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This collection of manuscript poems, addresses, one story, one sketch and a daguerreotype augment the material found in Series 3, Literary and Artistic Work of James Barron Hope.

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Endorsements: "The original manuscript of this was given to the Norfolk Library by his daughter, Mrs. Janey Hope Marr."

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Appreciation for an ode by Hope read by Judge Smith.

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Certificates of James Barron Hope and two Scrapbooks collected by James Barron Hope and his daughter, Janey Barron Hope Marr.

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A group of interesting and valuable newspaper clippings and articles in periodicals which are written by, or concern, James Barron Hope.

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Personal letters with a note in the last, "The people here are very anxious on the subject of the coming election."

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Thanking Capt. James Barron Hope for reciting a poem.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, chiefly 1847-1887, of James Barron Hope. Correspondence includes letters to his mother Jane A. Barron Hope while on a naval cruise to the Caribbean and letters to his wife, Annie Beverley Whiting Hope written during the Civil War. There are letters between Jane A. Barron Hope and her friend, Caroline Matilda Campbell. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Jubal A. Early, Benjamin S. Ewell, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Fitzhugh Lee, W. H. F. Lee, Thomas Nelson Page, John Tyler and...