The
The
Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera
OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Creator: Cazenove-Lee Family
Title: Papers
Dates: 1617-1970
Call No.:
Acc. No.: [various
– see detailed description]
Quantity: 19 boxes
Location: 34 L 2-5, Map Case 3, Drawer 1
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
The Cazenove
family dates back to the 15th century in the South of France. Family members were Huguenots who sought
refuge in
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The collection
consists of letters, photographs, marriage records, business papers, medical
prescriptions, and other documents, mostly relating to family history and
genealogy. The bulk of material is from
the 19th century and offers evidence of an upper class lifestyle, particularly
in
SERIES
The
collection has been divided into seven series:
1. Early Cazenove family documents
2. Commercial and legal documents and letters from the papers
of Cazenove G. Lee, Jr.
3. Inventory of
4. Anthony-Charles Cazenove
Correspondence
5. Mrs. Cassius F. Lee--Mrs. Samuel
F. du Pont Correspondence
6. Cazenove G. Lee--Marguerite
Lammot du Pont Lee Correspondence
7. Photographs.
Most
of the accessions in this collection were organized and arranged by John
Askling for Dorothy Vandegrift Lee. To
the extent possible, the original organization of the materials has been
preserved.
A brief
explanation of the contents of each series is given below. A fuller description of the contents and more
details on individual family members are provided in the description of each
series of the collection.
Series
1: Early Cazenove Family Documents
Consists of letters, marriage contracts
and certificates, wills, business contracts, and other miscellaneous documents
that record the activities of the Cazenove family in
2.
Commercial and legal documents and letters from the papers of Cazenove G. Lee,
Jr.
These original letters and documents
interpret or refer to commercial, mercantile, and legal problems between 1672
and 1841 The bulk of the material
relates to the Turberville family of "Hickory Hill" and "Peckatone"
in
3.
Inventory of
Alexander Henderson was the first member
of the family to emigrate to the
4.
Anthony-Charles Cazenove Correspondence
Anthony-Charles Cazenove was the second son
of Paul Cazenove and Jeanne Elizabeth Martin.
He was born in
5.
Mrs. Cassius F. Lee and Mrs. Samuel F. du Pont Correspondence
Cassius F. Lee (1808-1890) was the sixth
child of Edmund Jennings Lee. His second
wife was Anne Eliza Gardner, daughter of William Collins Gardner and Eliza
Francis Cazenove. She died in 1885.
Sophie Madeleine du Pont (1810-1888) was
the youngest daughter of Eleuthere Irenee and Sophie Dalmas du Pont. In 1833, she married her cousin, Samuel
Francis du Pont (1812-1865), who became an admiral in the United States Navy.
The bulk of this series contains letters
written by Mrs. Cassius F. Lee, at her home, Menokin farm, near
6.
Cazenove G. Lee and Marguerite Lammot du Pont Lee
Cazenove Gardner Lee was born in
1850. In 1881, he married Marguerite du
Pont, a cousin. She was born in 1862,
the daughter of Eleuthere Irenée du Pont and Charlotte Henderson, who was the
granddaughter of Anthony-Charles Cazenove.
They settled in
The bulk of this series contains letters
written by Cazenove Lee and Marguerite du Pont while they were courting in 1880
and 1881. Many letters were written
while Marguerite was in
7.
Photographs.
This series features over two hundred
photographs of members of the Cazenove and related families, most of whom are
represented in other parts of the collection.
For the early generations, the photographs are of portraits owned by
family members. Information from
envelopes that contained the photographs has been included in the finding aid
to identify people and their family relationships. Of particular note are a mourning picture of
a child in her coffin (1853) and a few wedding photographs. Cazenove and Lee
family homes are also depicted in photographs.
PROVENANCE
Acquired from
various sources.
ACCESS POINTS
People:
Askling, John.
Cazenove, Anthony Charles, 1775-1852.
Cazenove, Anne Hogan.
Cazenove, Elizabeth.
Cazenove, Elizabeth
Bessonnet.
