Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection open for research .

Use Restrictions

Physical characteristics and conditions affect use of this material. Photocopying not permitted.

Preferred Citation

James L. Hamilton Letter, 30 August 1848 (SC 0041), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA..

Acquisition Information

Unknown, transferred to Town of Leesburg by Loudoun County in July 1994.

Alternative Form Available

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Accruals

1989.0005

Processing Information

Processed by Stephanie Adams Hunter, 7 September 2010.

Formerly catalogued as part of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Century Miscellany Collection 1772-1956, NUCMC 65.

Biographical Information

James L. Hamilton was born in 1799 and lived in Leesburg, Virginia in the early to mid-19th century; little information is available about him during this time period. Around 1848 Hamilton moved to Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife, Hannah (ca. 1822-n.d.), and children Elizabeth (ca. 1845-n.d.) and Israel (ca. 1848-n.d.). In Baltimore he developed his business making and marketing a patent medicine, which he called the "Virginia Remedy," for stomach, throat and lung problems. James L. Hamilton died 28 October 1879.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of an autographed letter signed from James L. Hamilton to Leesburg attorneys Messrs. Tebbs & Ball dated 30 August 1848. The letter does not identify the men individually. However, Livingston's Law Register for 1852 lists Charles B. Ball (ca. 1824-n.d.), A. Sidney Tebbs (1810-1872) and Charles B. Tebbs (1821-1867) as practicing in Leesburg, with the Tebbs & Ball firm also noted. Hamilton writes about his patent remedy business, and asks the law firm to collect monies owed him by Loudoun County doctors who dispensed his medicine.

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Bibliography

Ancestry Library Edition, Federal Census, www.ancestrylibrary.com/, accessed September 3, 2010.
Baltimore Sun , February 17, 1853, infoweb.newsbank.com/gbnl/
Baltimore Sun , October 29, 1879, infoweb.newsbank.com/gbnl/
Duncan, Patricia B. Genealogical Abstracts from The Mirror: 1880-1890, Loudoun County, Virginia . Westminster, MD: Heritage Books,
Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/, accessed September 3, 2010.
James L. Hamilton Letter, 30 August 1848 (SC 0041), Thomas Balch Library, Leesburg, VA.
Livingston, John. Livingston's Law Register for 1852: Containing the Post Office Address of Every Lawyer in the United States. New York: Office of the U.S. Law Magazine, 1852. books.google.com
Loudoun Cemetery Database, Thomas Balch Library, www.leesburgva.gov/index.aspx?page=940

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