Mann Page, Jr., Papers(1765–1869)

• MS 1931.8
• Microfilm: M-1551
• 5 vols. ([12, 20, 22, 20, and 36] pp.) and 504 items

Papers, mainly 1788–1813, of Mann Page, Jr. (1766–1813), of Shelly, Gloucester County, VA, oldest son of John and Frances Burwell Page. Primarily his business accounts and receipts, and legal papers and receipts relating to his position as clerk of the Gloucester County Court. Included are a few letters pertaining to financial matters at Rosewell, and a letter, August 11, 1787, from John Mason, a student at the College of William and Mary, to Page, stating that there were only five students in the college at the time. A few later accounts were probably kept by Page’s descendants.

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