Scope and Contents January 1, 1870 John Thompson Brown to his Mother, Francis B. Coalter Brown: Miss Jane and my Father each took us for walks yesterday, and then we went to see the giants and the Australian children. Father’s cold is better. My mammy is churching today. Willy has commenced multiplication; I find long division very hard. I ride my velocipede everyday. The Negroes are celebrating their freedom today by a procession. Peggy sent us 17 pounds of butter. The chimes rung out the old year and in the...

Scope and Contents March 13, 1871 G. B. Grinnan, “Brampton,” to Fanny. Remedy for miscarriages. “A simple remedy and can do no harm . . . hope that it may do you some good.” Family news. March 14, 1871 John Thompson Brown to Cousin Lizzy Petersburg, Va. [?] Charlie has come here to go to school and we have great fun shooting and playing martelle. I went out to Walnut Hill Tuesday. My Father and I started to work our garden this evening; Mother’s peas and beets are already up. October 9, 1871, John Thompson...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers and correspondence of three generations of the Brown Family of Virginia:  Frances (Fanny) Bland Coalter Brown and her husband, Henry Peronneau Brown (1838-1888),  J. Thompson and Cassie Tucker Brown (1890-1920) and Frances Bland Brown and Fleming Sanders (1921-1964).