Undated (circa 1861) letter from H. Baytop in Gloucester to Col. Jones, in which he states "I have been offered the Captaincy of a uniform Rifle Company and I had rather accept of that than to be ... I am perfectly willing to serve under you but am not willing to be under any underling"... "let me know if I can get the situation of Paymaster..." January 1861 letter to "Aunt" from Fannie Harrison at Carter Hall about family and friends with a few references to the war. January 1861 letter to "Brother" from sibling in Richmond about the weather preventing the nominations of representatives to the Convention and resulting in too many candidates ..."to the cause of immediate state secession," he is convinced "is the path of safety and of honor" and "immediate secession is gaining ground rapidly." He also mentions different areas of the state and their feelings about secession and how some of them lean towards the Union and others choosing Whigs as their representatives. Letter is unfinished. January 1861 letter to Warner from P. R. Page at the Ship Yard giving details of the election process in selecting a representative to the Convention, with Seawell getting 132 votes and William Taliaferro getting 38. February 1861 letter from J.C. Sheldon at Wilson's Creek to Cal about the property and Mr. Langborn's will. August 1862 letter to Maria from a friend in Richmond about family news. July 1862 letter from D. M. Taliaferro in Gloucester to Warner T. Jones in Richmond about the circumstances of John Richard White leaving Richmond because of sick relatives. Series of letters to Cousin Maria from Mary L. Browning of Greenfield about family affairs. Letters are undated, but probably written in the 1860s. 1864 letter to Maria Jones from Cousin Mary Harrison about the death of Mary's Aunt and family news. July 1864 letter to Martha from Mary L. Browning mostly about the War: who died, who is on disability and where friends are or have been during the war. July 4, 1864 letter from sister MBC (Mary Booth Curtis) in Richmond, Virginia to her sister, Mrs. R. P. Jones (Marie Curtis Jones) about the war with comments such as "I think today may be the most important of the war as it is supposed Grant will try and do something...," " I have no doubt of the issue but the loss of life sickens me." She also mentions prices of food in Richmond and the whereabouts of family and friends. Two August 1864 letters from Fannie in Nelson's Creek to Emily Kemp about visiting, illness of Martha and family news. February 4, 1865 letter from D.B. Page in Carybrook as part of the military to "friend," mostly about friends, family and missing Gloucester. Letter is torn, stained and fragile. March 12, 1865 letter from Joel Thomas to wife, Indiana E. Thomas, with location "In the Trenches." He explains the cost system of sending packages and people stealing from personal shipments. On the second page of the letter he says that his regiment is out of the trenches and living in cabins near Dinwiddie Court House, 10 miles from Petersburg. He writes of movement of troops, news of his and her brothers and his good wishes to his and her family. January 15, 1866 letter written from Greenfield to cousin about death of Aunt Judy in Montgomery, hard times after the war such that "the gentlemen look worse than they did during the war" and "my faithful Hillary and Hannah went off, could not induce them to stay and all through the war, Hillary was as faithful and good as possible..." January 15, 1866 letter from Aunt MBC (Martha Booth Curtis) to Bangy (Mary) asking her to visit and "got a letter from Mrs. Coleman...in which she said she would open her school in Wmsburg the 15th of March" and encourages Bangy to go. 1866 letter from Cousin Louis West in Pensacola, Florida to Cousin Mary about the death of Mrs. Caldwell. July 1866 letter from Maria at Hunting Quarter to Cousin about "Papa going to Clarke to live" with Henry Harrison and they will follow, plus other family news. September 1966 letter from Richmond to "Mother" about where she is living. March 1867 letter from Burwell to cousin about paying her to care for his Aunt. August 30, 1867 letter from Cynthia B. T. Coleman in Aldie, Loudoun County to Maria about teaching her daughter English and Music for free, but can't afford to give free board plus news of her visits to friends. 1869 letter to B about family and being homesick. 1869 letter from Martha Throgmorton to her sister, with postscript by her Mother about family news. 1869 letter from E. Browning to Charlie about a fire in their house that killed their granddaughter, Anna. 1869 letter from Rebecca Tabb to Charlie about the coat he gave LLoyd.