Box 20
Container
Contains 48 Results:
John Thompson Brown II, Petersburg, to his "Aunt Lockie" (Brown Irvine), 1844 November 20
File — Box: 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: id179729
Scope and Contents
Lists the courses in school taken by a nine year old boy and his two brothers, Wilicox, 11 years old, and Peronneau, 13 years old.
Dates:
1844 November 20
Travel notebook, unsigned, 1857 May 4
File — Box: 20, Folder: 2
Identifier: id179730
Scope and Contents
58 pages. Draft.
Dates:
1857 May 4
A report of "repeated bleeding in Italy"., undated
File — Box: 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: id179731
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence, commissions, receipts, etc., of Colonel John Thompson Brown II, killed in action on May 6, 1864; his drafts of speeches in defense of slavery. This box contains the papers from the period after the death of John Thompson Brown, and concern John Thompson Brown II, born in 1835, some 18 months before the death of his father. One letter (November 20, 1844) lists the courses studied by boys at the ages of 9, 11, and 13; a travel book gives an interesting picture of Europe (May 4,...
Dates:
undated
Promissory note, N. M. Lewis to William J. Chick, 1859 January 1
File — Box: 20, Folder: 4
Identifier: id179732
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence, commissions, receipts, etc., of Colonel John Thompson Brown II, killed in action on May 6, 1864; his drafts of speeches in defense of slavery. This box contains the papers from the period after the death of John Thompson Brown, and concern John Thompson Brown II, born in 1835, some 18 months before the death of his father. One letter (November 20, 1844) lists the courses studied by boys at the ages of 9, 11, and 13; a travel book gives an interesting picture of Europe (May 4,...
Dates:
1859 January 1
Thomas P. August, Colonel 1st Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, 1859 December 1
File — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Identifier: id179733
Scope and Contents
Certifies that John Thompson Brown II was elected Second Lieutenant by viva voce vote of the members of his company.
Dates:
1859 December 1
Draft of speech in favor of the Southern position, circa 1860
File — Box: 20, Folder: 6
Identifier: id179734
Scope and Contents
References to Douglas and the threat to slavery.
Dates:
circa 1860
Draft of speech opposing abolition, circa 1860
File — Box: 20, Folder: 7
Identifier: id179735
Scope and Contents
Concerns the raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown, October 19, 1859, and the treatment of him as a martyr in the North. 5 pages. Autographed draft.
Dates:
circa 1860
Speech at the dedication of an Armory, circa 1861
File — Box: 20, Folder: 8
Identifier: id179736
Scope and Contents
"I greatly fear that the time has passed when great questions of State equality are to be settled in the Halls of Congress...this settlement requires powder and ball..."
Dates:
circa 1861
M. C. Selant and Co. bill for coal to John Thompson Brown II, 1861 January 5
File — Box: 20, Folder: 9
Identifier: id179737
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence, commissions, receipts, etc., of Colonel John Thompson Brown II, killed in action on May 6, 1864; his drafts of speeches in defense of slavery. This box contains the papers from the period after the death of John Thompson Brown, and concern John Thompson Brown II, born in 1835, some 18 months before the death of his father. One letter (November 20, 1844) lists the courses studied by boys at the ages of 9, 11, and 13; a travel book gives an interesting picture of Europe (May 4,...
Dates:
1861 January 5
H. R. Pleasants and John Thompson Brown II, receipt for sabre and belt from George W. Randolph, Captain, 1st Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, 1861 April 23
File — Box: 20, Folder: 10
Identifier: id179738
Scope and Contents
2 copies.
Dates:
1861 April 23
Bills rendered to Captain John Thompson Brown II and his Company, 1861 May
File — Box: 20, Folder: 11
Identifier: id179739
Scope and Contents
3 items.
Dates:
1861 May
J. H. Sands, Young's Mill, to Major John Thompson Brown II, Young's Farm, 1861 October 6
File — Box: 20, Folder: 12
Identifier: id179740
Scope and Contents
Report on ammunition on hand.
Dates:
1861 October 6
Receipts for pay and supplies for Colonel John Thompson Brown II, 1862 January-May
File — Box: 20, Folder: 13
Identifier: id179741
Scope and Contents
3 items.
Dates:
1862 January-May
C. H. D. Chine, Poe's Farm, to the Court, and Corp. M. Terrell to the Court, 1862 June 19
File — Box: 20, Folder: 14
Identifier: id179742
Scope and Contents
2 items. Court Martial action taken for refusal to do guard duty, by a trooper under the command of Colonel John Thompson Brown II.
Dates:
1862 June 19
Receipts for horses and supplies, 1862 June-September
File — Box: 20, Folder: 15
Identifier: id179743
Scope and Contents
4 items.
Dates:
1862 June-September
Colonel John Thompson Brown II to Brig. General William Nelson Pendleton, 1862 September 29
File — Box: 20, Folder: 16
Identifier: id179744
Scope and Contents
Request for transfer, with his command, to the Division of General D. H. Hills, so that he might be more actively engaged.
Dates:
1862 September 29
Receipt and lists of stores, 1862 October
File — Box: 20, Folder: 17
Identifier: id179745
Scope and Contents
3 items.
Dates:
1862 October
Draft of a suggestion for winter furloughs, circa 1862
File — Box: 20, Folder: 18
Identifier: id179746
Scope and Contents
Draft of a suggestion for winter furloughs in order to extend the length of service in the fighting season.
Dates:
circa 1862
Map of the State of Virginia, 1862
File — Box: 20, Folder: 19
Identifier: id179747
Scope and Contents
Published by West and Johnson, Richmond.
Dates:
1862
Receipts for Ordnance stores, 1863 January
File — Box: 20, Folder: 20
Identifier: id179748
Scope and Contents
4 items.
Dates:
1863 January
R. P. Rides to Colonel John Thompson Brown II, 1863 February 1
File — Box: 20, Folder: 21
Identifier: id179749
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Correspondence, commissions, receipts, etc., of Colonel John Thompson Brown II, killed in action on May 6, 1864; his drafts of speeches in defense of slavery. This box contains the papers from the period after the death of John Thompson Brown, and concern John Thompson Brown II, born in 1835, some 18 months before the death of his father. One letter (November 20, 1844) lists the courses studied by boys at the ages of 9, 11, and 13; a travel book gives an interesting picture of Europe (May 4,...
Dates:
1863 February 1
Receipts for horses, mules, and supplies, 1863 February-April
File — Box: 20, Folder: 22
Identifier: id179750
Scope and Contents
13 items.
Dates:
1863 February-April
Colonel John Thompson Brown II, to Brig. General William Nelson Pendleton, 1863 June 3
File — Box: 20, Folder: 23
Identifier: id179751
Scope and Contents
Concerning a dispute arising between the two over John Thompson Brown's command.
Dates:
1863 June 3
Special Order No. 154, 1863 June 8
File — Box: 20, Folder: 24
Identifier: id179752
Scope and Contents
Signed by W. H. Taylor and Brig. General William Nelson Pendleton. 4 items.
Dates:
1863 June 8
Letters between John Thompson Brown II and Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton, 1863 August
File — Box: 20, Folder: 25
Identifier: id179753
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents 4 items.
Dates:
1863 August