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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
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.
Conditions Governing Access:
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.
Preferred Citation:
Hodgson-Estes Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Processing Information:
Box and folder list compiled by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC staff, in November 2011.
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1805-1874, of the Hodgson family of Columbia (Fluvanna County), Va.; Buckingham County, Va.; and Goochland County, Va. Includes correspondence, accounts and legal documents of Joseph Hodgson, William B. Hodgson, Jr. and Hodgson & Estes, Columbia, Va. There are nineteen manuscript volumes, mostly account books of Joseph Hodgson (trading as Hodgson & Ellis and Hodgson & Son), but also including a letterbook, 1850-1852 and 1860-1863, of Hodgson. Includes memorandum, 1856, of gold bullion deposited by the U. S. Mint; certificate, 1827, signed by Henry Clay as Secretary of State; and printed speech, 1874, of John T[homas] Harris in the U. S. House of Representatives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Account books
- Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Correspondence
- Daybooks
- Financial records
- Fluvanna County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Goochland County (Va.)--History--19th century
- Legal documents
- Merchants--Virginia--Fluvanna County
- United States Mint
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Buckingham County (Va.)--History--19th century
Container List
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 16 folder: 1
Papers relating to Members of the Hodgson Family1867-1873EnglishScope and Contents
The contents consists of the following:
Item 1: Papers of Joseph Hodgson, 1822-1871 Letters, 1867-1871. Accounts, including invoices, notes, and receipts, 1826-1868. Legal papers from the suit in Fredericksburg chancery court between Benjamin N. Barnett, administrator of Charles Urquhart, and Joseph Hodgson. 1822-1830. Deed given by Rebecca Hodgson granting to her son Joseph Hodgson certain personal property and her dower rights in her husband's estate. 1827. Memorandum of an agreement between Joseph Hodgson and Ben Armstrong concerning the rental of the canal boat Rivanna. 1843. Papers relating to the sale of a tract of land in Goochland County, Virginia, by the heirs of Eliza Gay to Joseph Hodgson. 1852-1856. Other legal papers. 1860-1868.
Item 2: Papers of William B. Hodgson Jr., 1854-1868 May 26, 1968 letter to his father from William B. Hodgson Jr., Columbia. Deed given by William B. Hodgson Jr. transferring his interest in a certain tract of land in Orange County, Virginia, to George Pannell Jr., trustee for his wife Louisa D. Hodgson. 1854. Autographed document signed. A deed of trust given by William B. Hodgson Jr., to James M. Estes, covering certain personal property and William B. Hodgson's interest in the estate of Jeremiah Pannill. October 18, 1858.
Item 3: Papers relating to other members of the Hodgson family, 1867-1873 Letters. 1867, 1873. An inventory of the personal estate of Joseph Hodgson. 1805. 1 item. Other papers. 1872.
- Mixed Materials Manuscripts Group 2 Box 16 folder: 2
Papers relating to the Hodgson and Estes families and other persons1852-1874EnglishScope and Contents
The contents consist of the following:
Item 1: Papers relating to the firm Hodgson and Estes, 1852-1870 Accounts, including invoices, receipts, and correspondence.
Item 2: Papers of James M. Estes, 1854-1856
Item 3: Papers relating to other persons, 1832-1874
Item 4: Printed matter, 1860-1874
- Mixed Materials Volume: 1
MsV 1: Journal1851 September - 1853 SeptemberScope and Contents
702 pages. 15 3/4 x 11 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 2
MsV 2: Journal1853 September - 1855 MarchScope and Contents
545 pages. 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 3
MsV 3: Journal1855 March - 1857 MarchScope and Contents
628 pages. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 4
MsV 4: Journal1857 March - 1859 MarchScope and Contents
645 pages. 17 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 5
MsV 5: Journal A of Hodgson & Sons1869 September - 1872 FebruaryScope and Contents
640 pages. 17 x 12 1/2 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 6
MsV 6: Ledger1855-1859Scope and Contents
Circa 529 pages. 17 1/4 x 12 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 7
MsV 7: Ledger of Joseph Hodgson, Merchant, at Columbia, Virginia1868-1869Scope and Contents
Approximately 300 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 8
MsV 8: Ledger A of Hodgson & Son, Merchants, Columbia, Virginia1870-1875Scope and Contents
Approximately 540 pages. 17 1/4 x 12 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 9
MsV 9: Index to a Ledger, probably of Hodgson and EstesUndatedScope and Contents
50 pages. 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 iches. The index was found in a journal of Hodgson & Estes.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 10
MsV 10: Cash Book1854-1855, 1860, 1870-1877Scope and Contents
Cash book of Hodgson & Son, merchants, Columbia, Virginia. 420 pages. 13 1/4 x 9 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 11
MsV 11: Cash Book1857 July-1866 JanuaryScope and Contents
360 pages. 13 1/4 x 9 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 12
MsV 12: Daybook of Joseph Hodgson1861-1869Scope and Contents
Daybook of Joseph Hodgson, Mercahnt, at Columbia Virginia (1861 July 1 - 1863 July 23) and at Richmond, Virginia (1863 September 5 - 1869 September 1). 486 pages. 15 x 6 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 13
MsV 13: Daybook of Joseph Hodgson1868 May 19 -1869 September 1Scope and Contents
Daybook of Joseph Hodgson, Merchant, at Columbia, Virginia. 576 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 3/4.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 14
MsV 14: Daybook of Hodgson & Son1869 September 1-1870 December 31Scope and Contents
Daybook of Hodgson & Son, merchants, Columbia, Virginia. 528 pages. 12 1/2 x 8 1/4.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 15
MsV 15: Daybook of a merchant1872 September 9-1874 July 15Scope and Contents
Daybook of a merchant, probably Joseph Hodgson of Columbia, Virginia. 720 pages. 12 3/4 x 9 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 16
MsV 16: Daybook of Hodgson & Son1874 July 16-1876 May 15Scope and Contents
Daybook of Hodgson & Son, merchants, of Columbia, Virginia. 640 pages. 13 1/2 x 9 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 17
MsV 17: Bank Book of Hodgson & Son1871 December-1877 FebruaryScope and Contents
Bank Book of Hodgson & Son, merchants, of Columbia, Virginia, containing account in the National Bank of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. 92 pages. 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 18
MsV 18: Inventory Book of Joseph Hodgson1869 March 1, 1870-1872Scope and Contents
Inventory of Joseph Hodgson, merchant, Columbia, Virginia, containing goods on hand. 152 pages. 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.
- Mixed Materials Volume: 19
MsV 19: Copies of Letters Written by Joseph Hodgson1850-1877Scope and Contents
Book containing copies of letters written by Joseph Hodgson, merchant, of Columbia, Virginia (1850 July 3-1863 June 18) and a record of articles received and delivered (1868 October 12-1877 June 5. Many of the letters in the book ae signed "Hodgson & Estes" a firm in which Joseph Hodgson was a partner. 432 pages. 12 1/2 x 8 inches.