Wormeley, Ralph, 1744-1805. Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Wormeley, Ralph, 1744-1805. Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802.

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Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802.

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Includes letterbook and letters, 1783-1802, of Ralph Wormeley to British merchants and other Virginia residents. Topics include sale and shipping of tobacco, insurance on tobacco cargo, claims against the United States for reimbursement of war losses and pre-Revolutionary debts, and effects of American legislation on commerce. Topics also include sale of tobacco for John Tayloe's estate, guardianship of John Tayloe's son, the benefits of English education and Eton, opinion of the Constitution, sale and delivery of slaves (1797), and the sudden insanity and death of his son (1801). Also include letters to Ralph Wormeley; letter, 1773, from William Tryon re: Wormeley's marriage and seat on Governor's Council; letter, 1774, from Edmund Pendleton re: governor's proclamation about court officers' fees; and letter, ca. 1775, from Nathaniel Foy re: Loyalist sympathies and Battle of Bunker Hill. Also include letter, 1775, from William Byrd re: Battle of Bunker Hill and Lord Dunmore, with note from Ralph Wormeley on Byrd's change of sympathies; and letter, 1778, from Mann Page re: the release of the Wormeleys and a suggesting that he take the Oath of Abjuration. Also include letter, 1785, concerning John Wormeley's claims with Great Britain for military service in Revolutionary War, and affadavit, 1797, attesting to his service with British Army, Regiment of North Carolina Volunteers; letter, 1786, from Hugh James re: British policy towards U.S. trade in the West Indies and Jamaican politics; letters, 1786-1787, from J. Gell re: American-English relations and the trial of Lord Hastings. Also include copy of petition, n.d., concerning the disestablishment of the Episcopal Church.