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Individual:
Mss1J4105a, Jenings Family Papers, 1737-1837,
Virginia, Maryland, and England
Description of the Collection
This collection comprises twenty-one items that arearranged in sections by name of individual and type ofdocument.
Section 1, Jenings, Edmund (1703-1756), Letterbook,1753-1769
This section consists of one item, a letterbook, 17November 1753-29 July 1769, of Edmund Jenings. The volumehas been indexed by the staff of the Virginia HistoricalSociety. The letterbook was kept in London, England, andRichmond, Virginia.
Letters concern the Board of Trade of Great Britain, Jewishimmigration to Great Britain, the Maryland Land Office,Negroes, paper currency in Virginia and Maryland, pistolefee, plantations in Virginia and Maryland, salt, the SevenYears' War, tobacco, and the Virginia and Maryland boundary.
Correspondents (pp. 1-157 of the letterbook) include ThomasBacon, Elizabeth (Brockenbrough) Beckwith, Sir MarmadukeBeckwith, William Beverley (of Blandfield, Essex County,Virginia), Sir Thomas Bladen, John Beale Bordley, MatthiasBordley, Stephen Bordley (concerning Horatio Sharpe),[first name unknown] Bowes, John Brice ([d. 1766]concerning Richard Lee and Horatio Sharpe), John Brice([1738-1820] concerning Edward Braddock's campaign in1755), Doctor [first name unknown] Brown, John Bullen,[first name unknown] Butler, William Byrd III (of Westover,Charles City County, Virginia), [first name unknown]Calvert (concerning horse racing in Virginia), BenedictCalvert (concerning Frederick Lord Baltimore and HoratioSharpe), Cecilius Calvert, Charles Carter (of Cleve, KingGeorge County, Virginia, concerning Frederick LordBaltimore, the Earl of Halifax, the Duke of Newcastle, andJohn Randolph), Landon Carter (of Sabine Hall, RichmondCounty, Virginia), [first name unknown] Carteret, SamuelChamberlaine, Doctor Daniel Cheston (concerning FrederickLord Baltimore and the Earl of Halifax), Francina Augustina(Frisby) Stephenson Cheston, Gawin Corbin, Richard Corbin(of Laneville, King and Queen County, Virginia, concerningFrederick Lord Baltimore, William Byrd III, John Randolph,Peter Randolph, Peyton Randolph, and the Ohio Company),[first name unknown] Cruiksshanks, Robert Dinwiddie(concerning James Abercrombie, John Randolph, PeterRandolph, and Peyton Randolph), Michael Edwards, BenjaminFendall (concerning Horatio Sharpe), Samuel Galloway,Charles Goldsborough, [first name unknown] Gordon, Anne[Guith?], Philip Hammond, Mathias Harris, [first nameunknown] Hepburne, Matthew Hutton (as Archbishop of York),[first name unknown] Hyland, Michael Inman, Robert Janssen,Stephen Theodore Janssen, Doctor [first name unknown]Jeffery, Edmund Jenings Jr., Edmund Jenings (1731-1819),[first name unknown] Key, Mrs. [first name unknown]Lambert, Philip Ludwell Lee, Richard Lee (concerningHoratio Sharpe), John Leids, [first name unknown]Lidderdale, Edward Lloyd, Philip Ludwell III (of GreenSprings, James City County, Virginia, concerning JohnRandolph), [John Miller], George Plater (concerning HoratioSharpe), [first name unknown] Porteus, Beilby Porteus,Elizabeth (Jenings) Porteus, Nancy Porteus, Ariana(Jenings) Randolph, John Randolph (of Williamsburg,Virginia, concerning Robert Dinwiddie, the Earl of Halifax,Peter Randolph, and Peyton Randolph), Peter Randolph(concerning John Randolph), Peyton Randolph (concerningJohn Randolph and Horatio Sharpe), Onoria Razalini(concerning Frederick Lord Baltimore, the Earl of Halifax,and the Duke of Newcastle), Mrs. [first name unknown]Rogers, Doctor David Ross (concerning Horatio Sharpe and aprescription), John Ross, Horatio Sharpe, William Sharpe(concerning John Blair, John Randolph, and Horatio Sharpe),William Smythies, [first name unknown] Snowden, [first nameunknown] Stewart, Doctor George Steuart, Robert Stevenson,Benjamin Tasker, John Tayloe, Edward Thompson (concerningJohn Randolph), Presley Thornton, unidentified addressees(concerning William Byrd III, Edmund Jenings [1731-1819],John Randolph, Peter Randolph, Peyton Randolph, HoratioSharpe, and Ralph Wormeley), [James] Wardrof, JohnWilliams, [first name unknown] Williamson, John Wollaston,Mrs. John Wollaston, Ralph Wormeley, Chessley & Co. ofBristol, England, Hill & Co. of [location unknown], andSedgeley & Co. of Bristol, England.
Letters (pp. 161-368 of the letterbook) of Edmund Jenings([1731-1819] of London, England) also concern the Board ofTrade of Great Britain, Brafferton, Yorkshire, England,copper mines, the East India Company, slavery, pamphlets ofEdmund Jenings (1731-1819) and Doctor John Mitchell, papercurrency, a portrait of William Pitt, the Seven Years' War,the Stamp Act of 1765, taxation, tobacco, the TownshendActs of 1767, and the College of William and Mary,Williamsburg, Virginia.
