Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Bowyer-Hubard Papers, Manuscript #MS 1929.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1929

Biographical Information

Michael Bowyer of Augusta County, Va. was captain in the 12th Virginia regiment of the Continental Line. He married Frances Carpente r in 1766. Elizabeth Hubard, daughter of loy alist lawyer James Hubard married Michael Bowyer's son, John.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and family papers of Michael Bowyer, captain, Continental Line (12th Virginia regiment), of Augusta County, Virginia, including state commission as captain of Virginia militia (signed by Edm{un}d Pendleton, John Page, Tho{ma}s Lud{well} Lee, P{aul} Carrington, Dudley Digges, and J{ame}s Mercer) and continental commission (signed by {John Ha}ncock); certificate of leave to have family inoculated for smallpox (signed by Charles Scott); certificate of his marriage to Phreney {Frances ?} Carpenter in 1766: letters from John Page and James Wood containing military orders for Bowyer; agreement of Alexander McGrew to pay Bowyer; and letter from Lafayette introducing the French engineer, {Simon} Bernard. Also included is letter from James Murray; and letter from M{atthew or Meriwether} Hubard to Mrs. Frances Morton Hubard saying Lord Dunmore has advised him to accompany Lord Cornwallis to East Indies; bookplate of the Loyalist James Hubard; engraved plate for James Hubard's bookplate; and a framed silhouette of James Hubard.

Arrangement

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Index Terms

Persons:

• Bernard, Simon,1779-1839.
• Bowyer, Frances Carpenter.
• Bowyer, Michael.
• Carrington, Paul,1733-1818.
• Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis,|cMarquis,1738-1805.
• Digges, Dudley,1718-1790.
• Dunmore, John Murray,|cEarl of,1732-1809.
• Hancock, John,1737-1793.
• Hubard, Frances Morton.
• Hubard, James.
• Hubard, Matthew.
• Hubard, Meriwether.
• Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier,|cmarquis de,1757-1834.
• Lee, Thomas Ludwell,1730-1778.
• McGrew, Alexander.
• Mercer, James.
• Murray, James.
• Page, John,1744-1808.
• Pendleton, Edmund,1721-1803.
• Scott, Charles.
• Wood, James,1741-1813.

Corporate Names:

• United States. Continental Army - History.
• United States. Continental Army. Virginia Regiment, 12th.

Subjects:

• American loyalists - Virginia
• Bookplates, American.
• Smallpox - Vaccination - United States