Manuscripts
Brock Collection: Harrison family papers, (bulk 1780-1880)
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Brock Collection: Papers of Thomas Harding Ellis, (bulk 1869-1895)
Manuscripts
Correspondence, mainly dealing with the affairs of the Southern Historical Society and Virginia Historical Society, with a few pieces relating to Thomas H. Ellis' business activities. Correspondents include Robert Alonzo Brock and Thomas Hicks Wynne.
mssBR Box 96
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Brock Collection: Papers of Benjamin Harrison, (bulk 1779-1783)
Manuscripts
Chiefly letters, dispatches, communications, and petitions received by Benjamin Harrison during his service as speaker of the State House of Delegates and Governor of Virginia. Included are letters of acceptance and resignation from Virginia members of the Continental Congress, communications relating to taxation, raising of troops, procurement for the army, restitutions, bailing of prisoners, and other aspects of Revolutionary war in Virginia. Correspondents include Gabriel Jones, William Fitzhugh, Joseph Jones, Meriwether Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Carrington, Rochambeau, and Patrick Henry.
mssBR Box 2
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Brock Collection: Cabell family papers
Manuscripts
Letters and documents to and from members of the Cabell family, concerning family affairs, business dealings, legal and political matters and local current events, including the affairs of the University of Virginia.
mssBR Box 48
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Brock Collection: Daniel family papers, (bulk 1821-1889)
Manuscripts
Scattered letters to and from members of the Daniel family, concerning family and social affairs, local current events, and legal and political matters. Correspondents include: William Daniel (1770-1839); Peter Vivian Daniel (1784-1860); John Moncure Daniel (1825-1865), Raleigh Travers Daniel (1805-1877), Peter Vivian Daniel, Jr., and others
mssBR Box 82
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Brock Collection: Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont, (bulk 1861-1868)
Manuscripts
Correspondence accumulated by Pierpont during his gubernatorial service, chiefly received by his office in 1861-1868. Included are letters, communications, dispatches, etc. from Federal government and military agencies, petitions, applications, letters of recommendations, etc..$bAlso included are a few personal letters addressed to Pierpont, an article on the history of West Virginia, by Edmund Pendleton of Martinsburg, W. Va., and Pierpont's autobiographical sketches (1883). Correspondence include James S. Wheat, Ephraim Benoni Hall, and Peter Godwin Van Winkle
mssBR Box 155
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Brock Collection: Nelson family papers, (bulk 1775-1860)
Manuscripts
Miscellaneous correspondence and family papers, chiefly relating to the family affairs and business transactions
mssBR Box 11 (1)