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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 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 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 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 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
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 - 1854Scope 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 - 1859Scope 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 - 1859Scope 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 - 1865Scope 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.undatedScope 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 papers1828 - 1861Scope 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.
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: 6 Folder: 3 id138203
- 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 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 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 Folder: 1 id138512
Business records of Augusta County Treasurer's Office, Augusta County, Virginia, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.1870-1872Scope 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.1872-1877Scope 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.1876-1877Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents See Oversize File "a" and "b."
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1 id138517
Business records of the Augusta County Treasurer's Office, including receipts, bills, tax records, and licensing records.1878-1879Scope 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.UndatedScope and Contents
See also Oversize File "d."
- 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.1870-1882Scope 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 CountyUndated
- 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: 2 id138525
- 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 24Scope 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 11Scope 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: 12 Folder: 3 id138528
- 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.1874Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
- 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.1878Scope 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, 1873.1885-1886Scope 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]1874-1875Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents MsV.
Scope and Contents See Oversize Manuscript Volumes File "a."
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."