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Letter from Gerrit Smith In Petersboro, New York  to Asher Tyler.  Concerns sending money to a mutual friend and the infirmities of Smith's old age. March 13, 1872.

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Letter from J. W.  Smith in Baltimore, Maryland to "My Dear Friend" about buying cotton for his friend; mention of Mr. McAllister being in Baltimore.  October 17, 1850.

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Letter to his wife concerning her ill-health and her prolonged stay to get well in Hagerstown, Maryland.  August 10, 1789.

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Letter from N. Chester Sorensen of N. Chester Sorensen Co. Architects and Engineers in Detroit, Michigan to Frank Lloyd Wright.  June 4, 1942.  Discusses plans of a building, possibly of  "Taliesin West."  Includes a work chart with the heading, "Fellowship Work Sheet"..."...August tenth:  Curtis Wray Besinger, Boss."  Business card of Kamal Amin, Architect with notation "Taliesen West, Scottsdale, Ariz."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Includes letters to Spingarn, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from Lowell Thomas, Sumner Welles, Edward Steichen, Charles A. Beard, Henry F. Du Pont, H. L. Mencken, and Owen Roberts concerning horticultural matters. Also includes correspondence, 1938, of Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr., Walter White, and Springarn concerning remarks made by William E. Borah concerning lynching.Much of the correspondence deals with gardening.  He sends...

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Letter by Gervas Storrs, Williamsburg, Virginia  to John Mason Ellis about his romantic life and influenza.  November 15, 1790.

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James French Strother letter to Charles Lanman's Dictionary of the United States Congress where he gives autobiographical information. September 26, 1858.

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Real estate partner agreement between a German entity and several other people including James Swan of Boston, Massachusetts.  Heading on document, "Gesellschafts Vertrag" which translates to "Social Contract," a partnership agreement.  Relates to the sale or purchase of nearly 2 million acres of land in Virginia and Kentucky, as well as additional land near Boston, Massachusetts.  Includes 4 wax seals.  Written in German.  7 pages.

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Appointment, 1808 December 27, of Robert H. Warburton as Captain of the 68th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of the Virginia militia. Signed by Lt. Gov. Alexander McRae.

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Parham writes Mann Page of Prince George County, Va. to give him his recommendations for members to serve on a committee of a Masonic organization and to express the wish that Page remain as grand master of Masons of Virginia for another year. 24 November 1894.

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List of disbursements for the ship "Susan" signed by Moses Myers, Norfolk, [Virginia].  July 25, 1801.

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Letter written by Mrs. M.W. Palmer to her son, W. Palmer, who is an organ builder in St. Louis, Mo. and concerns family news. Includes note from  W. Palmer's brother.

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Autographs of Virginians including Robert Andrews, Mann Page, Johnny Watts, John Carter, and Benjamin Powell. Several signatures are receipts for the purchase of slaves.

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Letter from N. Chester Sorensen of N. Chester Sorensen Co. Architects and Engineers in Detroit, Michigan to Frank Lloyd Wright.  June 4, 1942.  Discusses plans of a building, possibly of  "Taliesin West."  Includes a work chart with the heading, "Fellowship Work Sheet"..."...August tenth:  Curtis Wray Besinger, Boss."  Business card of Kamal Amin, Architect with notation "Taliesen West, Scottsdale, Ariz."

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Letter from Francis H. Smith at the University of Virginia [Charlottesville, Virginia] to R.G. H. Kean.  Declines the invitation to come and lecture in Lynchburg [Va.]  and states that the Board [of Visitors] is making magnificent provisions for my department and "that the Era of makeshift [is] to be at an end."

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Letter, 1781 December 11, Francois Anselme de Saint-Victor, York in Va. to [?] d'Eyroux [d'Eiroux] Pontevez [Ponteves], Simiane, France. 1 p. ; 7 1/2 cm. Regrets the death of the recipient's son, [Marie Jean Balthazar d'Eiroux Ponteves] in an accident and commenting that he was mourned by the entire regiment which had fought earlier in the Battle of Yorktown. Also mentions a debt of the son.

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Letter from Gerrit Smith In Petersboro, New York  to Asher Tyler.  Concerns sending money to a mutual friend and the infirmities of Smith's old age. March 13, 1872.

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Letter by Gervas Storrs, Williamsburg, Virginia  to John Mason Ellis about his romantic life and influenza.  November 15, 1790.

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Gregory Page to "Mama."  Discusses his health, school routine, fear of smallpox in Richmond, Va., and mentions Judge [St. George] Tucker.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Letter from John Randolph, Bizarre, to Citizen [James Brown] about "the bearer...brings...Tobs..." and "Quasha brings Mr. Brown some Butter..."  He writes that  "...we are almost frozen to death, & if the weather continues as it is now, expect to hear that all the northern trade is embargoed - which will be very unfortunate for our Yankee brethren since they will have no stories to give us of French Piracy - Mr. Webster must then be dumb."  Dec 22, 1798.  He noted date as:  22d Decr. 22d...

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Letter from Johnson Sands to Lyman B. Wharton about the Powder Magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia.  January 9, 1892.

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Letter from J. W.  Smith in Baltimore, Maryland to "My Dear Friend" about buying cotton for his friend; mention of Mr. McAllister being in Baltimore.  October 17, 1850.

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Letter to his wife concerning her ill-health and her prolonged stay to get well in Hagerstown, Maryland.  August 10, 1789.

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Real estate partner agreement between a German entity and several other people including James Swan of Boston, Massachusetts.  Heading on document, "Gesellschafts Vertrag" which translates to "Social Contract," a partnership agreement.  Relates to the sale or purchase of nearly 2 million acres of land in Virginia and Kentucky, as well as additional land near Boston, Massachusetts.  Includes 4 wax seals.  Written in German.  7 pages.

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Letter from Jerome Myers, Studio 912, Carnegie Hall, New York, New York to Alexander Kruse, Brooklyn, New York where he states that he "regrets going into that "den of carrols" which was a revalation [sic] of the lowest kind of art traffic."  September 7, [1939].