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Folder 32

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Certificate of the election of Capt. James Barron Hope to the Virginia Historical Society, 2 July 1881

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id173097
Scope and Contents From the File:

The activity of Hope after the war is reflected in the correspondence included in Box 2. A duel which was averted only by the arrest of his challenger, 1873, his resignation as Editor of the Norfolk Virginianto start his own paper, The Landmarkand his appearance to read anniversary poems at the Yorktown Centennial are among the events which concern the correspondence. There is also much family correspondence, many letters including humorous sketches, doggerel, and full poems.

Dates: 2 July 1881