A Guide to the Edward Wilson James Papers, 1635-1906 James, Edward Wilson, Papers
38-402
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Accession Number 38-402
Title Edward Wilson James Papers
1635-1906
Physical Characteristics This collection consists of ca. 500 items.
Language
English
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Edward Wilson James Papers , Accession #38-402, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisition Information
Bequest of Edward Wilson James, 1906.
Personal and business papers, land grants, deeds and other papers signed by Virginia governors and others, relating to the
history of Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne Counties, Va., and the James Family. Includes the wills of Jacob Hunter, Edward
James, Elizabeth James, John James, and William James, vestry book of Lynnhave Parish, and List of tithable and taxable property,
1784.
Names represented include John Strode Barbour, Sir William Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Robert Dinwiddie, John Ffloy, Sir
William Gooch, Sir john Harvey, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Lee, James Madison, John Page, Beverley Randolph, Edmund
Randolph, John West, William Wirt, and James Wood.
Box 1
John West- Proclamation unto Adam Thoro[w]good (Copy of 1860 January 14, Richmond,
1635 June 24
Box 1
Sir John Harvey, Knt. Governor, also Adam Thorogood (Copy of 1860 January 14, Richmond),
1637 September 19
Box 1
Wm. Berkeley and Adam Thorogood (Copy of January 14, Richmond),
1643 June
Box 1
Copy of 1882 May 3, Land off,
1682 April 20
Box 1
Edmund Andros (Copy, ca. 1800),
1696 October 9
Box 1
Samuel Boush Case
1700 January
Box 1
Francis Nicholson, Gov. General,
1700 December 18
Box 1
C. Eden, Gov. Of Carolina,
1714 November 22
Box 1
M. Bousch-Warrant,
1714 August 2
Box 1
Document
1718 July 17
Box 1
Document-Norfolk Co.
1719 February 29
Box 1
Document
1722 August 10
Box 1
Minute Book of the Vestery of Linhaven Parrish
1724-1882
Box 1
Wm. Gooch, Lieut-Gov. and Commander-in-Chief
1728 June 13
Box 1
Document
1731 March 18
Box 1
Will of John James,
1734 August 14
Box 1
Indenture,
1736 November 29
Box 1
Document,
1741 December 29,
Box 1
Indenture,
1742 February 24
Box 1
Petition,
1746 April 19
Box 1
Indenture,
1751 May 21
Box 1
Tho. Holladay to Dr. Chr. Wright
1752 February 12
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1756 March 9
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1756 May 25
Box 1
Deed-Robert Dinwiddie to William Flanakin
1756 August 16
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1758-1759
Box 1
Document,
1762 July 20
Box 1
Receipt
1762 August 24
Box 1
Document
1763 September 21
Box 1
Bill of Exchange
1763
Box 1
Bill of exchange
1764 April 24
Box 1
Agreement
1764 August 2
Box 1
Bill,
1766 December 5
Box 1
Marriage Agreement
1766 December 5
Box 1
Lease,
1767 February 23
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1767 July 7
Box 1
Indenture,
1767 August 5
Box 1
Document
1767 October 4
Box 1
Bill of exchange
1767
Box 1
Wm. Woodhouse, Sr., Edward James, Cason Moore- Comissioner's Report
1768 February 16
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1768
Box 1
Baron de Botetourt, Gov. General
1769 December 22
Box 1
Bill of exchange
1770 April 6
Box 1
Bill of exchange
1770 May 17
Box 1
Receipt
1770 August 27
Box 1
List of Tithables,
1771 June 10
Box 1
Wm. Woodhouse-Warrent
1771 August 26
Box 1
Bill of exchange
1772 November 22
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1772 December 4
Box 1
Indenture,
1773 January 14
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1773 April 24
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1773 June 16
Box 1
Bill of exchange,
1774 February 23
Box 1
Account
1774 March 27
Box 1
List of Tithables
1775 June 10
Box 1
Patrick Henry, Governor
1777 May 20
Box 1
Patrick Henry, Governor
1777 May 20
Box 1
Deed
1778 September
Box 1
Indenture
1778 December 17
Box 1
Receipt
1779 January 11
Box 1
Will,
1779 February 28
Box 1
Poll Certificate
1779 March 9
Box 1
Copy of Will,
1780 January 24
Box 1
Receipt
1782 March 12
Box 1
Notebooks (4)
1782-1931
Box 1
Will
1783 October 15
Box 1
Princess Anne- (Taxable Property)
1784
Box 1
Blackwater Precinct- (Tithable and Taxable Property)
1784
Box 1
Lower Western Shore- (Taxable Property)
1784
Box 2
Little Creek- (Taxable Property)
1784
Box 2
Eastern Branch- (Taxable Property)
1784
Box 1
Eastern Shore- (Taxable Property)
1784
Box 2
Lower Eastern Shore- (Taxable Property),
1784
Box 2
Upper Precinct of the Western Shore- (Tithable and Taxable Property),
1784
Box 2
Return of Overseers of the poor for the Eastern Branch Precinct,
