Box 2
Contains 157 Results:
Walter Neale, Neale Co., Publishers, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 13 January 1900-
Request for an article on James Barron Hope for The Conservative Review, and plans for the publication of his complete works.
A. B. Jones, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 1904-01-30T00:00:00.000
Scope and Contents Appreciation for the gift to the museum of the poem, "Memoriae Sacrum" by her father [James Barron Hope], and a letter written by James Barron Hope to Miss Campbell.
John Goode, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. [Janey Hope] Marr,[Lexington], Virginia, including remarks he made about James Barron Hope, "Poet Laureate of Virginia", 1904-01-29T00:00:00.000
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.
Folder 136: Correspondence
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.
Mary Anne, Jackson, to Anne, 29 May [?]
Letter concerns accommodations at Jackson and Salem; regards to Mrs. and Miss Hope.
Text of a speech by C[arter] S. H[arrison],James River, Virginia, undated
E. Letter concerns the internal revenue, "an abomination that bears heavily upon us...born of the republican party"; the distillation of brandy and whiskey and the importance of grape culture to Virginia; the problem of colored men running for office; the "Whig" and the Bourbors; John S. Wise, Mahone, the Danville riots, George H. Thomas, John Sherman and Fitzhugh Lee.
Page 21 of a political article by Henry A. Wise, undated
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.