Fontaine-Maury Papers: Part 2(1737–1937)
- MS 1990.5
- 18 items
Collection consists principally of Peter and Mary Ann Fontaine’s letters from Virginia to Moses and John Fontaine in England. The letters concern family interests, religion, diet, health, plantation matters, carpentry trade, slavery, Westover Parish, and estate matters. Also includes letter of Peter Fontaine, Jr. with a map of Lunenburg County; copies of Moses Fontaine’s estate inventory; genealogical listing (1742) of Fontaines in Virginia; copies of letters in French of Abbé Maury; and a photograph of Peter Fontaine’s “Clapboard Castle.”
See also Fontaine-Maury Papers, part 1 (MS 1968.3).
Inventory
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| Folder 1 (4 items) | |
| 8 August 1737 | Receipt. Peter Fontaine to Isaac Milner, merchant in London. |
| 24 July 1742 | Places of abode, and genealogies of the Fontaines in Virginia. Includes names of parents, children and where domiciled. |
| 5 April 1746 | Copy of letter made for Moses Fontaine. Maryann Maury, Virginia, to her sister Eliz(?) Torin. With note from Eliz(?) Torin to Moses Fontaine. Letter concerns fate of family members in Virginia, the marriages and children of Maury’s brothers and other family news. |
| 4 October 1749 | Peter Fontaine, Virginia, to Moses Fontaine. Mention of Westover Parish and health of men over 50, diet, carpentry trade, and the dispositions of various relatives. |
| Folder 2 (4 items) | |
| 14 February 1750/1 | Peter Fontaine, Virginia, to Moses Fontaine. Mentions harsh weather, visit of Francis Fontaine from New Bern, family matters, and encourages consumption of vegetables. |
| 5 March 1750/1 | Original, copy (1836?), and transcript. Peter Fontaine, Jr, Nottoway, Lunenburg Co., VA, to Moses Fontaine. With undated reponse from Moses Fontaine. Letters re family matters and religion. |
| 17 July 1750 | Maryann Maury to Moses Fontaine. Mentions relgious matters. Also included draft reply to sister Maury. |
| Folder 3 (5 items) | |
| 15 April 1752 | Maryann Maury to her brothers, Moses and John Fontaine re the death of her husband and other family matters. With transcript. |
| 9 July 1752 | Peter Fontaine, Jr., Lunenburg, VA, to John Fontaine. Letter includes a small detailed map of Lunenburg County and other south-central Virginia counties. Letter describes terrain in Lunenburg, mentions Williamsburg being 120 miles away and John Fontaine’s participation in Col. Spotswood’s expedition, as well as other family news. |
| 20 July 1753 | Letters from Maryann Maury to her brothers John and [Moses] re plantation matters, slavery, and religion. |
| 15 April 1754 | Peter Fontaine, Virginia, to John and Moses Fontaine re trades, gout, family matters and children, and opinions on relatives’ marriages. |
| 17 April 1754 | Peter Fontaine, Virginia, to Moses Fontaine re family news. |
| Folder 4 (5 items) | |
| ca. 27 September 1765 | Contemporary copy of five papers found with Moses Fontaine’s will after his death. Includes instructions re pallbearers, burial, money to deserving servants, and loans; disposal of jewelry, furniture and other personal goods; and an estate inventory. |
| ca. July 1765 | Peter Fontaine, Virginia, to Moses Fontaine re personal matters. |
| 1777–1814 | 19 September 1814 letter of Barton Boucher, near Carlisle, to James Maury, Liverpool. Includes two letters (May, 1778 and September, 1777) in French from Abbé (later Cardinal) Maury, at Nantes and Paris to J. Maury. |
| 18 February 1839 | R. Maury, Liverpool, to Ann Maury, New York, re Moses Fontaine’s drawings. Also includes copy of will of Moses Fontaine (1764). |
| 1937 | Photograph of Peter Fontaine’s “Clapboard Castle.” |