Administrative Information

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Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Librarian/ Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, and the holder of the copyright, if not the Rockefeller Library at Colonial Williamsburg.

Preferred Citation

Thomas Tyler Bouldin Papers, Manuscript MS 87.3, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the Dept. of Collections, 1987.

Biographical/Historical Information

Thomas Tyler Bouldin was apparently the son of Congressman Thomas T. Bouldin and a grandson of Major Wood Bouldin and Joanna Tyler Bouldin.

Scope and Content Information

Papers of Thomas Tyler Bouldin, Hezahiah Brooks, Sr., and others include bills, accounts, promissory notes, receipts, letters, and some legal documents. The papers concern family matters, clothing, tobacco, Gilliam family history, and a fine for not attending muster. Includes correspondents from Charlottesville, Charlotte County, and elsewhere. These papers were found inside an eighteenth-century spinet owned by Joanna Tyler Bouldin.

Arrangement

Chronologically arranged.

Index Terms

Family Names:

• Gilliam family.

Persons:

• Bouldin, Joanna Tyler, d. 1845.
• Bouldin, Thomas Tyler.
• Brooks, Hezekiah.

Subjects:

• Tobacco--Virginia--History--19th century.

Geographical Names:

• Charlottesville (Va.)--History--19th century.
• Charlotte County (Va.)--History--19th century.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Receipts--Virginia--19th century.
• Promissory notes--Virginia--19th century.