Correspondents include Sir Marmaduke Beckwith (of RichmondCounty, Virginia), Robert Beverley (of Blandfield, EssexCounty, Virginia, concerning William Pitt), John BealeBordley (concerning Frederick Lord Baltimore, Robert Eden,the Earl of Hillsborough, Edmund Jenings Jr., PhilipLudwell Lee, William Pitt, Horatio Sharpe, and the Societyfor the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ofLondon, England), Sarah (Frisby) Brice, John Brice ([d.1766] concerning Edmund Jenings [1703-1756] and HoratioSharpe), John Brice (1738-1820), William Byrd III (ofWestover, Charles City County, Virginia), Charles Carroll(concerning Frederick Lord Baltimore, the Earl ofHillsborough, Philip Ludwell III, and William Pitt),Francina Augustina (Frisby) Stephenson Cheston, GawinCorbin (concerning Doctor Arthur Lee and William Pitt),Richard Corbin (of Laneville, King and Queen County,Virginia, concerning Robert Beverley, William Byrd III, theEarl of Halifax, Benjamin Harrison, the Earl ofHillsborough, Edmund Jenings [1703-1756], William Lee,Philip Ludwell III, William Pitt, John Randolph, HoratioSharpe, John Tayloe, George Washington, and RalphWormeley), John Dickinson, George Lee Mason Fitzhugh,Benjamin Harrison (of Lower Brandon, Prince George County,Virginia), Edmund Jenings Jr., [first name unknown] Jordan(concerning Robert Eden and William Pitt), Doctor ArthurLee (of London, England, and Williamsburg, Virginia,concerning the Earl of Hillsborough, Philip Ludwell III,and William Pitt), Richard Henry Lee (of Chantilly,Westmoreland County, Virginia, concerning Doctor Arthur Leeand Benjamin West and a portrait of the Earl of Camden),Richard Ludwell Lee (i.e., Philip Ludwell Lee or RichardHenry Lee concerning Robert Boyle, John Randolph, and JohnTayloe), Thompson Moses, George Plater (concerning WilliamPitt), Beilby Porteus, Robert Porteus, Ariana (Jenings)Randolph (of Williamsburg, Virginia, concerning RobertDinwiddie, Philip Ludwell III, John Randolph, PeytonRandolph, and John Tayloe), John Randolph (of Williamsburg,Virginia, concerning Edmund Jenings [1703-1756], DoctorArthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, William Pitt, EdmundRandolph, Peyton Randolph, and John Tayloe), [first nameunknown] Reynard, Gregory Rhodes, Christopher Robinson,Doctor David Ross, Danson Roundall, William Smythies,William Stevenson (concerning Horatio Sharpe), John Tayloe(of Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia, concerningDoctor Arthur Lee, Richard Henry Lee, John Randolph,William Sharpe, and Presley Thornton), Edward Thompson(concerning the Earl of Halifax), Presley Thornton,unidentified addressees (concerning William Pitt and theQuartering Act of 1766), Edm. Wilcox, and Ralph Wormeley(of Rosegill, Middlesex County, Virginia, concerning theEarl of Hillsborough).
Section 2, Jenings, Edmund (1731-1819), Correspondence,1789-1819
This section consists of eight items, letters, 1789-1818,written to Edmund Jenings of London, England. Lettersconcern land in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.Correspondents include John Brice (of Baltimore, Maryland),W. Cooke (bears endorsement of James Brooks), Thomas LandEmory (of Baltimore, Maryland), Eliphalet Pearson (ofCambridge, Massachusetts, concerning the American Academyof Arts and Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts), David Ross(of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania), and Ralph RandolphWormeley (of Blackheath, England, and Winchester, Virginia,bears letters [copies] of Thomas Lane Emory and DoctorGerard Hopkins Snowden and seal of Wormeley).
Section 3, Jenings, Edmund (1731-1819), Land Papers,1783-1795
This section consists of two items, a letter, 1783, writtenby Lloyd Kenyon (of London, England, and bears seal) toJohn Randolph Grymes (of London, England) concerningAmerican property rights in England; and an act (copy madeby John Gwinn), 1795, of the Maryland General Assemblyconcerning land of Edmund Jenings in Anne Arundel County,Maryland (by authority of William Harwood, John HoskinsStone, and Henry Warfield).
Section 4, Various Persons, Legal Papers, 1737-1790
This section consists of five items, legal papers,1737-1790, of various persons. Items include a will (copymade by Benjamin Waller), 1737, of John Clayton (1665-1737)probated in the James City County, Virginia (witnessed bySolomon Heathcote, Benjamin Needler, and William Robertsonand recorded by Matthew Kemp); a will (copy made byChristopher Pryor), 1774, of John Clayton (1694-1773)probated in Gloucester County, Virginia (witnessed by JohnJames Beckley, Augustine Curtis, and Michael Driskill;recorded by Thomas Nelson; and bears affidavit of MachenBoswell); and affidavits, 1790, of John Bacon (of New KentCounty, Virginia, concerning John Clayton [1694-1773] andWilliam Clayton), Charles Hay (bears seal), and BeverleyRandolph (concerning John Bacon, Machen Boswell, CharlesHay, and Benjamin Waller and bears seal of Virginia).
Section 5, Various Persons, Letters, 1837 and Undated
This section consists of two items, a letter, undated, ofMargy [last name unknown] written to Charlie [last nameunknown] concerning the Jennings family coat of arms andJennings Hall, Yorkshire, England; and a letter, 1837, ofE. J. Jenings (of London, England) written to John RichardWalbran (of Ripon, Yorkshire, England, concerning theJenings family).
Section 6, Jenings Family, Miscellany, 1821 and Undated
This section consists of three items, a biographicalsketch, 1821, of Edmund Jenings (1731-1819); notes on theJennings family; and tombstone inscriptions at KensingtonChurch, London, England (concerning
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