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Guide to the Dromgoole Family Papers Mss. 39.1 D83


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 39.1 D83
Title
Dromgoole Family Papers 1821-1896 1850-1890
Quantity
4 Boxes
Creator
Dromgoole, Edward, 1838-1897
Creator
Dromgoole, Edward Jr., d. ca. 1848
Creator
Dromgoole, George Coke, 1797-1847
Creator
Dromgoole, W. E.
Location
1 volume: Pav. A, 2218: E
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

Dromgoole Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Processed by Cynthia L. Barwick in 1984.

Biographical Information:

The Dromgoole family resided in Brunswick County, Virginia. Edward Dromgoole was a follower of John Wesley and a minister for sixty years, dying in 1835 at the age of 84. His son George C. Dromgoole served in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. He also served in U.S. House of Representatives 1835-1841 and 1843-1847. A family member named Edward Dromgoole was a merchant and lawyer in Brunswick County and a person by that name served in the Virginia General Assembly, 1855-1858.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, accounts,(including accounts, 1875-1895, of laborers ?) and manuscript volumes, primarily 1850-1890, of members of the Dromgoole family of Brunswick County, Virginia. The majority of the papers seemingly were created by Edward Dromgoole, fl. 1838-1897, a merchant and lawyer in Brunswick Co. There are also some items relating to George Coke Dromgoole (1797-1847), a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, as well as items concerning other people who are only identified as E., Edward, or George C. Dromgoole.

Arrangement of Materials:

Arrangement: This collection has been arranged according to the series stated in the organization and then into chronological order by date.

Organization: This collection has been organized into 9 series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Accounts, bills, and receipts of Edward Dromgoole, merchant, 3. Accounts, bills, and receipts of Edward Dromgoole, attorney, 4. Accounts, bills, and receipts of W.E. Dromgoole, farmer, 5. Miscellaneous laborers' accounts, 6. Miscellaneous accounts, 7. Legal Papers, 8. Speeches, 9. Manuscript volumes.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Account books
  • Agriculture--Virginia--19th century
  • Brunswick County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Correspondence
  • Dromgoole family
  • Dromgoole, Edward, Jr., d. ca. 1848
  • Dromgoole, Edward, fl., 1838-1897
  • Dromgoole, George Coke, 1797-1847
  • Dromgoole, W. E
  • Financial records
  • Invoices
  • Lawyers--Virginia--Brunswick County
  • Legal documents
  • Merchants--Virginia--Brunswick County
  • Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
  • Practice of law--Virginia--History--19th century
  • Receipts (financial records)
  • Speeches
  • Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century

General

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00030.frame

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Dromgoole, Edward Jr., d. ca. 1848
  • Dromgoole, Edward, 1838-1897
  • Dromgoole, Edward, Jr., d. ca. 1848
  • Dromgoole, Edward, fl., 1838-1897
  • Dromgoole, George Coke, 1797-1847
  • Dromgoole, W. E
  • Dromgoole, W. E.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Brunswick County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id159770
Correspondence, accounts, bills, receipts, manuscript volumes, speeches, legal papers
1821-1896, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id159771
    Correspondence and miscellany of Edward Dromgoole
    1872-1880, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents Edward Dromgoole was a merchant of Brunswick County, Va. Includes the following: 1872 notice of blank income tax for 1871 enclosure; 1873 announcement from Wm. Brinckherhoff & County, New York, New York of new fall stock of hats, caps, furs, and straw goods; notices from Registrar E. Dromgoole that he will register qualified voters at Dromgoole's Store on May 11, 1880; and "Field notes of tract of land," undated.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id160224
    Accounts, bills, and receipts of Edward Dromgoole, merchant of Brunswick County, Virginia
    1867-1877
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id160225
    Accounts, bills, and receipts of Edward Dromgoole
    1847, 1863-1873, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Drumgoole was an attorney of Brunswick County, Virginia and South Gaston, [North Carolina?], including an account, 1871-1872, showing payment to Virginia Military Institute, of J. W. Harrison, an orphan of N. M. Harrison, of whom E. Dromgoole was guardian, and accounts in his capacity as executor of the estate of Issac F. Harris, Sr.; also blank promissory notes, 184(7), for accounts involved with the estate of George C. Dromgoole, Edward Dromgoole, Administrator.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id160226
    Accounts, bills, and receipts of W.E. Dromgoole of "Westward" and "Lizard Creek" plantations
    1866-1876
    Scope and Contents

    Plantations in [North Carolina?], including those for a saw mill; also cotton accounts.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id160227
    Miscellaneous (laborers' accounts?)
    1875-1895, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes share listings written on the back of "E. Dromgoole, Attorney at Law" letterhead, 189_.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id160228
    Miscellaneous accounts, bills, and receipts
    1821-1882, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a Brunswick County, Virginia tax receipt of Lucretia Atkins, 1821, listing 148 acres land, 4 slaves over the age of 16 years, and a two wheeled riding carriage, and signed by Edward Dromgoole; and a Brunsiwkc County, Virginia tax receipt, 1845, of Joseph Cain, signed by George C. Dromgoole.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id160229
    Legal papers
    1858-1896, undated
    Scope and Contents

