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Preston, John |
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Bill - November 26, 1812
A bill dated November 26, 1712, from John Preston, Esquire to Thomas Watson for "soaling [soleing] and heeling of shoes" in the amount of $1.50.
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Bond - November 4, 1794
Bond dated November 4, 1794 of Abijah Sperry, Samuel Sperry, and Jonas Powell for $200 payable to John Preston; arranges to guarantee payment for clearing the land in Horse Shoe Bottom with Adam Wall and William Daily to inspect the work. Witnesses were Richard and Bryan McDonald.
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Letter - August 25, 1802
Letter dated August 25, 1802 to the Register of the Land Office, Kentucky, concerning the combining of land warrants for service in the 1754 Indian Wars with the original plats of parcels laid out by William Preston, County Surveyor, now deceased. The warrants had not been sent to the land office with the plats.
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Letter from Letitia Watts Rives to her aunt, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, dated December 3, 1856 - December 3, 1856 19/15/1853 /1853 08/10/1853 08/10/1835
Letter headed "Dec.3rd, 1856" from Letitia Watts Rives to Dear Aunt [Emma Gilmer Breckinridge] with an offer from the Watts family at Oaklands to keep Emma's small children if she was planning to attend the wedding of Cousin George [Wilmer]; gives news of her travels, of her sister Alice [Watts Morris] who has recently moved in to a new house called "The Grove", their travels to New York where they were well received and on to Charleston [South C...
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Notebook - circa 1789
Surveyor's notebook dated 1788-1790 recording the work of John Preston surveying tracts of land in southwest Virginia naming the land owner and also a set of accounts showing how the cost of the survey was paid. There are several pages in a different handwriting about the glory and mercy of God. Many of the tracts' metes and bounds are stated in these notes.
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Southwest Corner - n.d.
Newspaper clipping cut from the Roanoke Times written by Goodridge Wilson, Southwest Virginia historian and presbyterian minister. The article is about Carvins Cove
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Speech: Roanoke's Colonial Background - n.d.
Speech written by Lyl Palmer and delivered to a committee of Dames. The speech tells the early colonial history of Roanoke, and those individuals who traveled and settled the area.
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