The Resource Five items located in oversize, box 101
Five items located in oversize, box 101
- Contributor
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- Woodville, James L., d. ca. 1848
- Anderson, William, 1764-1839
- Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854
- Lyon, J
- Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1823
- Hector, James
- McClanahan, J
- Groves, John
- Heath, James Ewell, 1792-1862
- Bowyer, Henry, 1760-1832
- McCall, G. W
- Brown, Joseph D
- Beirne, Andrew, 1771-1845
- Beirne, George, 1780-1832
- Chancellor, William, 1792-1876
- Summary
- Papers, 1794-1853, of George Chambers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, consisting of accounts, agreements, correspondence, land grants, powers of attorney, and surveys concerning land granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to George Chambers. Includes four land grants for 32,800 acres in Botetourt County to Chambers signed by Lieutenant Governor James Wood; agreement between George, Benjamin, and Joseph Chambers of Franklin County on the one part and William Chancellor, John Davis, George Thompson, and Edward Thompson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of the other part to locate and patent lands in Virginia for half interest in the enterprise; power of attorney from George Chambers to George Dyer Thompson for sale of lands; and surveys of land in Botetourt County. Correspondence and receipts concern payment of taxes owed on the land by the estate of William Chancellor and includes letters between Joseph D. Brown of Philadelphia, on of Chancellor's executors; James E. Heath, auditor of Virginia, and Henry Bowyer clerk of the Botetourt County Court. Also contains list of taxes owed by Chambers on his land, and list of acreage owned by Chambers in Botetourt, Alleghany, Grayson, Patrick, and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, and in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, (West) Virginia
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 33
- Note
- Five items located in oversize, box 101
- Label
- 1794-1853
- Inclusive dates
- 1794-1853
- Contributor
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- Woodville, James L., d. ca. 1848
- Anderson, William, 1764-1839
- Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854
- Lyon, J
- Hamilton, Andrew, d. 1823
- Hector, James
- McClanahan, J
- Groves, John
- Heath, James Ewell, 1792-1862
- Bowyer, Henry, 1760-1832
- McCall, G. W
- Brown, Joseph D
- Beirne, Andrew, 1771-1845
- Beirne, George, 1780-1832
- Chancellor, William, 1792-1876
- Subject
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- Personal papers -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Land speculation -- Virginia
- Bowyer, Henry, 1760-1832
- Real property -- West Virginia | Hardy County
- Receipts
- Beirne, Andrew, 1771-1845
- Real property -- Virginia | Grayson County
- Chambers, Benjamin, ca. 1755-1813.
- Fisher, James C
- Agreements
- Franklin County (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
- Brown, Joseph D
- Real property -- Virginia | Alleghany County
- Taxation -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Land surveys -- Virginia | Botetourt County. 2 aat
- Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854
- Land grants -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Davis, John
- Beirne, George, 1780-1832
- McCall, G. W
- Real property -- Virginia | Westmoreland County
- Thompson, Edward
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Land speculation -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
- Hall, Thomas M
- Accounts -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Chancellor, William, b. ca. 1762
- Chambers, Joseph, ca. 1756-1811
- Thompson, George Dyer
- Botetourt County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Real property -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Powers of attorney -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Letters (correspondence)
- Heath, James Ewell, 1792-1862
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century
- Chancellor, Henry, b. 1804
- Botetourt County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Real property -- Virginia | Patrick County
- Chancellor and Davis (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Real property -- Virginia | Rockingham County
- Lists
- Westmoreland County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Real property -- West Virginia | Hampshire County
- Circular letters
- Virginia -- History -- 18th Century
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
- Chambers, George
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Papers, 1794-1853, of George Chambers of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, consisting of accounts, agreements, correspondence, land grants, powers of attorney, and surveys concerning land granted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to George Chambers. Includes four land grants for 32,800 acres in Botetourt County to Chambers signed by Lieutenant Governor James Wood; agreement between George, Benjamin, and Joseph Chambers of Franklin County on the one part and William Chancellor, John Davis, George Thompson, and Edward Thompson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of the other part to locate and patent lands in Virginia for half interest in the enterprise; power of attorney from George Chambers to George Dyer Thompson for sale of lands; and surveys of land in Botetourt County. Correspondence and receipts concern payment of taxes owed on the land by the estate of William Chancellor and includes letters between Joseph D. Brown of Philadelphia, on of Chancellor's executors; James E. Heath, auditor of Virginia, and Henry Bowyer clerk of the Botetourt County Court. Also contains list of taxes owed by Chambers on his land, and list of acreage owned by Chambers in Botetourt, Alleghany, Grayson, Patrick, and Rockingham Counties, Virginia, and in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, (West) Virginia
- Action
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- Accessioned
- Described
- Biographical or historical data
- Born about 1762, George Chambers was the son of Benjamin Chambers (1708-1788), who founded Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and his wife Jane Williams Chambers (1725-1795). In 1794, he, his brothers Benjamin Chambers (ca. 1755-1813) and Joseph Chambers (ca. 1756-1811) entered an agreement with Philadelphia merchants to patent over 100,000 acres of land in Virginia, mostly in Botetourt County.
- Cataloging source
- Vi
- Form designation
- Papers
- Label
- Five items located in oversize, box 101
- Note
- Five items located in oversize, box 101
- http://library.link/vocab/branchCode
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- The Library of Virginia
- Extent
- 33
- Immediate source of acquisition
- Anderson Galleries
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- 000505032
- Type of unit
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- leaves and 38
- p.
Subject
- Accounts -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Agreements
- Beirne, Andrew, 1771-1845
- Beirne, George, 1780-1832
- Botetourt County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
- Botetourt County (Va.) -- History -- 19th century
- Bowyer, Henry, 1760-1832
- Brown, Joseph D
- Chambers, Benjamin, ca. 1755-1813.
- Chambers, George
- Chambers, Joseph, ca. 1756-1811
- Chancellor and Davis (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Chancellor, Henry, b. 1804
- Chancellor, William, b. ca. 1762
- Circular letters
- Davis, John
- Fisher, James C
- Franklin County (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
- Hall, Thomas M
- Heath, James Ewell, 1792-1862
- Land grants -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Land speculation -- Virginia
- Land speculation -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Land surveys -- Virginia | Botetourt County. 2 aat
- Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Letters (correspondence)
- Lists
- McCall, G. W
- Personal papers -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Peyton, Bernard, 1792-1854
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 18th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- 19th century
- Powers of attorney -- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia
- Real property -- Virginia | Alleghany County
- Real property -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Real property -- Virginia | Grayson County
- Real property -- Virginia | Patrick County
- Real property -- Virginia | Rockingham County
- Real property -- Virginia | Westmoreland County
- Real property -- West Virginia | Hampshire County
- Real property -- West Virginia | Hardy County
- Receipts
- Taxation -- Virginia | Botetourt County
- Thompson, Edward
- Thompson, George Dyer
- Virginia -- History -- 18th Century
- Virginia -- History -- 19th century
- Westmoreland County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century
Genre
- Accounts
- Agreements
- Circular letters
- Land grants
- Land surveys
- Letters (correspondence)
- Lists
- Personal papers
- Powers of attorney
- Receipts
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