    Includes the following: will of J.W. Palmer, Northhampton County, North Carolina, November 26, 1858; letter to E. Dromgoole, Esq., 1872, concerning the rights of a widow; notice, 1878, of an auction of [L.J. Pearman's ?], deceased, perishable estate; letter, 1896, giving information regarding deeds for lands in Amelia and Jeffress, and the Mountain Hall tract; and blank printed form for the "Sale of Real Estate in Brunswick County, Virginia."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id160230
    Speeches
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id160231
      Eulogy written and/or delivered by Edward Dromgoole
      post 1865 February
      Scope and Contents

      Eulogy for the death of a fellow attorney from Brunswick County, Virginia, John E. Shell. Manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id160232
      Speech of Edward Dromgoole, announcing his support for Horace Greeley for President
      ante 1872 November
      Scope and Contents

      Also states that Ulysses S. Grant does not fill the measure and standard of what an American President ought to be in the public eye at home and abroad. Manuscript.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id160233
      Rought drafts of speeches of Edward Dromgoole
      Undated
      Scope and Contents

      Drafts of speeches on the topic of agriculture and its various aspects. Manuscript.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id160234
    Ledger of Edward Dromgoole, merchant of Brunswick County, Virginia
    1838-1856
    Scope and Contents

    Includes accounts connected with the estate settlements of George C. Dromgoole, 1847-1853; Edward Dromgoole, Jr., 1848-1856; and Sarah C. Dromgoole, 1848-1849, with Edward Dromgoole, executor or administrator for all cases. 381 pp. Manuscript Volume.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id160235
    Journal and ledger of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1856-1866
    Scope and Contents

    244 pp. Manuscript Volume.

Mixed Materials Box: 2 id160236
Manuscript Volumes.
1866-1891
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id160239
    Journal of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1866, 1887-1891
    Scope and Contents

    Drumgoole was a merchant of Brunswick County, Virginia. Includes farm accounts with "Westward" and "Lizzard Creek" plantations (in North Carolina?), records of ginning and baling cotton, 1866-1870; a diagram of an orchard containing apple, peach, and pear trees; and a schedule of gold prices in Confederate money, 1861-1865. 387 pp. Manuscript Volume.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id160242
    Ledger of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1866-1873
    Scope and Contents

    Includes accounts of the orphans of N.M. Harrison at "Lizzard Creek" and "Westward" plantations [North Carolina?]. 308 pp. Manuscript Volume. Including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id160247
    Fee book of Edward Dromgoole, attorney, for services rendered
    1866-1878
    Scope and Contents

    Includes lists of judgements docketed in Brunswick Circuit, undated; Halifax Circuit Court, 1867; Greensville County, Petersburg Circuit Court, 1866. 92 pp. Includes index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id160250
    Daybook of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1867-1870
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a list of books in the store, April 3, 1867. 473 pp. Manuscript Volume. See Oversize Manuscript Volumes File.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id160253
    Journal of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1871-1873
    Scope and Contents

    Includes a recipe for hair oil. 405 pp. Manuscript Volume.

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id160254
Manuscript Volumes.
1873-1897
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id160255
    Ledger of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1873-1879
    Scope and Contents

    Includes accounts of the "orphans of N.M. Harrison". 261 pp. Manuscript Volume. Also including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id160256
    E. Dromgoole's "Cotton Book"
    1879-1896
    Scope and Contents

    Contains cotton accounts, including records of cotton baled, ginned, and prepared. 183 pp. Manuscript Volume. Also including accounts, 1895-1896, of the estate of E. Dromgoole, Edward Dromgoole and George C. Dromgoole, administrators.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id160257
    "Ledger A" of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1880-1897
    Scope and Contents

    312 pp. Manuscript Volume. Including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id160258
    Journal of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1885-1887
    Scope and Contents

    203 pp. Manuscript Volume.

Mixed Materials Box: 4 id160259
Manuscript Volumes.
1885-1896
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id160260
    Ledger of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1885-1889
    Scope and Contents

    219 pp. Manuscript Volume. Including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id160261
    Ledger of [W.E. Dromgoole?], Brunswick County, Virginia
    1887-1889
    Scope and Contents

    Contains saw mill, cotton, and farm accounts. 232 pp. Manuscript Volume. Including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id160262
    Ledger "C" of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1889-1895
    Scope and Contents

    Including index.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id160263
    Journal of [Edward Dromgoole?]
    1891-1896
    Scope and Contents

    260 pp. Manuscript Volume.