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Box 12

 Container

Contains 69 Results:

Letters from Mrs. Alice Brown Worthington, Richmond and Georgetown, to Henry Brown, 1839 March-June

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 51
Identifier: id177882
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The youngest daughter of Henry Brown writes about her marriage and the first meeting with her new relatives.

Dates: 1839 March-June

William Brown Staunton, to Henry Brown, 1839 April 25

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 52
Identifier: id177883

Mrs. Alice B. Worthington, Cincinnati, to Mrs. Alexander (Lockie T. Brown) Irvine, 1839 November 14

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 54
Identifier: id177885
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Alexander (Lockie T. Brown) Irvine is her sister. Her wedding trip to New Orleans.

Dates: 1839 November 14

Mrs. A. B. Worthington, New Orleans, to Henry Brown, 1839 December 12

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 55
Identifier: id177886
Scope and Contents

Her sickness on the way down the river due to fresh paint in the boat.

Dates: 1839 December 12

Rev. James Mitchell Setter to Henry Brown, Undated

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 57
Identifier: id177888
Scope and Contents

Concerning eventual conversion of Baptists to the Presbyterian Church.

Dates: Undated

Mrs. Alice (Brown) Worthington at Georgetown to Henry Brown, 1840 April 20

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 59
Identifier: id177890
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents "...I left New Orleans the 28th of March and reach George Town. The 15th of April...Sam (Brown) was in New Orleans the day before I left-he was not married but expected to be the 9th of April."

Dates: 1840 April 20

W. W. Worthington, Georgetown, to Henry Brown, 1840 July 17

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 60
Identifier: id177891
Scope and Contents

"Last evening our darling Alice made me the happy father of a fine boy..."

Dates: 1840 July 17

Mrs. Alice Worthington, Georgetown, to Henry Brown, 1841 May 8

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 61
Identifier: id177892
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence of the immediate family of Captain Henry Brown. Also includes personal correspondence of Henry Brown with his brothers, Samuel and Daniel, and his children. The correspondence between Henry Brown and his son, John Thompson Brown, is found in Boxes 14-19. Also, letters from the sons and daughters of Samuel, brother of Henry Brown. In a separate group are collected letters written by Edward J. Steptoe, grandson of Henry Brown, from West Point Military Academy and from the Indian...
Dates: 1841 May 8

Account of Samuel White with Witt and Dow, "Definition of Oratory," and "Breathing", Undated

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 62
Identifier: id177893
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence of the immediate family of Captain Henry Brown. Also includes personal correspondence of Henry Brown with his brothers, Samuel and Daniel, and his children. The correspondence between Henry Brown and his son, John Thompson Brown, is found in Boxes 14-19. Also, letters from the sons and daughters of Samuel, brother of Henry Brown. In a separate group are collected letters written by Edward J. Steptoe, grandson of Henry Brown, from West Point Military Academy and from the Indian...
Dates: Undated

Account of Samuel White with Witt and Dow, "Definition of Oratory," and "Breathing", Undated

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 63
Identifier: id177894
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence of the immediate family of Captain Henry Brown. Also includes personal correspondence of Henry Brown with his brothers, Samuel and Daniel, and his children. The correspondence between Henry Brown and his son, John Thompson Brown, is found in Boxes 14-19. Also, letters from the sons and daughters of Samuel, brother of Henry Brown. In a separate group are collected letters written by Edward J. Steptoe, grandson of Henry Brown, from West Point Military Academy and from the Indian...
Dates: Undated

E. J. Steptoe, West Point, to Dr. William Steptoe at New London, 1833 December 10

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 64
Identifier: id177895
Scope and Contents

Report to his father of his first grades at the Academy.

Dates: 1833 December 10

E. J. Steptoe, West Point, to Henry Brown, 1834 January 25

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 65
Identifier: id177896
Scope and Contents

To his grandfather regarding his first term marks.

Dates: 1834 January 25

E. J. Steptoe, West Point, to his stepmother and father, 1834 November

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 66
Identifier: id177897
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents "The first two years of our course are exclusively devoted to Mathematics and French..." Encloses a work sheet and "Synopsis of the Course of Studies at the Military Academy."

Dates: 1834 November

Letters from E. J. Steptoe to Dr. William Steptoe, 1838 January-February

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 67
Identifier: id177898
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Letters written from Oklawaka River and St. Augustine, Florida. "The Congress must get rid of its 'sickly sympathy' (with the Indians) or, rely upon it, this is a war of years to come." Gives a vivid description of St. Augustine.

Dates: 1838 January-February

Letters from E. J. Steptoe, 1838 July-November

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 68
Identifier: id177899
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Letters written from Rose's Landing, Tennessee; Savannah, Georgia; and off Cape Hatteras. Contrasts the Cherokees in Tennessee with the Seminoles of Florida. Describes Savannah in a letter enclosed, dated February 16, 1839.

Dates: 1838 July-November

Typescript copies of letters of E. J. Steptoe, 1826-1838

 File — Box: 12, Folder: 69
Identifier: id177900