William Dawson family papers, 1728-1775.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 2 volumes; 1 microfilm reelSubject(s): - Bacon, Thomas, approximately 1700-1768 -- Correspondence
- Bearcroft, Philip, 1697-1761 -- Correspondence
- Blair, John, 1687-1771 -- Correspondence
- Broughton, Thomas, -1737 -- Correspondence
- Conway, Edwin -- Correspondence
- Davies, Samuel, 1723-1761 -- Correspondence
- Dinwiddie, Robert, 1693-1770 -- Correspondence
- Dodd, Benjamin -- Correspondence
- Fothergill, George, 1705-1760 -- Correspondence
- Gibson, Edmund, 1669-1748 -- Correspondence
- Gooch, Rebecca Staunton -- Correspondence
- Gooch, William, Sir, 1681-1751 -- Correspondence
- Henry, Patrick, -1777 -- Correspondence
- Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799 -- Correspondence
- Ludwell, Philip, governor -- Correspondence
- Potter, John, 1673 or 1674-1747 -- Correspondence
- Scott, James, clergyman -- Correspondence
- White, Alexander, 1738-1804 -- Correspondence
- Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784 -- Correspondence
- Dawson family
- Church of England -- Virginia
- College of William and Mary
- American poetry
- Sermons, American
- Universities and colleges -- Virginia
- Virginia -- Church history
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- To 1775
- Clergy
- College presidents
- Public officials -- Virginia
- Microfilm edition available, no. 16,471.
Open to research.
Correspondence, financial and administrative records, certificates, commissions, ecclesiastical papers, sermons, addresses, poetry, and other material concerning the ecclesiastical affairs of the Anglican Church in Virginia, administrative matters of the College of William and Mary, and professional and social affairs of William Dawson and his brother, Thomas. Correspondents include Thomas Bacon, Philip Bearcroft, John Blair, Thomas Broughton, Edwin Conway, Samuel Davies, Robert Dinwiddie, Benjamin Dodd, George Fothergill, Edmund Gibson, Rebecca Staunton Gooch, Sir William Gooch, Patrick Henry (d. 1777), Patrick Henry (1736-1799), Philip Ludwell, John Potter, James Scott, Alexander White, and Thomas Wilson.
Microfilm edition available, no. 16,471.
Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975.
Anglican clergyman, commissary of Virginia, and president of the College of William and Mary. Includes papers of William Dawson's brother, Thomas Dawson, also an Anglican clergyman, commissary of Virginia, and president of the College of William and Mary.
Collection material in English.
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