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Administrative Information

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Container List

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 1 id22177
  n.d. List of names, beginning with Joseph West.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 2 id22178
  n.d. 2 envelopes; the first addressed to James M. Booker at Moore's Ordinary Post Office, Prince Edward County, Va. The second addressed to Selina Powell, Charlotte County, Va.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id22179
  16 December 1775.  "Memo of guns."
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id22181
  15? January 1776. Leven Powell, Hampton, to Sarah Powell describing the burning of Norfolk and Gosport Shipyard
  Scope and Contents

  Heard remains of Norfolk to be burnt. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 5 id22182
  5 January 1777.  F. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pa. to John Muir, n.p.
  Scope and Contents

  Account of successful attack on Trenton, and pray send this immediately to Major Powell.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 6 id22183
  2 May 1777.  Christopher Greenup to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Clothes, blankets and smallpox inoculations for the soldiers.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 7 id22184
  21 August 1777.  Peter Grant to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Describes the inoculation cabin and the difficulty of getting soldiers. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 8 id22185
  3 June 1778.  Dr. Griffith to Leven Powell at Valley Forge.
  Scope and Contents

  There are good conditions at Valley Forge; appointment of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben as Inspector General; Tories leaving Philadelphia; Rhode Island to be evacuated; treaty with France. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 9 id22186
  Leven Powell's commission
  1777 December 22
  Scope and Contents

  Typewritten transcription of Leven Powell's appointment to Lieutenant Colonel. Also notes his retirement the following year.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 10 id22187
  4 April 1783.  Stevens Thomson Mason to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Requests Powell's support in an upcoming election. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 11 id22188
  30 November 1783.  Stevens Thomson Mason to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Lawsuit and copy of laws. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 12 id22189
  After 1785. Memorandum by Leven Powell regarding a toll road.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 13 id22190
  5 February 1791.  Leven Powell to Burr Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Land arrangement with Hite, Col. Greenup; danger bringing money through the wilderness; Alexandria and 10 mile [District?]; his warrants northwest of Ohio; Kentucky admitted to union. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 14 id22191
  20 December 1791.  Bill of lading and invoice on the Brigadine.
  1791/12/20
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 15 id22192
  7 March 1793.  Collow Frères, Carmichael & Co., Havre, France, to Leven Powell concerning tobacco.
  Scope and Contents

  Describes business agreements for purchasing tobacco. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 16 id22193
  28 May 1796.  Leven Powell, Middleburg, Virginia, to Henderson, Ferguson and Gibson.
  Scope and Contents

  Reached home to collect sentiment of people on treaty. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 17 id22194
  7 May 1797. Leven Powell, Middleburg, Virginia, to Burr Powell, Kentucky.
  Scope and Contents

  Commission to take examination of Mrs. Philips; discusses what to do with an enslaved man who has deliberately injured himself, and the danger of rebellion by the enslaved; international politics. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 18 id22195
  2 December 1797.  Leven Powell, Columbia, South Carolina, to Burr Powell, Georgia.
  Scope and Contents

  Talks about William Washington; Mrs. Linton's debt; concerned about attack by France. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 19 id22196
  5 January 1798.  John W. Reonaugh, Baltimore to Burr Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Money owed in France.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 20 id22197
  12 February 1798. Leven Powell, Augusta, Georgia, to Burr Powell, Middleburg, Va.
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses selling enslaved individuals to settle debts. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 21 id22198
  12 February 1800. To Burr Powell, regarding the Jonathan Robbins case.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 22 id22199
  5 March 1800.  Jonathan Robbins.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 23 id22200
  3 April 1800.  Burr Powell's candidacy; Madison pamphlet.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 24 id22201
  9 April 1800.  Jo Lewis, candidate against Burr Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 25 id22202
  9 December 1800.  Leven Powell to Burr Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Asks Burr to obtain two enslaved people for Leven [Jr.?]; Election of 1800. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 26 id22203
  23 December 1800.  Leven Powell, Washington, D.C., to Burr Powell, Middleburg, Loudoun County, Va.
  Scope and Contents

  Finest beef bought in this market; French Treaty; rumor concerning Lafayette; Election of 1800.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 27 id22204
  23 December 1800.  Richard Hooe, Alexandria, Va., to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Election of 1800; French Treaty; Hooe not happy with Thomas Jefferson or Aaron Burr; also criticizes the Secretary of the Navy.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 28 id22205
  2 January 1801.  Leven Powell to Burr Powell
  1801 January 2
  Scope and Contents

