Papers of Benjamin Harrison, 1779-1788 (bulk 1779-1783) | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Chiefly letters, dispatches, communications, and petitions received by Benjamin Harrison during his service as speaker of the State House of Delegates and Governor of Virginia. Included are letters of acceptance and resignation from Virginia members of the Continental Congress, communications relating to taxation, raising of troops, procurement for the army, restitutions, bailing of prisoners, and other aspects of Revolutionary war in Virginia. Correspondents include Gabriel Jones, William Fitzhugh, Joseph Jones, Meriwether Smith, Thomas Jefferson, Edward Carrington, Rochambeau, and Patrick Henry. Included are: a letter from John Mathews of South Carolina relating to the state's plan to "dispose of some Negroes for cash to answer some pressing necessities of the Government," appeals of cases of theft, treason, and "Toryism," and a letter from John Fitch relating to his steamboat. Also included is the last will and testament of Benjamin Harrison. The inventory of the estate includes a list of slaves