Mordecai B. Sweeney Papers(1830–1884)
- MS 1931.22
- Microfilm: M-1553
- 1 vol. ([212] pp.) and 56 items
Papers of Mordecai B. Sweeney, tailor in Williamsburg, VA, ante 1830–1833, and Methodist minister in Richmond, VA, about 1837–1846 and 1855–1863, and in Baltimore, Md., ca. 1848–1852. According to a note in the papers, he moved to Austin, Texas in May, 1871.
Included in the papers is a ledger volume of accounts for his tailor’s business, which also contains the accounts of Sweeney & Vanderslice of Norfolk; also included are Sweeney’s book of personal expenses; lists of marriages performed in Richmond and Baltimore; accounts 1838–1884; marriage licenses, 1837–1860 and 1881; and recipes and other miscellany. The names in the Williamsburg accounts include Burwell Bassett, Augustine Deneufville, Goodrich Durfey, [Dr.] Alexander Galt, John Maupin, Philip Moody, George Morrison, George Newton, Robert Saunders, James Scott, Richard Taliaferro, and Benjamin Waller. Tailor’s accounts have own rough index.
Inventory
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder 1 | |
| 1836 January 5 | Receipt from McGrether to M.B. Sweeney for rent. |
| 1836 April 4 | Receipt from McGrether to M.B. Sweeney for rent. |
| 1838 October 18 | Account. Manchester Turnpike Scale, coal weighed for William Robertson |
| 1838 December 7 | Account. Manchester Turnpike Scale, coal weighed for William Robinson. |
| 1838 December 22 | Receipted account of Mr. Sweeney with Haskins & Libby, grocers. |
| 1877 July 28 | Receipt. M.B. Sweeney to R.D. Brown, Austin, TX, for rent. |
| 1880 May 14 | Memorandum. Re board fees, written on letterhead stationery of M.B. Sweeney, Real Estate, Collecting, and Insurance Agency. |
| 1882 December 10 | Memorandum of accounts paid. |
| 1883 January | Memorandum of accounts paid. |
| Folder 2 | |
| 1864 | Loose pages from an account book. Cover sheet. M.B. Sweeney, Richmond, Virginia, 1864. M.B. Sweeney came to Austin in May 1871. |
| 1864 September–December | Loose pages from an account book. 5 pp. |
| 1878 January–1884 December | Loose pages from an account book. 19 pp. |
| Folder 3 | |
| 1837 December 20 | Marriage license. Henrico County, Frederick W. Maning and Catherine Ann Frensley. PFWMI. |
| 1838 April 14 | Marriage license. Henrico County, William W. Howard and Sarah Ann Vaughan. PFWMI. |
| 1838 June 6 | Marriage license. Henrico County, William J. Griffin and Mary Ann Norvell. PFWMI. |
| 1838 July 3 | Marriage license. Henrico County, George B. Bohannan and Susan D. Perkins. PFWMI. |
| 1839 January 28 | Marriage license. Henrico County, James A. Tucker and Mary E. Acre. PFWMI. |
| 1839 October 4 | Marriage license. City of Richmond, George W. Raymond and Eliza A. Reeves. PFWMI. |
| 1839 November 4 | Marriage license. City of Richmond, Benjamin Boughan and Susan Stiff. PFWMI. |
| 1839 November 7 | Marriage license. City of Richmond. John Blane and Charlotte Heatley. PFWMI. |
| 1840 January 6 | Marriage license. City of Richmond, William N. Bumpass and Rosina Ann Fellows. PFWMI. |
| 1848 October 14 | Marriage license. Baltimore. Brian Jefferson Conray and Sarah Ann Amos. PFWMI. |
| 1849 September 11 | Marriage license. Baltimore, William A. Brett and Martha M. Rochester. PFWMI. |
| 1850 June 5 | Marriage license. Baltimore, Daniel F. Keyworth and Anna M. Turpin. PFWMI. |
| 1852 March 6 | Marriage license. Baltimore, Robert Jennings and Matilda Fowler. PFWMI. |
| 1855 April 17 | Marriage license. City of Richmond, Alexander Drake and Martha Hicks. PFWMI. |
| 1856 April 14 | Marriage license. City of Richmond, John R. Redford and Delia F. Sweeney. PFWMI. |
| 1856 December 17 | Marriage license. City of Richmond. Josephus Elliott and Sarah C. Morgan. PFWMI. |
| 1858 January 27 | Marriage license. Henrico County, Alexander Hernaman and Christiana A.C. Newton. PFWMI. |
| 1858 | Memorandum. |
| 1858 July 27 | Marriage license. Richmond, John C. Johnston and Ann S. Williams. PFWMI. |
| 1858 October 21 | Marriage license. Henrico County, William E. Holloway and Virginia Gordon. PFWMI. |
| 1858 November 30 | Marriage license. Henrico, John Thomas Walker and Susan A. Franklin. PFWMI. |
| 1858 December 27 | Henrico, certificate for above marriage of John Thomas Walker and Susan A. Franklin. PFWMI. |
| 1859 March 23 | Marriage license. Henrico, William B. Gordon and Frances H. Shepperson. PFWMI. |
| 1859 March 24 | Certificate for above marriage of William B. Gordon and Frances H. Shepperson. PFWMI. |
| 1859 November 1 | Certificate. John W. Padgett and Sophican. PFWMI. |
| 1859 December 20 | Marriage license. Richmond, Robert F. Glasgow and Josephine Gordon. PFWMI. |
| 1859 December 20 | Certificate for above marriage of Robert F. Glasgow and Josephine Gordon. PFWMI. |
| 1859 December 22 | Marriage license. Henrico, William T. Ford and Emma J. Fletcher. PFWMI. |
| 1860 January 23 | Marriage license. Lunenburg County, Richard Dyson and Catherine A. Sweeney. |
| 1860 March 19 | Marriage license. Richmond, Andrew Atkinson and Susan M. Hicks. PFWMI. |
| 1860 March 20 | Certificate for above marriage of Andrew Atkinson and Susan M. Hicks. PFWMI. |
| 1860 April 9 | Marriage license. Henrico, William Barnett and Sarah Dyson. PFWMI. |
| 1860 May 9 | Marriage license. Henrico, William F. Fletcher and Susan Warburton. PFWMI. |
| 1860 October 9 | Marriage license. Henrico, Patrick P. Perrin and Pastoria Seaton. PFWMI. |
| 1860 October 10 | Certificate for above marriage of Patrick P. Perrin and Pastoria Seaton. PFWMI. |
| 1881 May 5 | Marriage license. Austin, Texas. Joseph Puller and Mrs. Eugene Dickens. |
| Folder 4 | |
| n.d. | Book frontispiece. Engraving of Hagar and Ishmael. |
| n.d. | Recipes, essays, etc. 4 pp. |
| n.d. | Manuscript article for Louisville Advertiser by Samuel Harwood concerning medical needs of crew constructing turnpike between Louisville and Bardstown. |
| Folder 5 | |
| Account book. | |
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