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Box 1

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Contains 135 Results:

[James Barron Hope to his wife], undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 121
Identifier: id173054
Scope and Contents

Mention of Sam [Barron, IV]; "Our army in North Carolina number 65,000 & we expect to beat the enemy whenever they advance, & Comm. Barron (11.1) told methat Mr. Randolph (late Secy [of the Army]) told himthat Genl. Johnson telegraphed that the Murfreesboro fight was a splendid victory, after all."

Dates: undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963

Request for leave of absence due to health, by James Barron Hope, endorsed, 16 June 1864

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 122
Identifier: id173055
Scope and Contents From the File: Box 1 consists the letters of James Barron Hope to his mother, Mrs. Jane A. Hope, while on a U.S. Cruiser in the Caribbean and of his mother to her friend, Miss Caroline H. Campbell, 1852-1858, as well as Hope's letters to Annie B. Whiting before his marriage to her and their correspondence during the Civil War, 1855-1865. An invitation from the Virginia General Assembly requesting that Hope read his poem there, 1858, and a Master of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary, 1866,...
Dates: 16 June 1864
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963

Eug. E. McLean, Lt. Col., Richmond, to Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope,Greensboro, North Carolina, 16 June 1864

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 123
Identifier: id173056
Scope and Contents

Permission to go on leave on forwarding the Surgeon's Certificate. Reply of 20 July 1864 listed below.

Dates: 16 June 1864
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963

Benj. S. Ewell,President, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Capt. James Barron Hope, 9 July 1866

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 124
Identifier: id173057
Scope and Contents

Sends a diploma by direction of the Faculty.

Dates: 9 July 1866
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963

Master of Arts Degree from the College of William and Mary, granted to James Barron Hope, June 1866

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 125
Identifier: id173059
Scope and Contents

Signed by E. Taliaferro and Benj. S. Ewell,President.

Dates: June 1866
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963

G. M. Hollins, Flag Officer, C. S. N, Richmond, to James Barron Hope, Richmond, 25 June 1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 91
Identifier: id173008
Scope and Contents

Appointment as Secretary to the Naval Board for the examination of Midshipmen.

Dates: 25 June 1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963 / Appointments

G. M. Hollins to James Barron Hope, 18 July 1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 91
Identifier: id173009
Scope and Contents

Order to report to Savannah.

Dates: 18 July 1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963 / Appointments

G. M. Hollins to James Barron Hope, 18 July 1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 91
Identifier: id173011
Scope and Contents

Granted leave of Absence.

Dates: 18 July 1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963 / Appointments

Recommendation of Jas. Barron Hope for the position of Quartermaster signed by J. Lyons, J. P. Holcombe, M. R. H. Garnett, C. F. Collins, 9 October 1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 92
Identifier: id173013
Scope and Contents

Recommendation included with following letter of 11 October 1862, Box-folder 1:92.

Dates: 9 October 1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963 / Recommendations

James Lyons, Ho[use] of Repres[entatives],to Genl. A. C. Myer, 11 October 1862

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 92
Identifier: id173014
Scope and Contents

Letter covering above recommendation of 9 October 1862, Box-folder 1:92.

Dates: 11 October 1862
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / James Barron Hope Papers (I) / Series 1: Papers of James Barron Hope / 1835-1963 / Recommendations