July 1819

Blackmore, Reuben, fl. 1819

Autograph document signed

Title: to Reuben Blackmore

Bill for payment to Reuben Blackmore, chain carrier on surveying project forouth boundary of Tennessee. Docketed by Blackmore.

GLC06997.065

25 October 1819

Winchester, Susan, 1819-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Reply to letters of Maria and her husband. Mrs. Winchester is happy that they and the new baby are well, but is anxious about the unhealthy conditions in New Orleans. Written at Cragfont .

GLC06997.066

25 October 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to John C. Calhoun

Complaints of the Chickasaw chiefs regarding the recent establishment of the Tennessee state line. Winchester lists their major complaints, which he then answers.

GLC06997.067

8 November 1819

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Breedlove

Winchester writes regarding the settlement of Memphis, Tennessee. Written at Cragfont .

GLC06997.068

1 January 1820

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Apology for not writing sooner. Plans for Maria's visiting her parents with her children. News of family and neighbors. Written at Cragfont .

GLC06997.069

February 13, 1820

Winchester, Susan, 1819-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Thanks for letter, apology for not answering sooner. "You know my daughter my misfortune, to be entirely without education, else your letters should never remain a week unanswered." Sends family news, plans to visit in the coming summer if possible. Written at Cragfont

GLC06997.070

27 June 1822

Winchester, James, 1725-1826

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Winchester

Writes regarding court case in which David Winchester is currently involved. He encloses documents for David to complete, and hopes for a favorable settlement. He conveys greetings from family and acquaintances. He ends with a discussion of the prospects of war in Europe: "We here, like you in Baltimore, look forward to the event of a war in Europe with pleasure, you because it will enlarge the field for enterprize [sic] and we because we think it will excite a demand for our surplus produce, but these are unworthy motives we should not rejoice at so great a calamity on our fellow man for any…

GLC06997.071

January 24, 1826

Overton, William, 1826-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

Encloses a letter from William Lawrence, with a proposal for publication he thinks worthy of consideration. Would like the General's opinion on the subject.

GLC06997.072

23 November 1829

Smith, Thomas, fl. 1829

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James Winchester

pamphlet, newspaper publication

GLC06997.073

1830

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

Autograph document signed

Title: [Unused bill of sale]

Unused bill of sale for parcel of land in Memphis.

GLC06997.074

6 October 1832

Quigerly, Jacob, fl. 1832

Autograph document signed

Title: [State of Kentucky Court of Appeals]

Certification: J. Wrightman Smith permitted to practice as a counselor and attorney.

GLC06997.075

26 March 1833

Winchester, Lucilius, 1833-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Statement of Mr. Breedlove's account

GLC06997.076

10 November 1838

Cassedy, Charles, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Maria Breedlove

Cassedy is currently writing a biography of Mrs. Breedlove's father, James Winchester. He asks Mrs. Breedlove to have an engraving of her father made as a frontispiece for the book, which should be "as faithful to the truth of the countenance as the book itself will be to the character of the man." He expects that the upcoming presidential race will excite political controversy, and thus make the biography very popular Written at Cragfont

GLC06997.077

13 June 1839

Cassedy, Charles, 1838-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James W. Breedlove

Written on the occasion of Breedlove's retirement from office. Cassedy does not believe current newspaper reports regarding Breedlove's mishandling of funds. He writes: "The allegation … is probably intended to affect the popular tide of the next Presidential Election: nothing is too base and unprincipled for the instrumentality of faction…" Written near Gallatin, Tennessee.

GLC06997.078

1 August 1850

Smith, Urilda, fl. 1850

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for funeral transactions]

Receipt for transactions involving shipment of husband's body.

GLC06997.079

1815-1860

Reed, Alfred, fl. 1815-1860

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Woody Johnson

Sends Mr. Martial's speech. Advises every slaveholder to vote.

GLC09302.001

5 December 1855

Holdensby, J., 1855-?

Autograph document signed

Title: [Hiring Announcement]

"...to hire out ten negroes consisting of men, women, and children..."

GLC09302.002

24 October 1854 - 25 December 1854

Autograph document

Title: [ record of sermons from 24 October 1854 - 25 December 1854]

GLC09302.003

25 June 1853

Johnson, Woodson, fl. 1820-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [The Baptist Church of Christ at Morgans Creek meeting house Rockingham County newsletter]

includes greetings, nominations, events.

GLC09302.004

February 25, 1854 - March 25, 1854

Autograph document

Title: [record of sermons 25 February 1854 - 25 March 1854]

GLC09302.005

March 1832

Autograph document signed

Title: [List of subscribers to White Shorn? Church]

Woodson Johnson's name is included

GLC09302.006

1815-1860

Map

Title: [Map of Sanders property given to Joshua Sanders]

GLC09302.007

May 1844

Johnson, Woodson, fl. 1820-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: Report of the house meeting

meeting notes

GLC09302.008

February 11, 1853

Johnson, Rawley, fl. 1827-1853

Autograph letter signed

Title: to father and family

says he will be home soon and is shipping a lot of tobacco to newbury...

GLC09302.009

1815-1860

Johnson, Woodson, fl. 1820-1864

Autograph document signed

Title: [Advertisement for land in Rockingham county]

GLC09302.010