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Box 15

 Container

Contains 39 Results:

Henry Brown, Jr., New London, to his brother, John Thompson Brown, 1825 February 20

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Identifier: id178072
Scope and Contents

"...the friends of Old Hickory...hear Adamses success spoken of and the probability of Clay's being made Secretary of State..."

Dates: 1825 February 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Clarksburg, to his father, Henry Brown, 1825 September 2

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 2
Identifier: id178073
Scope and Contents

Encloses a legal opinion concerning sheriffs, which his father apparently requested.

Dates: 1825 September 2
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Clarksburg, to William Peronneau Finley, Charlestown, South Carolina, 1825 December 20

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 3
Identifier: id178075
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A flowery letter to an old friend from Princeton. "I have acquired some little reputation at the bar and a practice that supports me very decently."

Dates: 1825 December 20
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown "Mon Debut", circa 1825

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 4
Identifier: id178076
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Draft of an address to an investigating group (perhaps a grand jury), with endorsement: "1. Act against cutting down trees. 2. Act providing for a good and sufficient jail."

Dates: circa 1825
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Draft of a letter to the editor, circa 1825

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 5
Identifier: id178077
Scope and Contents

This is part of a printed letter concerning "Mr. Jefferson the disclosure of his poverty..." over the signature Alexander. (See bound scrapbook, the last item in Box 14.)

Dates: circa 1825
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Henry Brown, Jr., Woodlawn, to Henry Brown, 1826 July 10

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 6
Identifier: id178080
Scope and Contents

Desire of John Thompson Brown to run for the U.S. Congress or for a seat in the General Assembly. Suggests that Henry Brown send $1,000.00 to help achieve this.

Dates: 1826 July 10
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Clarksburg, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1826 November 8

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 7
Identifier: id178081
Scope and Contents

"I find that there is a serious and, I believe, a somewhat general wish to bring me out for the Legislature."

Dates: 1826 November 8
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Clarksburg, to Henry Brown, 1826 December 15

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 8
Identifier: id178083
Scope and Contents

"I am a candidate for the Legislature at the next election..."

Dates: 1826 December 15
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown. "To the People of Harrison County", 1827 Feburary 9

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 9
Identifier: id178084
Scope and Contents

An announcement of the candidacy of John Thompson Brown for the General Assembly. He reviews what he considers to be the most important problems of the day, and discusses (1) the invasion of State sovereignty by the Federal program of "internal development," (2) the harm done to Southern farmers by import duties, (3) the calling of a Constitutional Convention for the state of Virginia, (4) the dangers of the uncontrolled banking system.

Dates: 1827 Feburary 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Letters from John Thompson Brown, Clarksburg and Richmond, to Captain Henry Brown, 1827 April-December

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 10
Identifier: id178087
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents His election to the General Assembly; hope of election to the U.S. Congress, and the purchase of a four acre lot in town. In the first letter which John Thompson Brown wrote from the House of Delegates he said "I have not taken much part in the debates of the House and do not expect to do so..."

Dates: 1827 April-December
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Note regarding a report in the Richmond Enquirer, 1827 September 25

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 11
Identifier: id178088
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The note is "in regard to the question whether Clinton or Calhoun should run as Vice-President on the Jackson ticket"

Dates: 1827 September 25
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1827 December 9

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 12
Identifier: id178092
Scope and Contents

His ride to Richmond in a coach with other, more experienced law-makers, "having been, as you predicted, greatly edified and instructed by a coach-full of legislators 'big with the cares of state."

Dates: 1827 December 9
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

"Report of a Committee…", circa 1827-1828

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 13
Identifier: id178093
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Full title: "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, And To Devise A Remedy Therefor, With Leave To Report A Bill Or Otherwise" 6 pages. 2 copies.

Dates: circa 1827-1828
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

A Bill, For Settling And Adjusting The Titles Of Lands On The Western Waters Of Virginia, circa 1827-1830

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 14
Identifier: id178094
Scope and Contents

3 copies.

Dates: circa 1827-1830
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Draft of a petition of Anne Quinlin, circa 1827

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 15
Identifier: id178097
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Petition to the General Assembly for a divorce.

Dates: circa 1827
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Draft of a petition of Anne Quinlin, circa 1827

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 16
Identifier: id178099
Scope and Contents

Petition to the General Assembly for a divorce.

Dates: circa 1827
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Drawing of a two room house, circa 1827-1830

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 17
Identifier: id178100
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Correspondence while Brown established himself in Clarksburg, and while representing Harrison County in the General Assembly. The material in this box covers the period 1825 to 1829, when John Thompson Brown was resident of Clarksburg, Harrison County, Virginia (later West Virginia). In this period John Thompson Brown wrote some of the "Letters to the Editor," printed in the Clarksburg Enquirer, contained in the scrap book noted above in Box 14. A draft of a part of the letter concerning the...
Dates: circa 1827-1830
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

House plans and draft of explanations of a plan, circa 1827-1830

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 18
Identifier: id178101
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Autographed document.

Dates: circa 1827-1830
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

House plan, elevations, and draft of notes on construction, circa 1825-1830

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 19
Identifier: id178102
Scope and Contents

Autographed document.

Dates: circa 1825-1830
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

R. H. Toler, Secretary, Lynchburg Colonization Society, to John Thompson Brown, 1828 January 1

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 20
Identifier: id178104
Scope and Contents

"Resolving that members of the House of Delegates be requested to unite...in advancing the cause of this Society before the General Assembly of Virginia."

Dates: 1828 January 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Henry Brown, Jr., in Lynchburg, to Henry Brown, 1828 February 5

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 21
Identifier: id178105
Scope and Contents

On John Thompson Brown's speech: "considered the most able one that had been delivered in the House in 5 years."

Dates: 1828 February 5
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

R. R. Gurley, Colonization Society of Washington, to John Thompson Brown, 1828 February 19

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 22
Identifier: id178107
Scope and Contents

"Our Society, in the success of which, you are pleased to express so deep an interest, is I believe, making sure progress."

Dates: 1828 February 19
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to William Peronneau Finley, 1828 March 1

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 23
Identifier: id178108
Scope and Contents

His legislature activities and speeches. "I am a Jackson man like yourself but not perfectly orthodox, as you would say, on the subject of States Rights. I published my opinions, pamphlet of 30 pages, 12 months ago and will send you a copy..."

Dates: 1828 March 1
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

John Thomas Brown "To The People Of Harrison", Undated

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 24
Identifier: id178109
Scope and Contents Physical Location: Removed from this collection and catalogued in the Rare Books Deptartment F 247 H3B73. The second copy is located in the Rare Books Department - Virginia, under the same call number as above. 17 pages. A report to his constituents on such matters as (1) the state Constitutional Convention, (2) the lottery for the Randolph Academy in Clarksburg, (3) county elections, (4) the bill abolishing the chancery Courts and establishing a Superior Court, (5) a Turnpike to their area...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown

Henry St. George Tucker, Winchester, to John Thompson Brown, 1828 March 12

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 25
Identifier: id178110
Scope and Contents

Comment on the land titles, Chancery court bills.

Dates: 1828 March 12
Found in: Special Collections Research Center / Brown, Coalter, Tucker Papers (I) / GROUP C: John Thompson Brown Papers / Correspondence of John Thompson Brown