Virginia state officials autograph collection
Scope and Contents
Handwritten and printed legal documents signed by governors and lieutenant governors of Virginia. Included are two depositions by Benjamin Harrison regarding land suits; an appointment of a county sheriff signed by James Pleasants; appointments of six Justices of the Peace by Joseph Johnson, three by John Letcher, four by Henry Wise, and three by Francis Pierpont; and an appointment of county surveyor Joshua Pretlow.
Dates
- 1784-1865
Creator
- Virginia. Governor's Office (Organization)
- Virginia. Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Autographs must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Extent
21 items (26 leaves)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
- Autographs
- City and Town Life
- Governors -- Virginia -- Autographs
- Harrison, Benjamin, approximately 1726-1791 -- Autographs
- Johnson, Joseph -- Autographs
- Letcher, John, 1813-1884 -- Autographs
- Mason, James M. -- Autographs
- Pierpont, Francis Harrison -- Autographs
- Pleasants, James -- Autographs
- Social Life and Customs
- Virginia -- History
- Virginia -- Politics and government
- Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876 -- Autographs
- Title
- Register of Autographs
- Author
- Leslie Evens
- Date
- 2011 December 2
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States