1786 March 29
Box 2
Will- William Jamessen
1786 September 22
Box 2
A list of persons presented by the Grand Jury and sent to the Attorney General,
1786 November 9
Box 2
Edmund Randolph, Governor
1786 December 5
Box 2
Edmund Randolph, Governor,
1787 February 10
Box 2
Judgement declared on case against John Guy,
1787 March
Box 2
Receipt,
1787 November
Box 2
Marriage Bond,
1787 December 16
Box 2
Marriage Bond
1787 December 24
Box 2
List of Tithables,
1788
Box 2
Summons,
1789 March 2
Box 2
Document,
1789 March 19
Box 2
Copy of Elizabeth James Will
1789 December 8
Box 2
Beverley Randolph, Land Grant,
1790 May 17
Box 2
Receipt,
1792 July 22
Box 2
Chancery Suit, James vs. Brock
1792-1798
Box 2
Attachment,
1793 August 19
Box 2
Suit in Chancery between Charles Brock, et al. & John James, et al.,
1794 May 8
Box 2
Governor Henry Lee, Comission to Jonathan Woodhouse,
1794 July 16
Box 2
Document,
1794 July 19
Box 2
Appointment of Overseers of the Poor, Little Creek Precinct,
1794 July
Box 2
Deposition (Elizabeth Attwood),
1794 August 5
Box 2
Governor James Wood, Commission to Tully Moseley,
1794
Box 2
Moseley vs. Moseley,
1795
Box 2
Marriage Bond,
1796 April 7
Box 2
Moseley vs. Moseley,
1796 May 24
Box 2
Tully Moseley vs Josiah Hunter,
1796 June
Box 2
Document,
1796 June
Box 2
Bill of Complaint,
1796
Box 2
Deposition- Charles Henry and Pembroke James,
1797 May 8
Box 2
Brock vs. James,
1797 June 6
Box 2
James Wood, Governor,
1797 July 25
Box 2
Court Decision
1797
Box 2
Wm. Brock vs. John James,
1797
Box 2
Indenture,
1799 February 25,
Box 2
Indenture,
1799 February 25
Box 2
Bond,
1802 December 6
Box 2
Governor John Page- Comission,
1804 April 28
Box 2
William Wert's opinion on George Gasking's will,
1805 February 21
Box 2
Thomas Jefferson to Edward S. Hall,
1807 July 1,
Box 2
Bill and Receipt,
1807 October 13
Box 2
Receipt,
1812 March 3
Box 2
Bill,
1813 March 23
Box 2
Governor J. S. Barbour,
1813 April 1
Box 2
Governor J. S. Barbour,
1813 May 19
Box 2
Copy of Edward James' Will,
1814 October 6,
Box 2
Bill of Lading,
1814 December 26,
Box 2
Indenture,
1820 May 5
Box 2
Land Grant,
1826 April 21
Box 2
Bill of Sale (slave),
1829 September 9
Box 2
Bill of Lading,
1829 October 3
Box 2
Division of the Negroes of James Henley,
1832 December 20
Box 2
Governor John Floyd,
1833 April 3,
Box 2
John James to John Cornick, Jr.,
1835 February 22
Box 2
John James to Jane Shepherd,
1835 April 5
Box 2
Receipt,
1835 October 17
Box 2
Insurance Policy and Receipt,
1835 December 29
Box 2
Certification of Death,
1839 January, 30
Box 2
Receipt,
1844 April 13
Box 2
Invitations, announcements,
ca. 1850-1906
Box 2
Columbia James- Autograph Album,
1856-1858
Box 3
Receipt,
1876 December 5
Box 3
James Cormick to E. W. James,
1882 April 21,
Box 3
J. M. Brockenbrough to E. W. James,
1882 July 12
Box 3
Jon Hunter to Edward James- (Genealogy),
1883 May and July 23,
Box 3
Baptist Church Register,
1883-1884
Box 3
Bank of Commerce,
1885-1900
Box 3
Marine Bank,
1885-1906
Box 3
Micellaneous Norfolk Banks,
1885-1906
Box 3
Norfolk National Bank,
1886-1893
Box 3
Alexander Brown and Sons,
1887-1901
Box 3
Miscellaneous Bills, Receipts, etc.,
1890-1896
Box 3
Winston, Colston, and Co.,
1892-1905
Box 3
W. H. Lowdermilk and Co.,
1895 November 22
Box 2
Norfolk National Bank,
1895
Box 3
Miscellaneous,
1895 and 1905
Box 3
Norfolk National Bank,
1896
Box 3
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, etc.,
1897
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1897
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, etc.,
1898
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, etc.,
1899
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1899
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, etc.,
1900
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1900
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, etc.
1901
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1901
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, Receipts, Bonds, etc.
1902-1905
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1902
Box 4
Virginia Club to Edward Wilson James,
1903 October 14
Box 4
Norfolk National Bank,
1903
Box 4
Miscellaneous Letters, etc.,
1904
Box 5
Norfolk National Bank,
1904
Box 5
Norfolk National Bank,
1905
Box 5
Richard H. Baber and Son to Edward W. James,
1905
Box 5
Wilson, Colston, and Co. to Edward W. James,
1905
Box 5
Miscellaneous Letters, Bills, etc.,
1906
Box 5
Norfolk National Bank,
1906
Box 5
Wilson, Colston and Co. to Edward W. James,
1906
Box 5
Miscellaneous
1908-1909
Box 5
Unidentified Note,
n.d.
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