Minor, Garret,  1744-1799. <br/><br/>
Garret Minor papers, 1765-1798. 

 - 2  oversize volumes (120 items). 1  microfilm reel. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Letters and accounts concerning business and military affairs in Virginia and Georgia.  Includes ledger (1765-1792) of accounts of Minor's sawmill and store, with material relating to Thomas Jefferson's account and to land speculation; correspondence relating to land speculation in Wilkes and Elbert counties, Ga., and to Revolutionary War campaigns in Virginia against the Earl of Dunmore (1776-1777) and Lord Cornwallis (1781); and military certificates signed by Beverley Randolph and Edmund Randolph.  Correspondents include Minor's brothers, Peter and Dabney Minor, and Anthony Sydnor and Charles Cosby, Samuel Gist, Thomas Jefferson, and James Tait. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. <br/>Washington, D.C. : <br/>Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, <br/>1977. 
<br/><br/><br/>Sawmill owner, merchant, and militia officer, of Louisa County, Va.; first name alternately spelled Garrett. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 76033043  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis,  1738-1805. <br/>Cosby, Anthony Sydnor, 1762-1822 --Correspondence.<br/>Cosby, Charles, 1726-1802 --Correspondence.<br/>Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of,  1732-1809. <br/>Gist, Samuel--Correspondence.<br/>Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Correspondence.<br/>Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 --Finance, Personal.<br/>Minor, Dabney, 1749-1799 --Correspondence.<br/>Randolph, Beverley, 1754-1797. <br/>Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813. <br/>Tait, James, -approximately 1800 --Correspondence.<br/>Minor, Peter--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Virginia. Militia. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Land speculation--Georgia--Elbert County.<br/>Land speculation--Georgia--Wilkes County.<br/>Land speculation--Virginia.<br/>Merchants--Virginia--Louisa County.<br/>Sawmills--Virginia--Louisa County.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Louisa County (Va.)--Commerce.<br/>United States--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783<br/>Virginia--History--Campaigns.--Revolution, 1775-1783
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Lumbermen.<br/>Merchants.<br/>Militia officers.