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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Seventeen receipts belonging to Robert B. Taylor, dating from 1820 to 1830. Receipts are for a wide variety of items including food, revenue taxes, boot repairs, postage, shoes, schooner transport of a barouche, repair of riding equipment, debts owed, small home-related repairs, an assurance policy, and sale of stock in the Dismal Swamp Land Company. Also includes two oversized receipts from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.
Biographical Note
Robert Barraud Taylor was born in March 1774 in Virginia. In 1793, he graduated from the College of William and Mary where he studied law. He then entered the bar of Virginia and became a lawyer in Norfolk, Virginia. Taylor married Nancy Ritson in 1796. He served as a brigadier general for the state militia in the War of 1812. Taylor was also a member of the Virginia constitutional convention in 1829. He was judge of the Chancery District Court of the first district of Virginia. Taylor died on April 13, 1834 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
Robert B. Taylor Receipts, MSS 0000-645, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed January 5, 2017.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 8: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts],
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- Box 8: Filing Cabinet Manuscripts
- Folder 1: Receipts, Robert B. Taylor, 1820-1830
- Individuals and businesses listed in some receipts include Archibald Taylor, Thomas Owens, Marshall Parks, Nathaniel Berry, J. L. Berry, Joseph C. Addington, Andrew J. McConnico, Mayer & Hodges, R. Churchward, A. Churchward, John Riggs, Thomas Butler, Eliza Veale, Matthew Cluff, John Hutchins, Phoenix Assurance Company of London, Albert Allmand, William B. Lamb, Robert Tucker, and James Woodward.
- Folder 2: Receipts, Robert B. Taylor, 1818, 1822
- Oversized. Two documents of assurance from the Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia.