Cazenove, Jean,
1698-1745
Cazenove, Louis Albert,
1807-1852.
Cazenove, Paul, b. 1739.
Corbin, Gawin, d. 1760.
Corbin, Hannah.
Du Pont, Samuel Francis,
1803-1865.
Du Pont, Sophie.
Gardner, Eliza Frances Cazenove,
1798-1857.
Gardner, William M.
(William Michael)
Henderson, Alexander,
1738-1815.
Henderson, Anne Marie
Cazenove, 1803-1859.
Henderson, Archibald, 1783-1859.
Lee, Anne Eliza Gardner, 1819-1855.
Lee, Cassius F.,
1800-1890.
Lee, Cassius F.
Lee, Cazenove Gardner,
1882-1945.
Lee, Edmund Jennings, b.
1853.
Lee, Marguerite du Pont,
d. 1937.
Smith,
Eleuthera du Pont.
Turberville, Gawin C.
Turberville, George, d.
1742.
Turberville, George
Richard, b. 1742.
Turberville, Martha.
Cazenove family.
Corbin family.
Du Pont family.
Lee family.
Turberville family.
Cazenove family -
Genealogy.
Du Pont family -
Genealogy.
Lee family - Genealogy.
Cazenove family - Photographs.
Du Pont family -
Photographs.
Lee family -
Photographs.
Topics:
Decedents'
estates -
Decedents' estates -
Inheritance and succession.
Swiss Americans.
Friendship - History - 19th century.
Upper class - Social life and
customs.
Washington (D.C.) - Social life and
customs.
Uckfield (
Dwellings -
Dwellings -
Farm managers – Virginia – 19th
century.
Marriage customs and rites.
Courtship.
Dowry -
Mourning customs.
Emigration and immigration.
Commerce.
Real property -
Real property -
Slave-trade -
Household supplies.
Tobacco farmers.
Tobacco industry - History -
Sources.
Medicine - Formulae, receipts,
prescriptions.
Letters.
Copybooks.
Genealogies.
Obituaries.
Clippings.
Estate papers.
Contracts.
Wills.
Deeds.
Receipts.
Passports.
Accounts.
Bills (financial).
Surveys (land).
Estate records.
Photoprints.
Daguerreotypes.
Albumen prints.
Farmers.
Merchants.
Physicians.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Location: 34 L 2-5 and Map
Case 3, Drawer 1
Series 1: Early
Cazenove family documents (71x69)
Papers in this series
relate to Cazenove family members who migrated to
After his
father's death, Paul left
The series consists of letters, marriage
contracts and certificates, wills, business contracts, documents, and other
miscellaneous papers that record the activities of the Cazenove family in
[note: all accession numbers in this
series begin with 71x69]
Folders 1-5: .1-.35 Letters from Elizabeth Bessonnet Cazenove to
her son Paul Cazenove, 1757-1784. (for
summary of these letters, see the separate finding aid available at this
repository)
Folder
6: Baptismal and
Marriage Contracts and Certificates, 1695-1805
.36 Marriage
promise between Jean Bres and Louise Plantamour.
.37 Marriage
promise between Pierre Cazenove and Marie Plantamour.
.38 Marriage
contract between Marie Plantamour and Pierre Cazenove. Anduze/Languedoc,
.39 Marriage
contract between Etienne de la Flechere and M. Cazenove.
.40 Marriage
certificate of Elizabeth Bessonnet and Jean Cazenove.
.41 Copy
of a marriage certificate of Jean Pierre Eynard and Marie Charlotte Cazenove.
.42a Marriage
certificate of Paul Cazenove and Jeanne Elizabeth Martin.
