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Folder 35

 Container

Contains 2 Results:

Notes [by James Barron Hope], undated

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id174635
Scope and Contents

Notes on Governor Yeardley, Dr. John Pott, Nathaniel Basse, Benjamin Symes, John Utie, Richard Downes, Elizabeth Rolfe, Glass and Salt Makers, Daniel Gookin and Sir William Newce.

Dates: undated

Printed invitation to the Yorktown Celebration. Printed Yorktown Celebration ribbon, 18 October 1881

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id173100
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: 18 October 1881