Digital Archive
Selected Manuscripts from the Cabell Family Papers at the University of Virginia’s Small Special Collections Library
6 May 1731 | Permission for William Cabell to survey 3200 acres in then Goochland County – MSS 5084 / Box 1 |
23 Aug 1739 | Elizabeth Cabbell to Edward Barridil, re: legal action against Mayo & Carrington – MSS 5084 / Box 1 |
15 Sept 1740 | Defense Statement in Cabell vs. Mayo & Carrington – MSS 5084 / Box 1 |
31 Oct 1745 | Judgement in Cabell vs. Mayo & Carrington – MSS 5084 / Box 1 |
15 April 1763 | Bond of John Fry, John Moore and John Lewis to William Cabell for the Construction of Albemarle County Court House – MSS 5084 / Box 1 |
24 July – 12 Sept 1776 | Payroll–Minute Men under Capt. Nicholas Cabell – MSS 5084 / Box 2 |
4 Sept 1780 | Amherst Court Record of Nicholas Cabell’s Service in the Revolution – MSS 5084 / Box 2 |
1796-1810 | Extracts from Gubernatorial Messages re: Education, chiefly compiled by N. F. Cabell – MSS 38-111 / Box 1 |
1804 | Joseph Carrington Cabell’s journal on agricultural practices – MSS 38-111 / Box 3 |
28 April 1814 | Joseph C. Cabell to John Hartwell Cocke re: the flight of some 40 of his slaves – MSS 38-111 / Box 10 |
24 Oct 1817 | Thomas Jefferson encloses to Joseph C. Cabell his “Bill for Establishing a System of Public Education” – Vault [collection number?] |
22 Oct 1820 | William H. Cabell to Joseph C. Cabell, re: the disposition of slaves whom he inherited from W. C. Nicholas – MSS 38-111c / Box2 |
1822 | Synopsis of Subjects to be Embraced in a Course of Agricultural Lectures (Agricultural Society of Albemarle) – Broadside 1822 .A475 |
c. 12 Dec 1822 | Manuscript copy of Col. William Cabell. Jr.’s obituary from the Richmond Enquirer, together with a hand-copied letter from Col. William Cabell, Sr. to his son – MSS 276 / Box 8 |
4 July 1826 | Joseph Carrington Cabell to John Hartwell Cocke upon death of Jefferson – MSS 10547 (McGregor Autograph Series) |
24 June 1841 | Joseph Carrington Cabell to Dolley Madison re: the hiring of U.Va. professors – MSS 8005 |
16 Feb 1846 | N. F. Cabell to J. C. Cabell, re: J. C. Cabell’s resignation as president of the James River & Kanawha Co. – MSS 38-111 / Box 35 |
1850 | “To the Voters of Nelson, Amherst, and Albemarle Counties…” urging Joseph C. Cabell to stand for election as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention – Broadside (oversize) 1850 .T6 |
1864 | Memo by William D. Cabell regarding his reasons for not enlisting in the regular Confederate Army and cataloging the deprivations of war – MSS 276 / Box 9 |
21 Oct 1865 | Document Granting Pardon and Amnesty to Mayo Cabell – MSS 9764-G |
1868 | The Cabell Coat of Arms, Part I, by Nathaniel Francis Cabell – MSS 276 / Box 8 |
[1870?] | Memorandum Concerning the Education of Col. Nicholas Cabell, probably by N. F. Cabell and derived from the journal of William Cabell – MSS 5084 / Box 2 |
Guide to MSS 38-111c: Papers of the Joseph Carrington Cabell Family |