  Money owed by tenants to Leven Powell; compares Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson; in his decision for whom to vote, he will be governed by constituents' wishes.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 29 id22206
  19 January 1801.  Leven Powell, Washington, D.C. to Burr Powell, Middleburg, Va.
  Scope and Contents

  Private character of Aaron Burr; problem with what Thomas Jefferson might do in regard to the Navy; French treaty; price of corn; Leven wants his horse well fed.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 30 id22180
  8 February 1801. Charles Little, Danby [Denbeigh?, Fairfax County, Va] to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Views of the constituents of Loudoun County about the Election of 1800.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 31 id22207
  5 February 1801.  Thomas J. Page to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Has problems with both Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 32 id22208
  6 February 1801.  [Doctor? ] Thomas Sim to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Sim is confident that Powell will make the right decision in the Election of 1800; asks for copy of the Congressional report on revenue; Powell's prospects in next election.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 33 id22209
  7 February 1801. Thomas Ludwell Lee, Jr. to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Lee would probably prefer Aaron Burr but trusts Powell's judgment.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 34 id22210
  6 February 1801.  Francis Adams to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  People of Loudoun will not be happy if Powell votes for Aaron Burr, but people that have seen Powell's letter trust his judgment.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 35 id22212
  16 February 1801.  Leven Powell to Burr Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Election of 1800. Clover seed and plaster.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 36 id22213
  17 February 1801.  Thomas Fouch to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses Aaron Burr versus Thomas Jefferson. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 37 id22214
  20 February 1801.  Francis Peyton to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Writes about tobacco and debt; Thomas Jefferson versus Aaron Burr. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 38 id22215
  3 May 1802.  Thomas Middleton to Leven Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 39 id22216
  18 July 1802.  Leven Powell, Middleburg, Va., to Mrs. Sarah Powell, Leesburg, Va.
  Scope and Contents

  Loss of Sally's child; health of "Negro Sally". Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 40 id22217
  12 April 1803.  James Madison to Robert R. Livingston.
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses Powell's claim on the French government for losses incurred because they stopped the mail. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 41 id22218
  1803?  Document referring Powell to the extract of a letter from Livingston.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 42 id22219
  8 January 1805.  Leven Powell to Burr Powell "in General Assembly".
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses the division of Virginia road; lots of marriages; law concerning landlords and tenants. Includes typed transcription.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 43 id22220
  1819? John Lloyd to Mrs. Cottinger.
  Scope and Contents

  List of tuition costs, book prices, and other expenses for the education of Selina Lloyd.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 44 id22221
  11 March 1821. Charles Powell, Yale College, to Cuthbert Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses various personal matters, such as his mathematics studies; his tutor advised playing shuttlecock; the pain in his breast is better; Llewellyn is pleased with college; students inhaling gas and the resulting antics; asks for the Leesburg newspaper; Llewellyn is in need of a loan.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 44A
  Catalog of the Connecticut Alpha of the Phi Beta Kappa
  1826 August
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 45 id22223
  January 1829.  Notes on the "Claim on France" by Burr Powell.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 46 id22224
  5 January 1829.  [Stephen Pleasonton?] to Monroe?
  Scope and Contents

  Chancellor Livingston said that Powell had no case, since claims of citizens were surrendered by the Convention with France in 1800; however, if proof can be supplied, it may be worthwhile to bring the claim before the French government.  Also mentions Monroe's fall from horse and sickness.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 47 id22225
  16 January 1829.  Stephen Pleasonton to Monroe.
  Scope and Contents

  Pleasonton has received the papers of Major Powell from Monroe and wishes that Isaac Coxe Barnett be the attorney.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 48 id22226
  15 October 1829.  Llewellyn Powell, Louisville, Ky., to Charles L. Powell, Leesburg, Va.
  Scope and Contents

