Paul, Samuel, Papers Guide to the Samuel Paul Papers Mss. 65 P28

Guide to the Samuel Paul Papers Mss. 65 P28


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 65 P28
Title
Samuel Paul Papers 1828-1886
Quantity
7.00 Linear Feet
Quantity
Creator
Paul, Samuel
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

Samuel Paul Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Processing Information:

Processed by Debora W. Smith-George in 1983.


Biographical Information:

Samuel Paul was a merchant at Mt. Solon, Va. and served as an Augusta County, Va. Sheriff from 1866-1869 and county Treasurer from 1870-1882. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1828-1886, of Samuel Paul, merchants of Mt. Solon, Va. and who served as Augusta County, Va. Sheriff, 1866-1869, and Treasurer, 1870-1882. Includes correspondence with merchants in Richmond and Staunton, Va., Baltimore, Md. and Philadelphia, Pa.; receipts; legal agreements; tax records; business and animal licenses; and instructions given to county officials from state officials. Collection also includes scrapbooks, [post 1850]-1886, kept by Araminta G. Paul and Blanche Paul.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agendas (administrative records)
  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century
  • Augusta County (Va.). Sheriff
  • Augusta County (Va.). Treasurer
  • Correspondence
  • Financial records
  • Fliers (printed matter)
  • Legal documents
  • Merchants--Virginia--Augusta County
  • Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
  • Scrapbooks
  • Sheriffs--Virginia--Augusta County

General

Other Information:

A PDF document of this inventory is available online.

Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_P28_Paul__Samuel.pdf

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Augusta County (Va.)--History--19th century

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id138153
Box 1: Merchant Correspondence
1849-1855
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id138155
    Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; as well as various other manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1849-1853
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id138156
    Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; as well as various other manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1854 January - May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id138157
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1854 June - December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id138158
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1855 January - June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id138160
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; also correspondence about land warrants.
    1855 July - December
Mixed Materials Box: 2 id138163
Box 2: Merchant Correspondence
1856-1857
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id138164
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1856 January - 1856 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id138165
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1856 August - 1856 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id138166
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1857 January - 1857 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id138168
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; letters from attorneys giving advice on bringing suit against debtors.
    1857 June - 1857 December
Mixed Materials Box: 3 id138170
Box 3: Merchant Correspondence
1858-1859
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id138172
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors.
    1858 January - 1858 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id138174
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; also letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan.
    1858 July - 1858 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id138176
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, debtors, and creditors. The majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
    1859 January - 1859 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id138177
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
    1859 April - 1859 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id138178
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
    1859 September - 1859 December
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id138180
Box 4: Merchant Correspondence
1860-1863
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id138183
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
    1860 January - 1860 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id138184
    Letters from Paul's former partner, Gabriel Jordan; also letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors; the majority of which deal with the collection of debts.
    1860 July - 1860 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id138186
    Letters from various manufacturers, wholesalers, customers, creditors, and debtors dealing with the collection of debts and war-time conditions; also correspondence concerning the distribution of salt by Samuel Paul.
    1861 - 1863
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id138189
Box 5: Merchant
Scope and Contents

Business Records 1830 - 1865 and undated; Legal Papers 1828 - 1861; Printed Material 1853 - 1856

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id138190
    Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
    1830 - 1854
    Scope and Contents

    Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id138193
    Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
    1855 - 1859
    Scope and Contents

    Incluing statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of bankruptcy, records of land warrants, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id138194
    Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
    1858 - 1859
    Scope and Contents

    Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id138195
    Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
    1860 - 1865
    Scope and Contents

    Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, receipts for salt, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id138196
    Business records of Samuel Paul, merchant, Mount Solon, Virginia.
    undated
    Scope and Contents

    Including statements of account, bills, receipts, promissory notes, notices of dishonor, notices of bankruptcy, receipts for salt, etc.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id138197
    Legal papers
    1828 - 1861
    Scope and Contents

    Including articles of agreement and deeds concerning the sale of real property, personal property, or the performance of personal services entered into or witnessed by Samuel Paul, Peter Paul, or Samuel Paul's business aprtners.

Mixed Materials Box: 6 id138198
Box 6: Sheriff's Correspondence
Scope and Contents

Business Records 1866 - 1869; Legal Papers 1866 - 1868; Printed Material 1868 - 1869

