03801npca 2200433za 450000100100000000500170001000800410002704000170006809900100008510000500009524500270014530000100017252003080018252401240049054101080061454400640072254400610078654400650084754400660091254400590097854400790103754516070111658300270272358300350275060000320278560000310281760000330284860000500288165000480293165100390297965100550301865100340307365100500310765500350315765500540319283000400324685200690328694500120335500049861820180530123347.0000112s1855    vau                 eng d  aVicVieappm  a216391 aWise, Henry A.q(Henry Alexander),d1806-187600kLetter,f1855 Nov. 14.  a4fp.  aLetter, dated 14 November 1855, from Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) of Accomack County, Virginia, to Joseph Fuqua (1800-1876) of Buckingham County, Virginia, discussing state and federal patronage; state affairs, including his upcoming inauguration as governor; and national and presidential politics.  aHenry A. Wise. Letter, 1855. Accession 21639. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.  d11/30/39e21639aTerrell, Albert J., Mrs.bNew Canton, Buckingham County, VirginiacgiftfWright, Mary.  dGillet-Wise Family Papers, 1834-1872 (LVA accession 22407).  dHenry A. Wise Letter, 2 July 1863 (LVA accession 31537).  dHenry A. Wise Letter, 30 October 1863 (LVA accession 39501).  dHenry A. Wise Letters, 1841, 1858-1860 (LVA accession 24724).  dHenry A. Wise papers, 1834-1840 (LVA accession 52081).  dHenry A. Wise Papers, 1844-1847 (LVA accession 36084, mfm misc. reel 421). 0aHenry Alexander Wise was born 3 December 1806 in Accomack County, Virginia, to Major John Wise (d. 1812) and Sallie Cropper Wise (d. 1813). Wise attended Washington College in Pennsylvania, graduating in 1825. He then studied law under Henry St. George Tucker in Winchester, Virginia. Admitted to the Virginia bar in 1828, Wise followed his future wife and family to Nashville, Tennessee. He practiced law in Nashville for two years before returning to Accomack in 1830. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1833, Wise served until 1844. Wise was appointed Minister to Brazil in 1844, and served in that position until 1847. He represented the Eastern Shore counties of Accomack and Northampton in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, and represented Princess Anne County in the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. Wise was elected governor of Virginia in 1855 and served from 1856 to 1860, during which time he met with John Brown (1800-1859) after the latter's failed raid in Harper's Ferry, (West) Virginia. During the Civil War, Wise raised troops and was appointed a brigadier general. After the war, he practiced law in Richmond, Virginia. Wise married three times: first, to Ann Elizabeth Jennings (1808-1837) of Nashville, Tennessee, 8 October 1828; second, to Sarah Sergeant (d. 1850) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 1840; and third, to Mary Elizabeth Lyons (1817-1901) of Richmond, Virginia, 1 November 1853. He fathered 14 children, only 7 of whom reached maturity. Wise died 12 September 1876, and was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.  aAccessionedc11/30/39.  aDescribedc01/12/00kT. Hizer.10aBuchanan, James,d1791-186810aFuqua, Joseph,d1800-1876.10aPierce, Franklin,d1804-186910aWise, Henry A.q(Henry Alexander),d1806-1876 0aPresidentszUnited StatesxElectionsy1856. 0aUnited StatesxHistoryy1815-1861. 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1845-1861. 0aVirginiaxHistoryy1815-1861. 0aVirginiaxPolitics and governmenty1845-1861. 7aLetters (correspondence)2aat. 7aPersonal paperszVirginiazAccomack County.2aat. 0aPersonal papers collection;n21639.8 aThe Library of Virginia.e800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219.  aARM ARC02560npc a2200445 a 450000100100000000500170001000800410002704000170006809900100008510000260009524500650012130000110018652006090019752401760080653300170098254100930099954501120109258300270120458300350123160000340126660000210130060000350132160000200135665000700137665000480144665000470149465000450154165000470158665100520163365100510168565100490173665100500178565100500183565100430188565500170192865500480194583000400199385200690203394500120210200153307820050720082726.0050720nuuuu    vau                 eng d  aVicVieappm  a325881 aBannister, Thomas T.,00kNotes on the Jefferson-Turpin-Archer-Easeley Patent of 1718.  a13fp.  aNotes on the Jefferson-Turpin-Archer-Easeley Patent of 1718 compiled by Thomas T. Bannister of Rochester, New York, concerning a land grant for 1500 acres in then Henrico County, Virginia, issued 12 July 1718 to John Archer (ca. 1673-1718), Robert Easeley, Thomas Jefferson (1680-1731), and Thomas Turpin. Bannister traces the division of this land grant from 1718 well into the 1800s and through the creation of three new counties, Goochland, Cumberland, and Powhatan Counties, Virginia. Bannister also provides a map of the grant and its divisions imposed on a ca. 1980s highway map of Powhatan County.  aThomas T. Bannister. Notes on the Jefferson-Turpin-Archer-Easeley Patent of 1718. Accession 32588. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.  aPhotocopies.  d08/08/85e32588aBannister, Thomas T.b223 Rockingham Street, Rochester, New YorkcGift.  aThomas T. Bannister resides in Rochester, New York, where he taught biology at the University of Rochester.  aAccessionedc12/13/85.  aDescribedc07/20/05kT. Hizer.10aArcher, John,dca. 1673-1718.10aEaseley, Robert.10aJefferson, Thomas,d1680-1731.10aTurpin, Thomas. 0aLand titlesxRegistration and transferzVirginiazHenrico County. 0aReal propertyzVirginiazCumberland County. 0aReal propertyzVirginiazGoochland County. 0aReal propertyzVirginiazHenrico County. 0aReal property.zVirginiazPowhatan County. 0aCumberland County (Va.)xHistoryy18th century. 0aGoochland County (Va.)xHistoryy18th century. 0aHenrico County (Va.)xHistoryy18th century. 0aPowhatan County (Va.)xHistoryy18th century. 0aPowhatan County (Va.)xHistoryy19th century. 0aMapszVirginiazPowhatan County.2aat. 7aNotes.2aat. 7aPersonal paperszNew YorkzRochester.2aat. 0aPersonal papers collection;n32588.8 aThe Library of Virginia.e800 E. Broad St., Richmond, Va. 23219.  aARM ARC