Clopton Family papers, 1629-1915 (bulk 1775-1897)

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Summary

Creator:
Clopton family
Abstract:
Family correspondence and miscellaneous papers of four generations of the Clopton family and three generations of the Wallace family, centering in Virginia. The material ranges in date from 1629-1915 (bulk 1775-1897).
Extent:
77 Linear Feet
11,916 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00234

Background

Scope and content:

Family correspondence and miscellaneous papers of four generations of the Clopton family and three generations of the Wallace family, centering in Virginia. The earlier papers are genealogical records. Papers of John Clopton, Virginia legislator and U.S. Representative contain comments on politics in the Jeffersonian Republican Party, the Continental Congress, Jay's treaty, the Alien and Sedition acts, the Embargo act, and American relations with France. Letters to son, John Bacon Clopton, Virginia judge, relate to the operation of a plantation in New Kent County. Correspondence of Charles Montriou Wallace, Sr., a Richmond merchant, includes accounts of an overland journey to California (1849) and subsequent residence there, Reconstruction, and Virginia politics. Of interest also are Civil War letters from William Izard Clopton. Letters from a Richmond commission firm concern wartime and postwar business conditions. The collection also includes several memorandum books, scrapbooks, account books, legal casebooks, journals of trips to California, Texas and England, records of an unidentified temperance society, and financial records of a teacher.

Acquisition information:
The Clopton Family Papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library between 1938-1958.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Library Staff,

Encoded by Kimberly Sims, June 2010

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