Scope and Contents March 7, 1879 M.B. to Fanny Post card saying basic hello. Sent shirts to Forest. Aunt L is better. Flower Garden looks nice. Come soon. March 7, 1879 H.P. Brown to son Bedford, Va. We are well here except for Cousin Margaret Barnes. Your Uncle reports from Baltimore that while there you lost your pocketbook with $28. Be more particular about money – keep regular accounts. “Be constantly and earnestly a good boy … read your bible and pray to god for his blessings …” March 9, 1879 Lizzie...

Scope and Contents April 1, 1879 Fanny C. Brown Receipt for pair of andirons. April 6, 1879 J.T. Brown to Mother, F.C. Brown Petersburg, Va. Shopped yesterday. Will need to buy a valise before I go on to the university. Have been playing baseball. Will probably stop in Fredericksburg on my way from Baltimore and possibly Richmond also, to have my teeth fixed. How is Tasso? I do want to go to Cobbs Island with Roper before heading for the mountains. April 11, 1879 Lizzie B. Lacy to Cousin Fanny C. Brown...

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).