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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
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. 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.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents relating to the Brafferton Estate as it impacted the College of William and Mary such as accounts, decrees, correspondence, biographical material on Robert Boyle, 20th century material on the search for information about the Brafferton Estate, and other material. The collection includes both original documents and copies of documents.
There is also material related to the Brafferton Estate and the early history of the College of William and Mary 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.
Related Material
University Archives Subject File Collection (UA 9); College Papers (UA 14); Historic Campus of the College of William and Mary Records (UA 228).
Information about related materials is available at http://guides.swem.wm.edu/wm
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
- College of William and Mary--History--17th century
- College of William and Mary--History--18th century
- Correspondence
- Financial records
- Indian School
- Legal documents
- Maps
- The Brafferton (Williamsburg, Va.)
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id149709
Boyle, Robert--Biographical MaterialScope 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 SchoolDecember 18, 1712Scope 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 HanburyScope 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 17731772-1773Scope 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 servicesScope 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, 1929Scope 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 OrdersScope 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 ManuscriptScope 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 SocietyScope 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 BlairJune 25, 1760Scope and Contents
2 page photocopy of letter dated 25 June 1760
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11 id149719
Correspondence--Edmund Jenningscirca 1760Scope and Contents
photocopies and transcripts of letter from Edmund Jennings circa 1760
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12 id149720
Correspondence--Earl Gregg Swem1926-1930Scope 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. Ganter1935-1936Scope 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, 1758Scope 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 17961976Scope 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 Boyle1691
- 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 Chronicle1790Scope 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 StudentsScope and Contents
Acc. 2011.068: 1 page account.
- Mixed Materials Frame: 1 id149729
Map of the Brafferton Estate1771Scope and Contents
Acc. 1990.6. Original is very fragile. Special handling required.
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 Material1773-1796Scope 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 Materialcirca 1693-1790sScope 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.