04334cpcaa2200697 a 4500 mm 77037283 DLC 20260227111618.0 cr ||||||||||| 771129|||||||||||| eng mm 77037283 ms 71001403 DLC dacs DLC DLC C lcmd Randolph, William B., 1793- William B. Randolph papers, 1696-1884 (bulk 1795-1855). 7,500 items. 14 containers. 7 microfilm reels. 6 linear feet. Arranged in 4 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1774-1884; Series 2: Legal File, 1696-1862; Series 3: Financial Papers, 1679-1867; and Series 4: Miscellany, 1749-1843. Open to research. Personal correspondence and financial, legal, and other papers of Randolph, his father, Peter S. Randolph, his mother, Elizabeth Randolph, his guardian, Richard Adams, and other relatives and friends. The papers reflect the management and economic aspects of Randolph's Virginia plantation, Chatsworth, before the Civil War, especially farming and the buying and selling of slaves. Other topics include the election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency in 1800, James Monroe's financial affairs (1803-1805), British military activity near Richmond and the burning of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812, land sales in Kentucky, the formation of the American Colonization Society, the 1829 presidential inauguration of Andrew Jackson, the Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Va., fear of a slave uprising near Richmond (1830-1831), the operation of a wheat reaper (1842), and Civil War military activity in western Virginia. Legal papers relate to a contested election for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1835 and a contract (1839) between Randolph and P. S. Jones wherein Randolph was named sheriff of Henrico County, Va., while Jones performed all the duties and received all emoluments of the office. Microfilm edition available, no. 21,995. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1999-2000. Plantation owner from Virginia. Died 1874. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092 Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Inauguration, 1829. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Jones, P. S., active 1849. Monroe, James, 1758-1831. Randolph family. American Colonization Society. Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va.) Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Agriculture Virginia. Land speculation Kentucky. Plantation life Virginia. Plantations Virginia. Presidents United States Election 1800. Sheriffs Virginia Henrico County. Slave insurrections Virginia Richmond. Slave trade Virginia. Wheat Harvesting machinery. Chatsworth Plantation (Va.) Richmond (Va.) History War of 1812. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. United States History War of 1812 Campaigns. United States History War of 1812 Participation, British. Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Virginia History War of 1812. Washington (D.C.) History War of 1812. Plantation owners. itoamc Adams, Richard, active 1793. Richard Adams papers. Randolph, Elizabeth, active 1793. Elizabeth Randolph papers. Randolph, Peter S. Peter S. Randolph papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092.3 39464 39464