Box 1
Contains 76 Results:
Nathan Goff, Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1895 December 12
Scope and Contents Enclosing the order in the libel case; the report "connecting my name with the nomination to political office, is without my sanction..."; and expressing appreciation of your kind offer.
Richard A. Wise, Williamsburg, Virginia, to R. M. Hughes, 1896 October 30
Scope and Contents Requests Hughes to make a speech.
James A. Walker, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1897 April 14
Scope and Contents Requests that a letter be written to President McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of Virginia.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, London, England, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1897 August 23
Scope and Contents Copy. Card formally acknowledging receipt of verses sent by Hughes and declining to set them to music.
Charles Henry Simonton, U.S. Court Rooms, Charleston, South Carolina, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1897 October 29
Scope and Contents Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of the Law School.
William Lyne Wilson, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1899 March 5
Scope and Contents Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of the Law School.
William James Bryan (for committee), H. C. Tobey and R. H. Watson, Washington & Lee University, Law Department, Lexington, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1899 March 31
Scope and Contents Concerning thanks from senior law class for a highly interesting course of lectures.
Thomas Nelson Page, Chicago, Illinois, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1899 November 7
Scope and Contents Concerning an invitation to speak before the Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt to secure a church for his brother to serve in as a preacher in the area near his home.
Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, New Jersey, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1900 December 17
Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Discusses the ceremony used in conferring degrees at Princeton.
Alexander Peter Stewart, Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1901 June 10
Scope and Contents Asks for a copy of the biography of General Joseph E. Johnston.
Molly Elliot Seawell, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1902 May 22
Scope and Contents Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a position in the Norfolk post office for her niece, Ellen Seawell.
James Keith, Wytheville, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, 1902 June 8
Scope and Contents Glad that Hughes agrees with them on the sufficiency of just two examinations.
Worthington C. Ford, The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, 1902 December 24
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter. Returning a manuscript of William Campbell which was repaired at the Library.
Flora Stuart, to Robert M. Hughes, 1903 May
Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E. Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's relations with him. Encloses some papers, "culled from many." Including an Autograph Note Signed from J. E. B. Stuart, near Gainesville, Virginia, to [Flora (Cooke) Stuart], 25 June 1863, stating that "All well on the warpath."
Claude A. Swanson, Governor of Virginia, Governor's Office, Richmond, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1906 March 23
Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Appoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in Virginia for a two-year term.
William Evelyn Cameron, Louisa, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1906 March 28
Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Sends printers proofs of a newspaper article written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's father.
Theodore Roosevelt, The White House, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1906 May 19
Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Concerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph E.] Johnston.
James Barr Ames, Law School of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Robert M. Hughes, 1906 June 12
Scope and Contents Sorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes he "will give me the chance of making his acquaintance."
Adrian Hoffman Joline, New York, New York, to R. M. Hughes, 1907 May 7
Scope and Contents Concerning a method of preserving autograph letters and documents.
Frederic Dodge, United States Courts, Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert M. Hughes, 1907 November 27
Scope and Contents Thanking him for a copy of "Maritime Liens.""
William F. Hamilton, Kensington Gore, S. W., London, England, to Robert M. Hughes, 1907 December 20
Scope and Contents Thanking him for a monograph on maritime liens.
Frederic Dodge, United States Courts, Boston, Massachusetts, to Robert M. Hughes, 1908 February 10
Scope and Contents Returns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and suggests that it would be better not to have it published.
C. A. Culberson, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, Law Building, Norfolk, Virginia, 1909 April 1
Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Thanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has to decline due to the vast amount of work needed to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also discusses a newly elected Senator from Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only every four years.
John S. Williams, Yazoo City, Mississippi, to Robert M. Hughes, Norfolk, Virginia, 1909 April 5
Scope and Contents Declines an invitation.
H. G. Connor, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Richmond, Virginia, to Robert M. Hughes, 1909 November 27
Scope and Contents Thanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try to secure a copy for himself.