Folder 6
Contains 17 Results:
Address by James Barron Hope to a civic governmental assembly; written while Superintendent of Norfolk schools; opens: "Mr. Prost and Gentlemen, In so grave a matter as the present . . .", ca. April 1886.
24 pages. Draft of Autograph Manuscript. Mentions the appropriation of public funds.
Folder 6
William Mahone, Richmond, Virginia, to Bradley T. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 28 September 1874.
Scope and Contents 1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Desires to know if the enclosed hand bill was "written and authorized to be put out" with his knowledge; if so, whether he approves of it now.
Bradley T. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, to William Mahone, Richmond, Virginia, 28 September 1874.
Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. The handbill enclosed in Mahone's note was written with Johnson's knowledge and is now being circulated with his approbation.
William Mahone, Richmond, Virginia, to Bradley T. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, 28 September 1874.
Scope and Contents 1 page. Copy of Autograph Letter Signed. Has received Johnson's reply to his note; in the reply Johnson adopts derogatory statements made against Mahone in a handbill; Mahone denounces the handbill as a "malicious falsehood" and denounces Mahone as its author.
Bradley T. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, to William Mahone, Richmond, Virginia, 28 September 1874.
Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Received his last note, handed to him by John Sergeant Wise; he has telegraphed a friend, and will send a communication when he arrives.
Bradley T. Johnson, Richmond, Virginia, to William Mahone Richmond, Virginia, 29? September 1874.
1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. His friend Col. R. Snowden Andrews is fully authorized to act for him and will communicate with any friend he designates.
Memorandum by James Barron Hope, describing a conversation with Colonel R. Snowden Andrews concerning the Andrews-Mahone dispute, 29 September 1874.
2 pages.AMsS. Autograph Manuscript Signed. Discussion of time and place for the duel.
Memorandum by R. Snowden Andrews describing a conversation with James Barron Hope, who informed him of Gen. Mahone's arrest, 2 October 1874.
Scope and Contents 1 page.AMsS. Autograph Manuscript Signed. James Barron Hope offered himself in Gen. Mahone's place, which was politely declined.
S. Bassett French, Richmond, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 21 April 1877.
Hugh Blair Grigsby, "Edgehill," Charlotte County, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 11 October 1879.
?, no place, to Captain James Barron Hope, no place, 188?.
Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter. Great reception of Hope's speeches, and the honor it has brought, both to him and to the state of Virginia; although these demonstrations are sincere, they are from the "worse half of humanity," to the better half, which speaks "in the vernacular of the heart," must express its thanks in another way; flowers accompanied the letter to show their appreciation; puts Hope on the same literary level as Edgar Alan Poe and John Reuben Thompson.
Edward V. Valentine, Richmond, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, no place, 5 May 1880.
Scope and Contents 2 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Story once told to him concerning the sculptor Johann Christian Rauch; gratification from Hope's understanding of both Homer's literature and his own sculptures; he plans to show "cultivated people" Hope's impressions of his work; his brother is ill; his family sends their regards; looking forward to his next visit.
Benjamin S. Ewell, Williamsburg, Virginia, to James Baron Hope, no place, 28 June 1881.
George Frederick Holmes, Charlottesville, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 5 December 1881.
Scope and Contents 1 page. Autograph Letter Signed. Pleasure upon learning that James Barron Hope will deliver his "York Town Centennial here;" insists that he stay at his house; it will delight the children, his wife, and himself to reminisce with him.
Abraham C. Myers, Washington, D. C., to James Barron Hope, no place, 20 January 1882.
Scope and Contents 3 pages. Autograph Letter Signed. Has just learned of his impending visit to Washington, at the invitation of leading Congressmen, to read his Yorktown Centennial Poem; his bad health may prevent his attendance, but he desires to see him; their mutual friend Judge John Blair Hope is now a Congressman, and will be equally happy to see him.