samuel Paul.
1866 - 1868
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138205
Broadside circular letter from a Baltimore, Maryland. firm and orders from the First Military District, State of Virginia.
1868 - 1869
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id138495
Box 7: Treasurer Correspondence
1870-1878
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id138496
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning his recent election and various financial matters.
1870-1875
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id138497
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1876
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id138498
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1877
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id138499
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1878
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id138500
Box 8: Treasurer Correspondence
1879-1880
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id138501
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1879 January - May
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id138502
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1879 June - December
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id138503
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1880 January - May
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id138504
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1880 June - December
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id138505
Box 9: Treasurer Correspondence
1881-1882, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id138506
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1881 January - September
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id138507
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1881 October - December
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id138508
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1882 January - April
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id138509
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
1882 May - December
Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id138510
Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id138511
Box 10: Treasurer Business Records
1870-1877
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id138512
Business records of Augusta County Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia, including receipts, bills, tax records, and
licensing records.
1870-1872
Scope and Contents
See also Oversize File "a."
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id138513
Business records of Augusta County Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia, including receipts, bills, tax records, and
licensing records.
1873-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id138514
Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office (Samuel Paul, Treasurer), including lists of individuals
or firms assessed with license taxes for the sale of "wine, ardent spirits, or malt liquors"; an account for the county levy
for road service, 1875; account of persons paying dog licenses, 1875; and receipts.
1872-1877
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents See Oversize Files "a" and "b."
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id138515
An account of the Augusta County, Virginia levy for road service, 1876 and 1877; miscellaneous warrants; circuit court claims;
delinquent capitation, property, and land taxes for each district in Augusta County.
1876-1877
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents See Oversize File "a" and "b."
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id138516
Box 11: Treasurer Business Records
1878-1882, Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id138517
Business records of the Augusta County Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
1878-1879
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents See Oversize File "c" and "d."
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id138518
Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasuer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing
records.
1880
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id138519
Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing
records.
1881-1882
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id138520
Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, licensing records,
and miscellaneous accounts.
Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id138521
Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, licensing records,
and miscellaneous accounts.
Undated
Scope and Contents
See also Oversize File "d."
Mixed Materials Box: 12 id138522
Box 12: Treasurer Printed Material, 1870-1882 and undated; Legal Papers, 1873-1882 and undated; and miscellaneous
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id138523
Advertisements, school catalogues, legislative circulars, public notices, market reports, lists of individuals convicted of
crimes, and various blank forms from Augusta County, Virginia.
1870-1882
Scope and Contents
PM. See also Oversize File "d."
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138524
Folder 2
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138525
Advertisements, insurance material, legislative circulars, business cards, broadsides, and various blank forms from Augusta
County
Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138526
Legal papers including Augusta County papers and miscellaneous articles of agreement.
1873-1882, and Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138527
Folder 3
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138528
Jno. F. Baker, Newbern [sic], North Carolina, to Jos[eph] Steele, Lexington, Virginia.
1862 January 24
Scope and Contents
Describes the flight of families from New Bern because of a report that Yankees were nearing the coast; also describes the
bad weather that has plagued enemy ships. 4 pp.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138529
Peter Tinsley, Richmond, [Virginia.], to W.H. Tams, n.p.
1873 Feruary 11
Scope and Contents
Asks for assistance with a debtor. 2 pp.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138530
Account of W[illiam] P[urviance] Tams, cadet at Virginia Military Institute.
1869-1871
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id138531
Box 13: Manuscript Volumes
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Item: 1 id138532
Scrapbook of A[raminta] G. Paul, containing newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on recipes, prescriptions, and household
tips pasted over an account book for 1850.
[Post 1850]
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Item: 2 id138534
Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poems and short stories pasted over an
account book.
1874
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 id138535
Box 14: Manuscript Volumes and Treasurer Records
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 1 id138536
Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poetry and pictures pasted over an Augusta
County tax record.
1878
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 2 id138537
Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poetry and pictures pasted over an Augusta
County tax record, 1873.
1885-1886
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 3 id138538
Records of taxes, fees, and commissions. [Augusta Co. Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia]
1874-1875
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Mixed Materials Bound Volume: A (Samuel Paul Papers, Loose Volume) id138533
Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings on poetry and short stories, pasted over
an account book, 1840-1841
[after 1865]
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents See Oversize Manuscript Volumes File "a."
Mixed Materials Bound Volume: B (Samuel Paul Papers, Loose Volume) id138539
Cash book #4 of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia.
1880-1883
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Including settlement of Treasurer's Office's accounts with Araminta G. Paul, Administratrix of Samuel Paul's
estate. MsV. See Oversize Manuscript Volume File "b."
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