Box 18
Contains 26 Results:
John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to his father, Henry Brown, in New London, 1834 January 11
News that his brother, Samuel, is ill at Harvard.
Edward J. Steptoe, West Point Military Academy, to John Thompson Brown, 1834 January 15
Reports on his progress at the college.
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to his brother, Henry Brown, Jr., 1834 January 18-31
Scope and Contents His attempts to defeat the Norfolk rail road in the Assembly; family news.
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to his wife, Mrs. Mary E. Brown, 1834 January
Scope and Contents "All is lost except our honour. The Portsmouth Bill [Norfolk railroad] has passed...our town [Petersburg] is prostrated...but the ancient spirit of our little town, which Mr. Madison called the 'cockade of the old Dominion' is not dead."
Henry Brown, Jr., Lynchburg, to John Thompson Brown, 1834 February 24
A patent for producing domestic salt.
John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1834 February 27
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Mrs. Mary E. Brown, 1834 February-March
Election of a U.S. Senator, for which he has been mentioned; Mr. Leigh's election. At the end of February and beginning of March he is kept in bed with an illness.
Henry Brown, Jr. to John Thompson Brown, 1834 March
John Thompson Brown, Petersburg, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1834 March 15
Gives his views of the political situation, mentioning the message President Jackson sent to Congress with the "Force Bill," the President's plans for the Bank of the U.S., and objections to Van Buren and "the N. York system of tactics which he will bring with him."
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Petersburg, to Henry Brown, March, 1834 October
Scope and Contents Plans for Samuel, John Thompson Brown's brother, to start his study of law with him.
John J. Allen Washington, D.C., to John Thompson Brown, 1834 May 1
John J. Allen (1797-1871)
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Petersburg, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1834 May-July
Scope and Contents Sold bank shares to help his brother go into business for himself; gives advice on racing horses.
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Richmond and Otter Hills, to Mrs. Mary E. Brown, 1834 May
John Thompson Brown speech, 1834 July 9
Draft of a speech delivered in Petersburg on the occasion of the death of Lafayette. 43 pages. Endorsed: "To my sons, should they ever read it."
Edward J. Steptoe, West Point, to John Thompson Brown, 1834 August 11
Report of his progress at the U.S. Military Academy. John Thompson Brown is the uncle of Edward J. Steptoe.
John Thompson Brown, Petersburg, to Peronneau Finley, 1834 November 8
Draft of a letter sending condolences for the death of a sister and congratulations on the birth of a son.
Letters from William Cabell Rives, Washington, D.C., to John Thompson Brown, 1834 December
Scope and Contents His resignation from the U.S. Senate.
Letters from John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Mrs. Mary E. Brown, 1834 December
Scope and Contents "No subject arouses anybody except the senatorial election."
John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1834 December 17
He offers to place all his monetary resources at the service of his brother in his new business venture.
John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Henry Brown, Jr., 1835 January
3 letters, 1 draft. On the 17th he prepared a draft of a letter, which he sent on the 20th, giving an account of a fight in the halls of the General Assembly between himself and John Hampden Pleasants.
Speech of John Thompson Brown, Petersburg, 1835 January 29
A speech "...upon the Election of a Senator in Congress: Delivered in the House of Delegates of Virginia". 28 pages. Printed book. Points out the importance of this election for "future political events and party combinations in the state," and defends the incumbent, Mr. Leigh.
John Thompson Brown, Richmond, to Mrs. Mary E. Brown, circa 1835 January
"Notes and References on Virginia Statutes at Large", circa 1838
Written by John Thompson Brown. 70 pages. Autographed Manuscript. Prepared for use in the Finance Committee of the House of Deputies.
"A common-place Book of Notes and References 'quae reconderet duta que promeret'", circa 1838
Notes on taxes, license fees, and the like, prepared by John Thompson Brown for use on the Finance Committee of the House of Delegates. 116 pages.
John Hampden Pleasants to John Thompson Brown, 1835 January 17
A letter of apology for the battle fought in the halls of the Virginia Capitol.