Randolph, William B. 1793- creator mixed material monographic eng 7,500 14 7 6 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. Open to research. 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 Adams, Richard, active 1793 Randolph, Elizabeth, active 1793 Randolph, Peter S. mm 77037283 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092.3 Open to research. DLC 771129 20260227111618.0 mm 77037283