Folder 41
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Jno S. Tucker, Secretary, Yorktown Centennial Celebration, Washington, D.C., to Capt. James Barron Hope, 31 October 1881
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id173107
Scope and Contents
Enclosing a copy of a resolution which is listed below, 25 October 1881, Box-folder 2:41.
Dates:
31 October 1881
Resolution of thanks for the "very eloquent and appropriate Centennial Poem delivered," signed by John W. Johnston, Chairman, 25 October 1881
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id173108
Scope and Contents
Enclosed within the above letter, 31 October 1881, Box-folder 2:41.
Dates:
25 October 1881
Folder 41: Resolutions
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: id173106
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:
1790-1965; Majority of material found within 1847-1887