  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id138200
    Letters to Samuel Paul dealing with collection of taxes and debts and other aspects of his duties as Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia; also including personal business correspondence.
    1866 - 1867
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id138201
    Letters to Samuel Paul dealing with collection of taxes and debts and other aspects of his duties as Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia; also including personal business correspondence.
    1868 - 1869
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138202
    Folder 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138203
      Business records of Samuel Paul, Sheriff of Augusta County, Virginia including statements of account, receipts, tax records, notices of bankruptcy, etc.
      1866 - 1869
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138204
      Legal papers including articles of agreement concerning the sale or rental of real and personal property or the performance of personal services entered into or witnessed by Samuel Paul.
      1866 - 1868
    • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id138205
      Broadside circular letter from a Baltimore, Maryland. firm and orders from the First Military District, State of Virginia.
      1868 - 1869
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id138495
Box 7: Treasurer Correspondence
1870-1878
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id138496
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning his recent election and various financial matters.
    1870-1875
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2 id138497
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1876
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3 id138498
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1877
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4 id138499
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1878
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id138500
Box 8: Treasurer Correspondence
1879-1880
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1 id138501
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1879 January - May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2 id138502
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1879 June - December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3 id138503
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1880 January - May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4 id138504
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1880 June - December
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id138505
Box 9: Treasurer Correspondence
1881-1882, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id138506
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1881 January - September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 1 id138507
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1881 October - December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 2 id138508
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1882 January - April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 3 id138509
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    1882 May - December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 4 id138510
    Correspondence of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia concerning financial matters.
    Undated
Mixed Materials Box: 10 id138511
Box 10: Treasurer Business Records
1870-1877
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 id138512
    Business records of Augusta County Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
    1870-1872
    Scope and Contents

    See also Oversize File "a."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2 id138513
    Business records of Augusta County Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
    1873-1974
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3 id138514
    Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office (Samuel Paul, Treasurer), including lists of individuals or firms assessed with license taxes for the sale of "wine, ardent spirits, or malt liquors"; an account for the county levy for road service, 1875; account of persons paying dog licenses, 1875; and receipts.
    1872-1877
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents See Oversize Files "a" and "b."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 id138515
    An account of the Augusta County, Virginia levy for road service, 1876 and 1877; miscellaneous warrants; circuit court claims; delinquent capitation, property, and land taxes for each district in Augusta County.
    1876-1877
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents See Oversize File "a" and "b."

Mixed Materials Box: 11 id138516
Box 11: Treasurer Business Records
1878-1882, Undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id138517
    Business records of the Augusta County Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
    1878-1879
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents See Oversize File "c" and "d."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2 id138518
    Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasuer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
    1880
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3 id138519
    Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.
    1881-1882
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 4 id138520
    Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, licensing records, and miscellaneous accounts.
    Undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 5 id138521
    Business records of the Augusta County, Virginia Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, licensing records, and miscellaneous accounts.
    Undated
    Scope and Contents

    See also Oversize File "d."

Mixed Materials Box: 12 id138522
Box 12: Treasurer Printed Material, 1870-1882 and undated; Legal Papers, 1873-1882 and undated; and miscellaneous
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id138523
    Advertisements, school catalogues, legislative circulars, public notices, market reports, lists of individuals convicted of crimes, and various blank forms from Augusta County, Virginia.
    1870-1882
    Scope and Contents

    PM. See also Oversize File "d."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138524
    Folder 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138525
      Advertisements, insurance material, legislative circulars, business cards, broadsides, and various blank forms from Augusta County
      Undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id138526
      Legal papers including Augusta County papers and miscellaneous articles of agreement.
      1873-1882, and Undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138527
    Folder 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138528
      Jno. F. Baker, Newbern [sic], North Carolina, to Jos[eph] Steele, Lexington, Virginia.
      1862 January 24
      Scope and Contents

      Describes the flight of families from New Bern because of a report that Yankees were nearing the coast; also describes the bad weather that has plagued enemy ships. 4 pp.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138529
      Peter Tinsley, Richmond, [Virginia.], to W.H. Tams, n.p.
      1873 Feruary 11
      Scope and Contents

      Asks for assistance with a debtor. 2 pp.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id138530
      Account of W[illiam] P[urviance] Tams, cadet at Virginia Military Institute.
      1869-1871
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id138531
Box 13: Manuscript Volumes
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Item: 1 id138532
    Scrapbook of A[raminta] G. Paul, containing newspaper clippings and handwritten notes on recipes, prescriptions, and household tips pasted over an account book for 1850.
    [Post 1850]
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents MsV.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Item: 2 id138534
    Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poems and short stories pasted over an account book.
    1874
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents MsV.

Mixed Materials Box: 14 id138535
Box 14: Manuscript Volumes and Treasurer Records
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 1 id138536
    Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poetry and pictures pasted over an Augusta County tax record.
    1878
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents MsV.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 2 id138537
    Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings of poetry and pictures pasted over an Augusta County tax record, 1873.
    1885-1886
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents MsV.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Item: 3 id138538
    Records of taxes, fees, and commissions. [Augusta Co. Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia]
    1874-1875
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents MsV.

Mixed Materials Bound Volume: A (Samuel Paul Papers, Loose Volume) id138533
Scrapbook of Blanche Paul, Mount Solon, Virginia, containing newspaper clippings on poetry and short stories, pasted over an account book, 1840-1841
[after 1865]
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents See Oversize Manuscript Volumes File "a."

Mixed Materials Bound Volume: B (Samuel Paul Papers, Loose Volume) id138539
Cash book #4 of Samuel Paul, Treasurer, Augusta County, Virginia.
1880-1883
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Including settlement of Treasurer's Office's accounts with Araminta G. Paul, Administratrix of Samuel Paul's estate. MsV. See Oversize Manuscript Volume File "b."