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71 pages. Chapters 7-9, 12, 13. Draft of Autograph Manuscript.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence and literary works, chiefly 1861-1874, of James Barron Hope (1829-1887), soldier, author (poet, orator, and novelist), and newspaper editor, of Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. The papers deal mainly with his 1849 duel with Jonathan Pembroke Jones; his West Indies naval cruise (1851-1852); his Confederate military service (1861-1865); and the aborted 1874 William Mahone-Bradley Johnson duel, in which Hope was Mahone's second. The majority of correspondence with his family...

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Bill is enclosed for the school quarter which Barron's grandson James Barron Hope began but did not finish before returning to Virginia; regrets that he could not keep James Barron Hope to teach him more.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 2 pages. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Don't be astonished by this correspondence; is writing due to the "underground" insult James Barron Hope made against his brother almost a year ago; asks where he may be found during the next month so that he may be at his "brother's right hand in this"; peace is desirable between men of sense, and this may be the end result if James Barron Hope resolves it correctly; hopes that James Barron Hope will properly understand and answer...

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter. Received his communication while at William and Mary; calls his attention to an expression implying that a charge by him James Barron Hope about his J. Pembroke Jones brother was false; asks that the meaning of this charge be explained, if it was meant to be offensive.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Does not think he can clarify the passage in question from his previous letter; the spirit in which it was written may be judged from the "general tenor" of the letter; Mr. Jones? will leave Hampton on Saturday, to be absent about one week.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. His J. Pembroke Jones reply to his James Barron Hope's last letter "was neither intelligible, or satisfactory;" asks again for an explanation; requests copies of their previous correspondence.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. J. Pembroke Jones reply implies that he is untruthful; his James Barron Hope's prior tone and manner were courteous, and not unfeeling as he J. Pembroke Jones implied; his friend Tom Jones is fully authorized to set up the preliminaries of the meeting that he James Barron Hope now demands.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. In response to his last note, he J. Pembroke Jones agrees to James Barron Hope's proposition; His friend J. Limkins Jones will arrange all the preliminaries for the meeting.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. In the absence of his friend he proposes to meet James Barron Hope on Thursday morning, if possible; in order to avoid problems from the civil authorities, he requests that he Thomas R. Jones meet his friend J. Limkins Jones tomorrow to make further arrangements.

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Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Tenders an apology for his note of this morning, which was offensive in tone; the note was written under excitement, as he feared arrest; his J. Pembroke Jones reasons for postponing their meeting are sufficient; suggests that they meet at the earliest time possible; warns of possible interference.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Fragment of Autograph Note. Opening part of correspondence written by J. Pembroke Jones; he has temporarily left town; suspecting James Barron Hope of acting dishonestly.

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. The difficulty which prevented the earlier meeting of their friends has been removed; is now ready to confer and make necessary arrangements for a meeting. Including Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas S. Jones, Old Point, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Hampton, Virginia?; he received the enclosed note and hastened to have it read by James Barron Hope; suggests that a reply be sent under envelope to him. 1 page.

Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Did not mean to question his James Barron Hope veracity; he had no intentions of taunting James Barron Hope, but was instead referring to his own behavior, when they talked in Williamsburg; however, if his feeling that his brother is in the right is taken as offensive enough for the challenge to stand, he accedes to it; his friend Mr. J. Limkins Jones will arrange things; wishes that he would have received his James Barron Hope note before...

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Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Terms to be observed during the Hope-Jones duel.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence and literary works, chiefly 1861-1874, of James Barron Hope (1829-1887), soldier, author (poet, orator, and novelist), and newspaper editor, of Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia. The papers deal mainly with his 1849 duel with Jonathan Pembroke Jones; his West Indies naval cruise (1851-1852); his Confederate military service (1861-1865); and the aborted 1874 William Mahone-Bradley Johnson duel, in which Hope was Mahone's second. The majority of correspondence with his family...