.42b wrapper for the above certificate
.43 Excerpt
from a baptismal certificate of Jean Cazenove, baptized in
.44 Excerpt
from baptismal certificates of Paul Cazenove, son of Jean Cazenove and
Elizabeth Bessonnet, his wife, born June 21, baptized June 27, 1739; and
Jean Antoine, son of Paul Cazenove
and Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, born June 29, baptized on
Antoine Charles, son of Paul
Cazenove and Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, born April 8, baptized on
Copy
made
.45 Excerpt
from a baptismal certificate of Jean Antoine Cazenove and Antoine Charles
Cazenove, copy made
.46 Excerpt
from a baptismal certificate of Antoine Charles, son of Paul Cazenove and Jeanne
Elizabeth Martin; copy made
.47 Verification
of the birth and baptism of Charles Edward Cazenove, b. April 16, 1796, son of
John Cazenove and Maria Hogan, baptized July 13, 1796, signed by L[illegible]
S[illegible] Phelan, pastor of the Catholic [illegible], near New Geneva, on
George's Creek, Fayette County, [Pennsylvania].
.48 Excerpt
from the marriage certificate of Anthony Charles Cazenove and Anne Hogan,
married
Folders 7-8: Wills and estate records
of the Cazenove family, 1701-1792, n.d.
.49 Legacy
of money to different recipients [servants and others, including the Poor of
Chesne [
.50 Copy
of a will by the deceased Pierre Guion in Chesne [
Copy
dated:
.51 Will
of Jean Plantamour and Charlotte Penin, written May 12, 1693 naming the wives
of Pierre Cazenove, Theodore Plantamour and associates as beneficiary.
Signed:
.52 Will,
mutual and reversal, of Pierre Cazenove,
written
.53 Will of Charles, son of Charles Cazenove,
for Jean Cazenove, nephew legatee. April 22, 1738.
.54 Will
written by Charles Cazenove of Anduze [
.55 Receipt
from Philippe and David Cazenove for the balance of the inheritance of their
parents, paid out by Jean Cazenove, their brother.
April 1, 1741.
.56 Declaration,
stating the heritage for Jean, Philippe, and David Cazenove of their uncle's
[Charles Cazenove] estate in
Signed:
.57 Handwritten
will of Jean Cazenove,
Signed:
.58 Estate
records of Jean Cazenove appointing his sons, Paul, and Philippe Jean Cazenove,
as heirs, March 4, 1745,
registered
.59 Inheritance
account of Jean Cazenove, dated from 1745-1758.
Signed: April 8,
.60 Inheritance
account of the deceased Jean Antoine Martin addressed to Paul Cazenove,
.61 Copy
of a will of Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, wife of Paul Cazenove, dated April 16, 1787.
Registered after the death of the
testatrix, 11 Prairial, an VII [l798-99].
.62 Will
of Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, wife of Paul Cazenove,
Registered after the death of the
testatrix, 11 Prairial, an VII [l798-99] by the
.63 Settlement
of personal property of Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, wife of Paul Cazenove,
deceased at Montbrillant the 3 Prairial, an 7, registered 11 Prairial, an 7,
naming as beneficiary heirs her two sons, Jean Antoine and Antoine Charles
Cazenove and passing on the fruits of her life to her husband Paul Cazenove.
.64 Inheritance
settlement and distribution between the children and heirs of Marie Le Fort,
widow of Jean Antoine Martin, dated December 7, 1787 and forwarded to Mrs.
Jeanne Elizabeth Martin, daughter of the deceased and wife of Paul Cazenove.
.65 Will
of
Registered in
.66 Settlement
and distribution of the personal property of Marie Charlotte Cazenove, wife of
Jean Pierre Eynard, deceased
.67 Inventory
copy of personal property of the deceased Marie Charlotte Cazenove, wife of
Jean Pierre Eynard and citizen of
Signed:
.68 Will
of Marie
Registered in
Folder
9: Business contracts
and documents
.69 Transfer
of
Dated:
.70 Balance
sheet extracted from the main book [account book] by Pierre Lambert, silent
partner of Pierre Cazenove.
Signed:
.71 Balance
sheet of the deceased Charles Cazenove [d.
.72 Credit
sheet of Jean Cazenove, dated March 1745.
