Box 1
Contains 135 Results:
[Mrs.] J[ane] A. Hope,Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 16 October 1857
Letter discusses family affairs.
J[ane] A. Hope,Hampton, to Caroline H. Campbell, 3 June 1858
Letter concerns her relatives on ships, from European waters to China.
[Mrs.] Annie [Hope],Hampton, to Carrie [Campbell], 22 June 1858
Letter concerns her work with her husband, James Barron Hope, in his writing.
J[ane] A. Hopeto Caroline [Campbell], undated
Condolences on a death in the family.
Members of the General Assembly, Richmond, to James Barron Hope, 23 February 1858
Request signed by 84 members of the General Assembly and 5 Richmond citizens that he recite again as they failed to hear delivered.
[Mrs.] Annie [Hope]to Carrie [Campbell], 31 January 1859
Letter discusses the expectation of their first child, and talks of her reading and other activities as a young housewife.
James Barron Hope to Sister Carry [Caroline H. Campbell], 4 May 1859
Letter concerns her letter to his mother.
Jane A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], [31 December 1859]
Greetings and good wishes for the New Year.
James [Barron Hope],Weldon, North Carolina, to his wife Annie and his mother, soon after leaving home, 4 June 1861
James [Barron Hope],Richmond, to his wife Annie Barron Hope, Warrenton, [North Carolina], and his children Annie and Jane, 6 June 1861
Quartered in the Poor House in Richmond.
James [Barron Hope]to his mother, 7 June 1861
Everyone in good spirits in the Capital [Richmond]; 20,000 men in the army in Virginia and is daily increasing; 8,000 in the York region.
James [Barron Hope]to his mother, 11 June 1861
Letter concerns the battle at Bethel where "the Hamptonians behaved with distinguished gallantry."
[James Barron Hope], Cirtis Peek [?], Jas. Run, to his wife, 12 June 1861
A large force has been sent to York; he is engaged in getting men for Barron's battery; going to Williamsburg.
James [Barron Hope],Richmond, to his mother, wife, and babies, [June 1861]
Letter concerns recruiting in Williamsburg.
James [Barron Hope],"Goshen," Glo'ster, Virginia, to his wife Annie, 13 June 1861
Scope and Contents Letter discusses the Yankee's loss of 525 at Bethel to Confederate. 1 killed and 7 wounded; Magruder commanded, Col. Hill praised for "cool valor"; flight of a Zouave Regiment.
Mary A. Taylor, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Hope, 18 June 1861
Letter concerns Hope's Hotel and the quiet situation in Williamsburg.
James [Barron Hope],Half Way House, York County, to his wife, 18 June 1861
On way to Williamsburg; faith and moral strength.
James [Barron Hope]to Mrs. James Barron Hope, care of J. Wilcox, Warrenton, North Carolina, [20 June 1861]
Force retired from Bethel to the defenses of Yorktown; alarms in Williamsburg.
Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Warrenton, [North Carolina], to her son James [Barron Hope],and his wife Annie to her husband [James Barron Hope], 20 June 1861
Letter discusses life in their retreat, including "a great annoyance...Julia is not in a condition to nurse the children much longer...."
James Barron Hope, Williamsburg, to his wife Annie, 24 June 1861
Enclosed letters to Jane, Nan and to Sam [Barron]on same sheet.
Maria [?] at Yancy's to [Henry] Clay [Whiting], 10 July 1861
Letter concerns the Yankees in town; reference to letter sent to Annie Hope. Endorsement on cover, address to Mrs. James Barron Hope, Warrenton, North Carolina.
James [Barron Hope],Commandant's Office, Navy Yard, to his wife, 16 July 1861
Letter concerns Capt. Barron and Mrs. Barron.
H. Clay Whiting, Williamsburg, Virginia, to [James Barron] Hope, 18 July 1861
Application for paymaster's position, until then he is in the Wythe rifles; parents behind the Federal lines who have been forced to take oath of loyalty.
James [Barron Hope],Commandant's Office, Navy Yard, Gosport, to his wife Annie, 20 July 1861
Letter concerns the confidence there, after victory at Manassas.
"Papa" James [Barron Hope]to his mother, [July 1861]
Mention of Comm. Samuel Barron and Capt. Samuel Barron.