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Brown, John Willcox, 1833-1914

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

J. Willcox Brown and Turner Macfarland Letters

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00083
Scope and Contents

Contains 2 bound letterbooks. One volume has letters from J. Willcox Brown to Ellen Turner Macfarland, and the other volume contains her letters to him.There is also a microfilm reel of the correspondence.

Dates: 1828-1867

John Thompson Brown Letters

 Collection — Box Small Collections Box 85, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 00506
Content Description Series of letters, bound into a black volume with gold embossing around its edge. The letters span from 1828- 1857 but the bulk of the letters are from 1830- 1833. Brown writes to an assortment of recipients and from varied places such as Petersburg, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Topics in his letters include politics, Brown was a member of the House of Delegates for Virginia, love, business, and family affairs. One later letter laments the ill health of his...
Dates: 1828-1857; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1833

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Baltimore (Md.)--History--19th century 1
Correspondence 1
Courtship 1
Courtship--Virginia 1
Lawyers--Virginia--Petersburg 1