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Box 22

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

A book of sermons copied by Mrs. Frances B. Brown, 1890 June 5

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 19
Identifier: id180468
Scope and Contents

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.)

Dates: 1890 June 5

Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown to "My Darling Son", 1869 May 3

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 1
Identifier: id180450
Scope and Contents

To her son (John Thompson Brown III) urging him to improve his writing and "to read your Bible and say your prayers every day."

Dates: 1869 May 3

M. M. B. [?], London, England, to John Thompson Brown III, 1875 August 31

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 2
Identifier: id180451
Scope and Contents

A description of the London Museum and Zoo.

Dates: 1875 August 31

Report cards for John Thompson Brown III, 1877-1879

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 3
Identifier: id180452
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1877-1879

Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown to "My dear boy" (John Thompson Brown III), circa 1890

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 5
Identifier: id180454
Scope and Contents

Recommends Bible reading as the antidote for "the very corrupt sentiments which are scattered through the classical writers."

Dates: circa 1890

Letters from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to John Thompson Brown III, 1894 September

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 6
Identifier: id180455
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents The recent death of her husband, Dr. Coleman; the serious illness of Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown.

Dates: 1894 September

"Resolutions Passed By Precincts of Bedford County in 1894, 1895, and 1896 Denouncing the Bedford High School Act", 1896

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 7
Identifier: id180456
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The letters in this box concerning John Thompson Brown III, begin with one from his mother, Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown, the former Frances Bland Coalter. There are 6 report cards from The University School, Petersburg, Virginia (1877-1879). Of interest is a pamphlet of Resolutions Passed in 1894, 1895, and 1896...Denouncing the Bedford High School Act. Many of the letters in the collection are from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman to her niece Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III). Letters...
Dates: 1896

Letters from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman, Ivy Cliff, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 July-August

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 8
Identifier: id180457
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents During her illness, Mrs. Brown's children are in the care of Mrs. Coleman.

Dates: 1898 July-August

Henry Peronneau Brown II, Ivy Cliff, to "My darling Mama," (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 August 9

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 9
Identifier: id180458
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The letters in this box concerning John Thompson Brown III, begin with one from his mother, Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown, the former Frances Bland Coalter. There are 6 report cards from The University School, Petersburg, Virginia (1877-1879). Of interest is a pamphlet of Resolutions Passed in 1894, 1895, and 1896...Denouncing the Bedford High School Act. Many of the letters in the collection are from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman to her niece Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III). Letters...
Dates: 1898 August 9

Letters from John Thompson Brown III, Brierfield, Bedford County to "My darling wife", 1898 August

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 10
Identifier: id180459
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The letters in this box concerning John Thompson Brown III, begin with one from his mother, Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown, the former Frances Bland Coalter. There are 6 report cards from The University School, Petersburg, Virginia (1877-1879). Of interest is a pamphlet of Resolutions Passed in 1894, 1895, and 1896...Denouncing the Bedford High School Act. Many of the letters in the collection are from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman to her niece Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III). Letters...
Dates: 1898 August

Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1898 October 16

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 12
Identifier: id180461
Scope and Contents

Rejoices that Cassie's health is "entirely restored." Beverly Tucker and Braxton Bryan are mentioned as attending an assembly of the clergy at Jamestown.

Dates: 1898 October 16

Clipping from "The Richmond Dispatch", 1899 December 31

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 14
Identifier: id180463
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The letters in this box concerning John Thompson Brown III, begin with one from his mother, Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown, the former Frances Bland Coalter. There are 6 report cards from The University School, Petersburg, Virginia (1877-1879). Of interest is a pamphlet of Resolutions Passed in 1894, 1895, and 1896...Denouncing the Bedford High School Act. Many of the letters in the collection are from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman to her niece Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III). Letters...
Dates: 1899 December 31

Photographs relating to John Thompson Brown IV and Ivy Cliff, circa 1900

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 15
Identifier: id180464
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1900

Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Williamsburg, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1901 August 19

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 16
Identifier: id180465
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The letters in this box concerning John Thompson Brown III, begin with one from his mother, Mrs. Henry Peronneau Brown, the former Frances Bland Coalter. There are 6 report cards from The University School, Petersburg, Virginia (1877-1879). Of interest is a pamphlet of Resolutions Passed in 1894, 1895, and 1896...Denouncing the Bedford High School Act. Many of the letters in the collection are from Mrs. Cynthia B. Tucker Coleman to her niece Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III). Letters...
Dates: 1901 August 19

Letters from Mrs. Cynthia Beverly Tucker Coleman, Ivy Cliff and Brampton, to Cassie (Mrs. John Thompson Brown III), 1904 September-November

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 17
Identifier: id180466
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents "...make haste and get well enough to come home where you are much missed."

Dates: 1904 September-November

Bills and business papers of John Thompson Brown III, 1894-1915

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 18
Identifier: id180467