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The body of Henry Brown, Jr. was taken that morning for Virginia.

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On the death of her father, Henry Brown Brown, Jr.

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Scope and Contents Taking inventory at the store of his late brother; preparing to settle his estate.

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Scope and Contents Reports on the stocktaking in the store of Henry Brown, Jr. On July 19 he wrote that he was coming to his father's place on the Sunday next to hear his brother's funeral preached. This is the last letter from John Thompson Brown to his father, for on that visit to Otter Hills he was taken with the illness from which he died.

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On the disposal of the store inventory; sends a piano to her.

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Mourning his brother's death, he makes arrangements for his own family to join him. (This is the last letter written by John Thompson Brown preserved in this collection.)

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The niece of John Thompson Brown writes to her uncle regarding the recent death of her father, Henry Brown, Jr.

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A Quaker associate of Henry Brown, Jr. writes regarding the settling of the store business.

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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Enclosures: "A lock of the hair of John Thompson Brown, 29 years" envelope marked, "For sister Mary from my dear brother John's Grave, Nov. 13th, 1845, Mrs. Alice Brown Worthington," with clover leaves inside.

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Signed Robert B. Bolling, Chairman. A resolution in memory of John Thompson Brown.

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Signed D. M. Bernard, Clerk. Endorsement by James MacFarland, Jr., to Mrs. John Thompson Brown.

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Condolences on the death of her husband.

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A resolution that the members wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days in honor of John Thompson Brown, by William A. Dod.

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A copy of the unanimous resolution of the House of Delegates in memory of John Thompson Brown.

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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A letter of grief written by Mrs. Brown to her father-in-law. Mrs. Mary E. Brown is the widow of John Thompson Brown.

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A letter of consolation.

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In service as Executors of John Thompson Brown.

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Drafts.

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A large folded ink drawing of a building "taken from the Colonade of the Temple of Minerva Parthenon at Athens," with notes of construction details.

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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.