Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Baylor Family Papers, MS 59.1, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Gift, 1959.

Alternative Form

Microfilm copy (M-1556) of entire collection and photostats of selected items (PH/04) available.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, primarily 1770-1848, accumulated by members of the Baylor family of New Market, Caroline County, Va., especially Frances Walker Baylor (d. 1783), her son, John Baylor, Jr. (1750-1808), who studied in England ca. 1770-1772, her grandson, Dr. George D. Baylor (1789-1848), and her great grandson, Dr. Warner Lewis Baylor (1825-1894). The loose papers are mainly family letters, legal records, genealogical information, and poems. Manuscript books include a nineteenth-century cookbook, Dr. George D. Baylor's ledger of medical accounts, 1842-1847, and genealogical information on the Lewis and related families. Three printed books have been transferred to the library. The collection is complemented by various photostats, including Col. John Baylor's letterbook, 1749-1765, with letters to John Backhouse, Samuel Waterman, John Norton, Edward Athawes, Cary and Company, and others.

Arrangement

Items are arranged chronologically.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Baylor, Frances Walker, d.1783.
• Baylor, George D., 1789-1848.
• Baylor, Warner Lewis, 1835- 1894.
• Baylor, John, 1750-1808.
• Clay, James.
• Farrish, Robert.
• Fox, John.
• Hoomes, George.
• Pendleton, John L.
• Powell, Robert.
• Taylor, Edmund.
• Waring, F.

Family Names:

• Baylor family.
• Lewis family.

Subjects:

• Cookery --Virginia --History --19th century
• Medical care --Virginia --History --19th century
• Virginia Genealogy