  Llewellyn thinks that Charles' idea of going to Maryland to practice law is a good one.  Charles' impending marriage to Selina.  Llewellyn's wife and child are well.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 49 id22227
  18 December 1829.  William M. Blackford to William Meshing.
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses using power of attorney to appoint Mason an agent to collect rents in Loudoun county from Mildred A. B. Lewis and Blackford for himself and as attorney in fact for Mrs. Macfarlane.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 50 id22228
  30 May 1833.  James H. Causten to Cuthbert Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Causten is the general agent of the claimants against France.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 51 id22229
  July 1833. Printed form concerning the claims against France, filled in for James H. Causten by Cuthbert Powell.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 52 id22230
  July 1833.  Memorial and petition of the merchants to Congress.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 53 id22231
  15 July 1833.  James L. Causten to Cuthbert Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Regarding the French claims of Leven Powell.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 54 id22232
  21 October 1840.  St. Leger Carter, Port Conway, King George County, Conway, Va. to Major Newton Keane.
  Scope and Contents

  Concerns possible sale of land from the estate of his deceased mother Elizabeth Carter.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 55 id22233
  23 September 1849.  Charles L. Powell to his wife, Selina.
  Scope and Contents

  The children are away so he will write; talks about the letter from Rebecca Tabb; inflammation of tonsils; he is glad to hear Nelson safely reached California; his mother is upset that Cuthbert would be taken to Baltimore against his will, because he was to have been told he could go to Baltimore voluntarily or to Staunton under compulsion but "Ma interfered."

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 56 id22234
  9 May 1853.  Rebecca Powell, Henry, Ill., to her grandmother.
  Scope and Contents

  She had written from Cleveland and has now arrived safely to Henry. Reports on rest of family and thanks her grandparents for the time she had in Virginia. Mentions family there, including Uncle Nelson, Aunt [Anna?] and Uncle John Lloyd's family.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 57 id22235
  9 November 1858.  Lloyd Powell, Henry, Ill., to "mother."
  Scope and Contents

  Discusses multiple topics, such as the rainy weather, a comet that is passing nearby, and the state elections.  Mentions that his business is not doing well.  Asks her about their school.  Presbyterian minister Mr. Winn castigated the Episcopalians.  Charles is chewing tobacco.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 58 id22236
  17 July 1861.  Harrison Powell to his cousin Rebecca Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Asks her to bake bread for his company, which is in position for battle.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 59 id22237
  20 May 1862.  Charles L. Powell, Jr. to his father.
  Scope and Contents

  [This letter may be a copy made in 1870s or 1880s.] "I left Jackson's army at Shenandoah Mountain..." Would not be able to join Rockbridge Artillery now. Sending letter by Dr. Hunter McGuire.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 60 id22238
  14 October 1862.  Selina Powell, Kenmuir,  to her mother.
  Scope and Contents

  Mr. Gordon persuaded Mr. Powell to come take charge of Chapman's education. Dr. McGuire talked to him about an hour before he fell. Both sons taken in their second battle.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 61 id22239
  23 May 1863. Wellington Gordon To Charles Powell.
  Scope and Contents

  Battle of Trevilian Station and Stuart's cavalry.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 62 id22240
  6 February 1864. Charles Powell to his wife.
  Scope and Contents

  Arrest of Robert Conrad. Trying to find a place for her to board.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 63 id22241
  16 July 1870.  Nina Powell to Sewell Stavely Hepbron [Hepburn].
  Scope and Contents

  Describes her love for him. Loss of her sister Hattie.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 65 id22242
  n.d. Portraits, clippings, and currency.
  Scope and Contents

  Various items concerning the Powell and Hepburn families: an engraved portrait of Leven Powell; a photograph of Sewell S. Hepburn; an 1882 obituary of Amory Houghton; several clippings on lineage of Buchan-Hepburn, Hepburn of the Hooke, Hepburn surname, and Hepburn of Colquhalzie, and a clipping from the Southern Churchman on the Sewell & Hepburn lineages; and a Confederate $10 bill.

• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 66 id22243
  n.d.  Information on the Simms and Powell lineages; typed sheet with wording of the appointment of Leven Powell to rank of Lt. Colonel, 1/1777.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 67 id22244
  n.d.  "The Name and Family of Hepburn." Typescript and photocopy of typescript.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 68 id22245
  n.d.  Data compiled concerning land surveys, census records, etc., from late 1600s onwards.
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 69 id22246
  n.d. "The Mt. Vernon Chapter of the D.A.R. of Alexandria, Va."
• Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Folder: 71 id22247
  n.d.  Genealogical material. Hand drawn family tree, negative photostats of land records.