Scope and Contents Scope and Contents 16 May 1863. Moses A. Ethriage, Camp Whiting [Wilmington, N.C.?], to Bettie [Ethriage], no place. Has been sick since leaving home, otherwise would have left with four others that were going home; tells of desertions because of a law passed which will not pay conscripts their bounty; says once he gets paid he is coming home unless they move him too far away; tells of bad rations; says he wants to see her so bad and that he dreams of her; says she should try and come visit...

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Letter from an unknown friend to Mrs. E. T. Ellecott, Lee's Ferry, Montgomery County, Virginia about the election of [Zachary] Taylor, court matters and financial matters.  Circa 1848.

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Letter from N[arcisse Virgile] Diaz [de la Penta] to [Emile Cesar Victor] Perin where he asks that four spaces be prepared for him [in a gallery ?] and requests Perrin to stop by for a visit when the time is available. October 1, [18]73.  Written in French.

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Poem by P[hilip] P[endleton] entitled "To my Daughter Lilly."  3 pp.

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Operations Payroll Report by James T. Richardson, Richmond [Va.], to Rene Edward DeRussy, Old Point Comfort, Va., 1854 June 30,  for dredging crew working on the James River under the supervision of James S. Richardson, detailing wages for both white and slave labor.

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Letter from Monc[ure] [Conway], S.S. Australia, to his wife, Ellen, while traveling  to Sydney, Australia for a lecture tour.  He writes of his love for her, events on the voyage, money matters, sights he has seen and his activities in Australia and other places and his thoughts on religion.  September 19, 1883.

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Letter from P[hilip] P[endleton] Barbour to J.C. (John C.) Calhoun and Samuel L. Southard, Washington, [D.C.] recommending William H. Brown for a position as a midshipman or cadet's warrant.  September 29, 1823.

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Letter from George Grey Barnard, New York City, [N.Y.] to Robert Whittmore giving his philosophy on clay vs photographs.  "We who move in clay, and stone, cannot send, to our fellow man shadow (photographs). " June 17, [19]36.

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Letter from Jo[hn] M[inor] Botts, Richmond, Virginia to Charles Lanman with biographical information for inclusion in the Directory of the United States Congress. September 2, 1858.

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Letter from John Dawson, New York, to Fulwar Skipwith, American Consul, Paris [France] offering congratulations on his marriage to [Evelina Vanden Clooster] and voicing his concerns about  the abuse of the Jefferson administration by the Federal newspapers. Pennsyvania, the South and the West's are with the administration.  Elections in New Jersey, New York, Vermont and Rhode Island and William Short.  Includes typescript. September 19, 1802.

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Letter, 1829 February 10, John Strode Barbour, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C., to Editor of National Intelligencer. 1 p. ; 25 cm. Letter concerns a dispute with Congressman Elisha Whittlesey.

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Circular letters, 1829, concerning subscriptions to publications of the Declaration of Independence in French and English to be published by Anderson, Sons & Co., Washington, D. C.; list of subscribers in Richmond, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, Va.; and a poem, "Archbishop Sharpe of York and the Highwayman" [concerning John Sharp.]

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Papers, 1880-1886, of James P. Colfelt, merchant, Bartonsville, Frederick County, Va. The collection consists mainly of accounts.

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Letter from [Jean-Francois] Coste, Paris, [France] to "dear and old colleague" about the Council of Health and personnages:  [Baron Nicolas] Heurteloup, [Antoine Augustin] Parmentier and  Bucher, deputy head of the Bureau of Personnel.  Gives his assurances that the feared invasion will not happen, peace will be negotiated and the recipient may enjoy "tranquility at Arles."  June 24, 1815.  Typescript translation included.

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Accounts of Jacob. S. Danner of Middletown, Va., and administrator's notice of the settlement of his estate, 1855-1880.

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Letter from J.E. Carnes, Hopkinsville, Kentucky to "Dear Sir" about the adversity of their friends, printing business in Ohio, residence and employment during the past two years, decision to become an Episcopalian and subsequent return to the Methodist Ministry, description of his children, desire to visit Middlebrook again, inquiry for news of old friends and wish that they all will meet again in Heaven. March 29, 1852.

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Contemporary copy of Jeffery Amherst's appointment as His Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colonial of Virginia. September 1759.

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Telegram, 1862 May 4, J. J. Astor, Yorktown, Va. to Pelatiah Perit, [New York, N. Y.]. 3 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 cm. Astor is writing to Perit who is president of New York City Chamber of Commerce to tell him about the evacuation of Confederate forces from Yorktown, Va. and tells him to use the information as he sees fit.

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Letter from John Buchan, Elsfield Manor, Oxford [England] to Lilias Cowan, St. Kilda, Sidmouth, thanking her for her letter about his book, Montrose.  July 12, 1932.

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Letter from Thomas Stanhope Bocock,Georgetown,  Washington, D.C. to Charles Lanman, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. with biographical information for inclusion in the Directory of the United States Congress. April 26, 1858.

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Letter from Thomas Crawford, New York, to Wiley and Putnam, London [England] complaining about not receiving a certain publication, Art Unions, after payment made. April [18]48.

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Letter concerns having eaten wild fowl sent by the recipient and the use of buckles to bring his feet into "humane [sic] shape, which are as long as any munkys [monkey's ?]." The letter is dated "February 17 1741/2," noting the different calendar used by the English during this time, in which the new year didn't begin until Lady Day (March 25).

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Letter, 1891 March 24, Daniel Auty to "Silas." 1 p. ; 27 cm. Auty who served in the 11th Massachusetts infantry regiment mentions a [document ?] he picked up while stationed in Williamsburg after the Battle of Williamsburg, 5 May 1862. He also mentions the use of the College of William and Mary as a Confederate Hospital.

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Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, mainly concerning Cabell's efforts to buy books for Brown and to do research for him. Includes a letter, 1894, from Margaret R. King containing genealogical information on the Rives family.

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Letter, 1788 September 12, Carter Braxton, n.p., to [Timothea ?] Allen & [Alexander?] Montgomery and Gentleman Auditors, [Richmond, Va.]. Concerns his lawsuit against Robert Morris. 1 p. ; 24 1/2 cm.