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Box 2

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

Thomas Preston to "Dear Brother," Gen. John Preston, at Horseshoe, Montgomery County; Concerns goods that Thomas was to purchase for his mother in Lexington and Richmond; Lexington, December 8, 1805

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates: December 8, 1805

John Radford to [his brother-in-law] Gen. John at Horshoe Bottom, Montgomery County; Concerns land dealings in Chesmont County [Kentucky?]; Washington Township, Chesmont County, September 25, 1805

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates: September 25, 1805

John Smith to Col. John Preston in Montgomery City; Requests Smith's wife's part of the estate of her late grandfather; Fayette County, Kentucky, December 21, 1805

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The Preston family was important in the surveying, settlement, military affairs, and government of Southwest Virginia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Their papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence. Much of the collection relates to John Preston (1764-1827), treasurer of...
Dates: December 21, 1805