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Tayloe Family Journal
Content Description
The Tayloe Family Journal is a handwritten account book maintained by Edward Thornton Tayloe of the Powhatan plantation in King George County, Virginia, between 1834 and 1849. The journal has entries related to barns, beef, cattle, clover, corn, cultivators, dairying, ditching, drought, fallowing, fencing, grapes, harvesting, hogs, manure, marl, oats, pruning, and sheep, as well as some detailed maps, crop production and slave inventories, and an index. There is also legal background regarding the execution of the will of Edward Tayloe's father. The journal also contains details of daily events such as births, deaths, weather, and local and national politics.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1849
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Special Collections for access.
Biographical Sketch
The Tayloe family was a notable family of the Virginia gentry. John Tayloe III (1770-1828) built the Octagon House in Washington, D.C. Edward Thornton Tayloe inherited much of his father's property, most notably that in the Northern Neck of Virginia on the Rappahannock River southeast of Fredericksburg.
Total Size of Collection
0.25 Linear Feet (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the National Agricultural Library Special Collections Repository
National Agricultural Library
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