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Includes: A dramatic sketch, Kentucky Land Laws, Goosawattee Indians, and map of the region around Bedford, Virginia. 40 pages.

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16 pages. Draft.

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5 pages. Autographed draft. Incomplete.

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Drafts.

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The bounties offered for Indian scalps in Bedford between 1755 and 1758.

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11 items. Autographed document.

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Announces the birth of a son, John Thompson Brown II, and tells his brother that he had ordered $2800 placed to his account to support the store that he had opened.

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Scope and Contents Political activity in Petersburg.

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Scope and Contents "The Jackson party has brought out the most popular man in Petersburg against...it is quite likely he will beat me."

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Scope and Contents On April 18 he writes, "I was elected by a majority of 37 (13 of which were from Richmond)." There is also a report of a street fight between John Thompson Brown and "a Jackson man."

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Concerning the chances of Van Buren to carry Virginia in the election.

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Plans to retire from politics and seek a position as Judge of the courts.

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He has sent a box of books to help him in his law studies, and describes a visit by his old friend Peronneau Finley and his family.

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Writes to his father about plans to visit him.

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Scope and Contents Drafts on the subject of the northern resolutions on slavery, particularly those recently passed in Portland and Boston. 3 items.

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4 items. Autographed draft.

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Scope and Contents Family discussion, especially concerned with the sisters who were yet to find husbands.

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Notice of the election of John Thompson Brown as an honorary member of the Jefferson Society.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Letters from February 1835, until his death in November 1836; manuscripts of four articles written to oppose the candidacy of Martin Van Buren for President. The closing sessions of the State Legislature of 1834-1835 are reported in the letters at the beginning of this box. The party spirit runs high in Petersburg as the "Jackson party" opposes John Thompson Brown (March 1835). He is involved in a street fight with an opponent in which he receives a black eye, but the argument is made up...

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The content is on the stand of Mr. Van Buren on emancipation. 28 numbered columns. Signed "Mr. Brown."

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Notes on this topic.

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Notes on this topic. Also includes an additional 2 page insertion.

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Notes on this topic. The series of drafts is in opposition to Martin Van Buren, candidate for the President of the United States. 48 pages.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Letters from February 1835, until his death in November 1836; manuscripts of four articles written to oppose the candidacy of Martin Van Buren for President. The closing sessions of the State Legislature of 1834-1835 are reported in the letters at the beginning of this box. The party spirit runs high in Petersburg as the "Jackson party" opposes John Thompson Brown (March 1835). He is involved in a street fight with an opponent in which he receives a black eye, but the argument is made up...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Letters from February 1835, until his death in November 1836; manuscripts of four articles written to oppose the candidacy of Martin Van Buren for President. The closing sessions of the State Legislature of 1834-1835 are reported in the letters at the beginning of this box. The party spirit runs high in Petersburg as the "Jackson party" opposes John Thompson Brown (March 1835). He is involved in a street fight with an opponent in which he receives a black eye, but the argument is made up...