William B. Randolph papers

LC control no.	mm 77037283
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Randolph, William B., b. 1793. » More like this
Main title	William B. Randolph papers, 1696-1884 (bulk 1795-1855).
Related names	Adams, Richard, fl. 1793. Richard Adams papers. » More like this Randolph, Elizabeth, fl. 1793. Elizabeth Randolph papers. » More like this Randolph, Peter S. Peter S. Randolph papers. » More like this
Description	7,500 items. 14 containers. 7 microfilm reels. 6 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	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.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Plantation owner from Virginia. Died 1874.
Summary	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.
Notes	Collection material in English. MSS37283
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092>
Acquisition source	Purchase, 1914-1938.
Additional formats	Microfilm edition available, no. 21,995. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1999-2000.
Subjects	Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Inauguration, 1829. » More like this Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. » More like this Jones, P. S., fl. 1849. » More like this Monroe, James, 1758-1831. » More like this Randolph family. » More like this American Colonization Society. » More like this Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va.) » More like this Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. » More like this Agriculture--Virginia. » More like this Land speculation--Kentucky. » More like this Plantation life--Virginia. » More like this Plantations--Virginia. » More like this Presidents--United States--Election--1800. » More like this Sheriffs--Virginia--Henrico County. » More like this Slave insurrections--Virginia--Richmond. » More like this Slave trade--Virginia. » More like this Wheat--Harvesting machinery. » More like this Chatsworth Plantation (Va.) » More like this Richmond (Va.)--History--War of 1812. » More like this United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns. » More like this United States--History--War of 1812--Campaigns. » More like this United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, British. » More like this Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns. » More like this Virginia--History--War of 1812. » More like this Washington (D.C.)--History--War of 1812. » More like this Plantation owners.
Local shelving no.	0454K Microfilm 21,995-7N-7P
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007092.3>