The following newspaper clippings and pamphlets are included in a bound scrap book, with endorsements and were undoubtedly collected by John Thompson Brown himself.

Concerning "...Mr. Jefferson...the disclosure of his poverty..."

Concerning "several cases of contempt of court, occurring in various parts of the Union, in which the punishment inflicted, has been made a subject of grievous complaint."

Concerning "The President's message."

Report of a committee, appointed to enquire into the nature and extent of the evils arising from the present unsettled state of Land Titles on the Western Waters of Virginia

Speech in Committee of the Whole, Jan. 13th, Saturday.

A Bill authorizing a loan of $6,000.00 on the credit of the state, for the construction of Turnpike Road from Winchester to Parkersburg by way of Clarksburg, being under consideration.

"Sir:--I have read in the "Intelligencer" of the 9th inst. your communications to the Editors of the paper, in which you remark, substantially, that the only Candidate to represent the town of Petersburg in the General Assembly is a stranger to most voters...Not doubting that I am the person alluded to...," signed John Thompson Brown".

"The following copy of a Petition to the Legislature of Virginia, we insert at the request of a number of our Citizens."

32 pages. "On motion of Mr. Brown of Petersburg, the report of the committee on slaves, free Negroes and mulattoes, and the amendment of Mr. Preston were taken up; when Mr. Brown rose and addressed the house as follows:..."

"The bill to amend an act authorizing the Board of Public Works to subscribe on behalf of the Commonwealth, to the stock of the Petersburg Rail Road, was read a third time. Mr. Brown said..."

"Andrew Jackson was unanimously recommended to the Citizens of Virginia, as the next President. "Mr. Miller of Powhatan then submitted the following Resolution..."(Concerning the Vice-President). Mr. Brown of Petersburg, then submitted the following by way of substitute for the above..."

Letter from a schoolboy friend regarding New London Academy.

John Thompson Brown's examinations at the New London Academy.

"I have just been examined by the faculty and am admitted to the Sophomore Class, which is the second in the college." His expenses are estimated at $200.00 for the first term and $90.00 for the second. "I will pledge myself not to spend one cent more than is really necessary."

Scope and Contents News from home; a rumor that some boys were expelled from Chapel Hill for their politics. John Thompson Brown is his brother-in-law.

Scope and Contents Medical advice; a suggested teacher for New London Academy ("Has he energy enough manage southern students?"); the death of Polly [Mrs. Mary Brown Clayton], sister of John Thompson Brown.

The political upheaval at William and Mary College; deputies appointed "...to fix upon the site of the Virginia University."

Scope and Contents "My expenses have far exceeded what was necessary or what you expect. I now see my error and repent..." Three months later he offers to leave school because of his additional debts. Later in Baltimore, he is robbed of $200.00. His father adds up the year's expenses to a total of $670.00. Henry Brown is John Thompson Brown's father.

Behavior, No. 1. distinguished; Industry, No. 1. distinguished; Scholarship, No. 1. distinguished (1) "If under the article scholarship, a student is marked No. 1 distinguished (1), he is considered as ranking among the first in his class." (From printed explanation of the report.) John Thompson Brown is of the sophomore class at Princeton.

Scope and Contents "Once the busy scene of commercial enterprise...now lifeless and inactive." Concerning Lynchburg.

Scope and Contents The University of Virginia is established at Charlottesville with an annual appropriation of $15,000; news of a threat of slave uprisings in Fredericksburg.

John Thompson Brown is of the junior class at Princeton. Two reports. Printed document signed. Similar reports to that of 1818. Warning is added to the September report concerning excessive expenditures by students: "the trustees of the college give this notice to the parents and guardians of the youth, that they ought to pay no debt contracted in this town, which they have not specifically authorized."

Endorsed: "Collegians mei consocui." He knew 162 fellow students.

On the "present session of Congress."