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Box 2

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Contains 124 Results:

J. Q. Adams, Washington, D.C., to John B. Davis, Boston, Massachusetts, 1830 January 29

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175474
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerns the political situation in Massachusetts and the nation.

Dates: 1830 January 29

S. Adams, Governor of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Davis, Treasurer, 1794 June 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175475
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Document Signed. Order to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col. Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation of his wages to the time of his death. Including Autograph Note Signed onverso. Receipt of James Sproat, 21 June 1794.

Dates: 1794 June 21

Thomas Atkinson, Edenton, North Carolina, to Mrs. [?] Sharpe, [Norfolk, Virginia?], 1857 March 16

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175476
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe at Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1857 March 16

Receipt of William Bowlegs, Fort Myers, [Florida?] from Lt. Colonel John H. Winder, 1852 February 11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175477
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Copy of Document Signed. for $90.00 for "searching for, finding, attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort Myers" a drummer boy who was lost for eight days. Witnessed by William H. French, Capt. 1st Artillery Brevet Major, and S.F. Chalfin, 1st Lt., 1st Artillery

Dates: 1852 February 11

John C. Breckinbridge, Magee, Ontario, Canada, to General Jubal A. Early, Drummondville, Ontario, Canada, 1868 December 6

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175478
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Wants to get together; describes itinerary for the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment thereof.

Dates: 1868 December 6

John A. Broadus, Louisville, Kentucky, to Miss Ella [?], 1868 November 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175479
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Declines an invitation for his daughter, Ella, to visit "Miss Ella"because she must return to Miss Belle [Pears'] school.

Dates: 1868 November 21

N. F. Chairs, Major, 3rd Tennessee Regiment, CSA, and James W. Hewitt, Major, 2nd Kentucky Regiment, CSA, Russellville, Kentucky, to Brig. General S.B. Buckner, CSA, 1862 January 30

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175480
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Order to and report of Board of Survey concerning damages done to Long's property by Confederate troops. Including an Autograph Document, by [N. Long] and endorsement by Buckner, undated, estimating damages done to Long's factory, field, and farm.

Dates: 1862 January 30

Frances Hodgson Burnett, Washington, D.C., undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175481
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk, Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes signatures of Frances...
Dates: undated

Aaron Burr, Albany, New York, to Abraham Van Horne, 1783 January 28

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175482
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.

Dates: 1783 January 28

John C. Calhoun, Norfolk, Virginia, to W. W. Sharp and H. B. Gwathney, Norfolk, Virginia, 1835 March 8

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175483
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Declining an invitation and commenting on power and corruption.

Dates: 1835 March 8

Simon Cameron, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to [F.T. Burr?], 1880 December 24

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175484
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Glad Burr will go South with him; will leave soon after the Senatorial election.

Dates: 1880 December 24

David Campbell, Governor of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, to The Executive authority of the State of New York, 1839 May 1

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175485
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Warrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Dates: 1839 May 1

T. Campbell, Sydenham, England, to J. Ogilvy, Covent Garden, London, England, 1817 August 10

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175487
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Hopes Ogilvy found the book "of which the missing has caused me the most poignant uneasiness."

Dates: 1817 August 10

Edward Canby, Richmond, Virginia, to [?], 1870 March 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175488
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Gives the full title of the case in South Carolina referred to in his notes.

Dates: 1870 March 21

R. Choate, to C. D. Boutelle[?], Washington, D.C., 1844 February 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175489
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Requests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as it is important to see him.

Dates: 1844 February 14

Grover Cleveland, Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, to James Lyons, 1892 July 14

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175492
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Typewritten Letter Signed. Gratified to receive Lyons' letter, and expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost due to internal dissention or lack of hearty cooperation [referring to his third presidential campaign].

Dates: 1892 July 14

J. Esten Cooke, The Briars, Virginia, to Mrs. Sal D. Duval, 1875 September

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175493
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerning the health of [his wife] Mary, Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of his writings of the Revolution; comments on the pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary and Overton.

Dates: 1875 September

Lord Cornbury, to Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University, England, circa 1750

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: id175494
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerning his unsolicited appointment as a Representative of the University in Parliament, his duties and responsibilities there, and his resignation upon being called up to the House of Lords.

Dates: circa 1750

Robert Dinwiddie, to Col. John Buchanan, undated

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175498
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Fragment of Letter Signed. Requests that certain work be done in the army - pay the officers, report on the absence of men from their duties.

Dates: undated

Check on Riggs & Co., made payable to "self", signed, S. A. Douglas, 1856 December 22

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175499
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk, Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes signatures of Frances...
Dates: 1856 December 22

R. W. Emerson, Concord, Massachusetts, to Messrs. W.S. Perry, Alfred P. Thom, W. P. [sic] [R] McKenney, Committee, 1875 December 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175500
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Accepts tentatively an invitation to visit two literary societies at the University of Virginia.

Dates: 1875 December 21

Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 1715 December 11

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175501
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Document Signed. Authorization for payment. In Italian.

Dates: 1715 December 11

R. S. Ewell, Lt. General, "Head Quarters, 2d Corps," to Gen. R. E. Lee, [1863 July?]

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175502
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Concerning momentary military situation near Hagerstown, Maryland.

Dates: [1863 July?]

Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg, Virginia, to James Kempe and 16 others of Princess Ann County, 1765 March 21

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: id175503
Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents Printed Document Signed. Appointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave belonging to Robert Ballard.

Dates: 1765 March 21