Box 22
Contains 19 Results:
Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown to "My Darling Son", 1869 May 3
To her son (John Thompson Brown III) urging him to improve his writing and "to read your Bible and say your prayers every day."
M. M. B. [?], London, England, to John Thompson Brown III, 1875 August 31
A description of the London Museum and Zoo.
Report cards for John Thompson Brown III, 1877-1879
Report cards from University School, some countersigned by Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown. 6 items. Printed document signed. Some contain letters by John Thompson Brown III, when the reports were sent home.
Paper by John Thompson Brown, University School, Petersburg, Virginia, 1879
Paper written on Martin Luther.
Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown to "My dear boy" (John Thompson Brown III), circa 1890
Recommends Bible reading as the antidote for "the very corrupt sentiments which are scattered through the classical writers."
Letters from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to John Thompson Brown III, 1894 September
Scope and Contents The recent death of her husband, Dr. Coleman; the serious illness of Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown.
"Resolutions Passed By Precincts of Bedford County in 1894, 1895, and 1896 Denouncing the Bedford High School Act", 1896
Letters from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman, Ivy Cliff, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 July-August
Scope and Contents During her illness, Mrs. Brown's children are in the care of Mrs. Coleman.
Henry Peronneau Brown II, Ivy Cliff, to "My darling Mama," (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 August 9
Letters from John Thompson Brown III, Brierfield, Bedford County to "My darling wife", 1898 August
Elizabeth Brown to "My dear Mama" (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 September 14
A child's letter.
Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 October 16
Rejoices that Cassie's health is "entirely restored." Beverly Tucker and Braxton Bryan are mentioned as attending an assembly of the clergy at Jamestown.
Letters from Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Washington City, to John Thompson Brown III, 1899 January, 1899 August
The letters are addressed to "Thompson".
Clipping from "The Richmond Dispatch", 1899 December 31
Photographs relating to John Thompson Brown IV and Ivy Cliff, circa 1900
Two photographs, one of John Thompson Brown IV and his sister, Frances Bland Coalter Brown, with a servant, Aunt Jane; the other of the house, Ivy Cliff, originally called Otter Hill. Photostat.
Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1901 August 19
Letters from Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Ivy Cliff and Brampton, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1904 September-November
Scope and Contents "...make haste and get well enough to come home where you are much missed."
Bills and business papers of John Thompson Brown III, 1894-1915
45 items. Printed document signed.
A book of sermons copied by Mrs. Frances B. Brown, 1890 June 5
Includes a separate sermon. Autographed draft signed. "Given to my son June 5, 1890. Let him read it carefully and may God have mercy on his soul. Amen." (Mrs. Frances B. Brown died in September 1894.)