Box 5
Container
Contains 74 Results:
Letters from Mrs. B. C. Lacy, Ellwood, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1850 April 2
File — Box: 5, Folder: 51
Identifier: id174134
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1850 April 2
Georgia Bryan, Eagle Point, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1850 April 13
File — Box: 5, Folder: 52
Identifier: id174135
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1850 April 13
Letters from Georgia Bryan, Eagle Point, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1851 February-August
File — Box: 5, Folder: 53
Identifier: id174136
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Cover lacking. About life in the great houses of Virginia, excursions on river boats, dances, and the like. Mentions a fancy ball where everyone appeared in a mask and gown, "You cannot tell a man from a woman. They go about in this costume for some time and have a dance...one gentleman went draped as a lady and no one found him out,...one went as a monk in robes and with his beads..."
Dates:
1851 February-August
Letters from Mrs. B. C. Lacy, Greenwood and Ellwood, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1851 March-August
File — Box: 5, Folder: 54
Identifier: id174137
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents "When will your new house, or rather, new home be ready for you? (Frances Bland Coalter's mother has finally been able to buy a house, Stanley.)
Dates:
1851 March-August
Letters from Lucy Lindley, Ingleside, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1851 April-July
File — Box: 5, Folder: 55
Identifier: id174138
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1851 April-July
B.C. Lacy, Ellwood, to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, 1851 May 8
File — Box: 5, Folder: 56
Identifier: id174139
Scope and Contents
The letter is addressed to "My dear Cousin".
Dates:
1851 May 8
Letters from Mrs. Judith H. Coalter, Presley, to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, 1851 June-December
File — Box: 5, Folder: 57
Identifier: id174140
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Mentions the war threat: "my anxiety about a lastingpeace and the welfare of my children preys very much on my spirits."
Dates:
1851 June-December
Elizabeth Gordon, Eliwood, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1851 September 1
File — Box: 5, Folder: 58
Identifier: id174141
Scope and Contents
Announces the birth of a daughter to Mrs. Lacy.
Dates:
1851 September 1
Mannie Tomlin, Lower Bremo, to Fanny Coalter, 1851 September 22
File — Box: 5, Folder: 59
Identifier: id174142
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1851 September 22
F. T. Bryan, Eagle Point, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1851 November 25
File — Box: 5, Folder: 60
Identifier: id174143
Scope and Contents
Fanny Coalter is attending a school conducted by Rev. Moses D. Hoge.
Dates:
1851 November 25
Virginia B. Coalter, Chericoke, to Betty, 1851 December 7
File — Box: 5, Folder: 61
Identifier: id174144
Scope and Contents
Endorses note from Mrs. Judith H. Coalter.
Dates:
1851 December 7
Letters from Mrs. B. C. Lacy, Chatham and Eliwood, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 January-July
File — Box: 5, Folder: 62
Identifier: id174145
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents About her daughter, Agnes, and the progress on the improvements at Ellwood.
Dates:
1852 January-July
F. T. Bryan, Eagle Point, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 January 7
File — Box: 5, Folder: 63
Identifier: id174146
Scope and Contents
"Rumors of a great revival at Mr. H.'s school have reached us from different quarters and report says Jinney and yourself acted a conspicuous part."
Dates:
1852 January 7
Letters from Mannie Tomlin, Lower Bremo, to Frances Bland Coalter, care of Rev. M. D. H., 1852 January-August
File — Box: 5, Folder: 64
Identifier: id174148
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1852 January-August
Letters from Sue Fickler, Fredericksburg, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 February-December
File — Box: 5, Folder: 65
Identifier: id174149
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents A school friend writes of her textbooks: "Paley's Moral Philosophy, Olinstead's Natural Philosophy, Hume's History of England, Conic Sections, Thompson's Arithmetic and French Studies."
Dates:
1852 February-December
Letters from Mrs. Judith H. Coalter to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, 1852 February-October
File — Box: 5, Folder: 66
Identifier: id174150
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents Includes a most interesting account of trip by boat from Gloucester County, via Jamestown, to Richmond.
Dates:
1852 February-October
Lucy Cocke, Lower Bremo, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 March 1
File — Box: 5, Folder: 67
Identifier: id174151
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1852 March 1
St. George Tucker Coalter, Rumford Academy, to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, 1852 March-October
File — Box: 5, Folder: 68
Identifier: id174153
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents The first letters written by Mrs. Coalter's youngest child.
Dates:
1852 March-October
John Coalter II, University of Virginia, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 March 20
File — Box: 5, Folder: 69
Identifier: id174155
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1852 March 20
Letters from Mannie Morton, Buffaloe, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 April-November
File — Box: 5, Folder: 70
Identifier: id174156
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents A schoolmate who has left Rev. Mr. Hoge's school writes back.
Dates:
1852 April-November
St. George Tucker Coalter, Rumford Academy to Randolph Bryan, 1852 May 4
File — Box: 5, Folder: 71
Identifier: id174157
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence between St. George T. Coalter, his wife, his sister Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, and her husband John Randolph Bryan, form the core of the material in this box. It includes letters exchanged by the cousins, five Coalter children, and nine Bryan children. The controversy over the will of John Randolph of Roanoke is mentioned in several of the letters. St. George Tucker Coalter was a nephew of John Randolph, John Randolph Bryan was his godson, and both were heirs. St. George...
Dates:
1852 May 4
Rev. Moses D. Hoge, Richmond, to Harrison B. Tomlin, 1852 October 8
File — Box: 5, Folder: 72
Identifier: id174158
Scope and Contents
An offer to abate charges so that Fanny B. Coalter could remain in school.
Dates:
1852 October 8
John Coalter II, Presley, to Mrs. Elizabeth T. Bryan, 1852 November 2
File — Box: 5, Folder: 73
Identifier: id174160
Scope and Contents
Writes that he has stood his examination for license to practice law; reports on his brothers and sisters.
Dates:
1852 November 2
Mattie Morton, Prince Edward, to Frances Bland Coalter, 1852 December 20
File — Box: 5, Folder: 74
Identifier: id174161
Scope and Contents
Fanny has returned to Rev. Hoge's school; her friend writes regarding scarlet fever.
Dates:
1852 December 20