.73 Bill
to Jean Pierre Eynard for liquidation expenses accrued after the death of his
wife.
August 1, 1792.
.74 Financial
statement including interest up to
.75 Credit
sheet of Paul Cazenove as of August 10[?] l809.
.76 Appraisal
of eight houses, owned by Mr. Cazenove residing at Montbrillant [
Montbrillant, March 23, 1822.
Folder 1: Business contracts and documents,
1697-1725
.77 Four years' business contract between
Theodore Plantamour and Jean Bres and Pierre Cazenove.
Signed:
.78 Four
years' business contract between Pierre Cazenove and Jacques Agier.
.88 Codicil
by Pierre Guion,
Written
.89 Endorsement of a receipt in duplicate for
Marie Plantamour, wife of Pierre Cazenove, by Mr. Cazenove, her husband.
Written:
.90 Document
of a business partnership between Jean Vasserot of
Signed:
.91 Agreement [will] made in favor of the
Honorable Paritoy's widow made by Jacob Bessonnet.
Written:
.92 "Odier [or Hodier], Antoine, son of
Philippe DuPont at Royan in Dauphine, nephew of Elie Macaire … together they
gave 6300 fl., two rifles in good condition, and 100 fl. to the library," dated
June 11, 1714
.93 Founding of a company with limited partnership
for a period of seven years between Pierre Cazenove, Geneva, and Pierre
Lambert, Genoa [cloth trading].
Signed:
.94 Notification
of a verbal agreement between Pierre Cazenove,
.95 Copy
of an excerpt of a petition by Pierre Mazel and his wife, Henriette Cazenove,
daughter of Pierre Cazenove and Marie Plantamour.
Dated:
.96 Power
of attorney for Jean Cazenove,
.97 Endorsement
of a two-part transaction by Pierre Cazenove, Geneva, for the deceased David
Vasserot, to the trustee Jean Vasserot, for his son, Francois Samuel Vasserot.
August 18, 1723.
.98 Balance
sheet by Jean Cazenove for Pierre Cazenove & Co. Geneva,
.99 Endorsement of a two-part transfer,
obligation and mortgage, by Pierre Cazenove, Geneva, to his son, Jean Cazenove,
Geneva, October 8, 1723.
.100 Cession
of action by Pierre Cazenove,
Copy of a letter addressed to "my dear
son" and signed Pierre Cazenove,
.101 Cession of action by Pierre Cazenove to his
son, Philippe Cazenove, undated.
.102 Cession
of action by Pierre Cazenove,
.103 Excerpt
of an inventory of unsold merchandise [textiles: wool, serge, cloth, silk,
kersey, calico, etamine],
.104 Balance sheet by P. Lambert.
Signed:
and
.105 Copy
of an original legal document stating that Philippe Cazenove, b. February 28,
1701, has become of age and, therefore, is authorized to negotiate and
administer in lieu of his father, Pierre Cazenove, all business in the Pierre
Lambert & Pierre Cazenove Co.,
Signed: March 16, 1726, Jean
Cazenove.
.106 Copy
of a cession of action by Ph. Cazenove.
Folder 2: Business contracts and documents,
1728-1734
.107 Balance
sheet by Pierre Mazel and Pierre Lambert & Philippe Cazenove of
.108 Agreement
between
.109 Balance sheet for Pierre Cazenove,
.110 Receipt for a money transfer between
Theophile Cazenove,
.111 Two-part legal document by Pierre Cazenove,
Dated
.112a-c Three legal documents
written in Italian, probably tied to the above document 111.
.113 Legal document written in French and
Italian authorizing Henriette Cazenove, daughter of Pierre Cazenove in
Dated
.114 Legal
document written in French and Italian of a transfer of money, tied to document
71x69.111.
Dated
.115 Obligation by Jean Cazenove to his father,
Pierre Cazenove.
Dated:
.116 Obligation by Jean Cazenove to Marie
Plantamour, his mother, dated
.117 Letter addressed to Jean Cazenove,
Signed: