Box 2
Contains 26 Results:
Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Virginia, to Albert Gallatin, Paris, France, 1817 March 16
Scope and Contents Concerning a letter of introduction for William C. Preston.
Joseph Johnson, Charleston, West Virginia, to Henry B. Dawson, 1859 August 13
Scope and Contents Sends an enclosed account of "The Battle of Mobley's Meeting House"South Carolina in June 1780.
R[ic]h[ard] M. Johnson, Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., to William H. Crawford, Sec. of the Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1823 December 10
Scope and Contents Recommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a position in the Treasury Department.
Mary Johnston, Williamsburg, Virginia, to "My Dear Cousin", No year April 25
Scope and Contents Concerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a possible topic of a novel or story.
John William Jones, Richmond, Virginia, to his cousin, Ella [?], 1900 February 10
Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of an autograph book for his use. Will be able to add to her collection.
Kalakua, Honolulu, Hawaii, to William Nevens Armstrong, New York, New York, 1878 February 9
Scope and Contents Concerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii by the use of pumps.
James Kent, New York, New York, to Reverend Doctor William B.Sprague, Albany, New York, 1847 April 5
Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on George Washington.
H. Knox, Thomastown, Lincoln County, Maine, to Samuel G. Perkins, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1805 November 27
Scope and Contents Recognizance of debt.
General Henry Lee, Alexandria, Virginia, to "Dear Sir", 1787 June 28
Scope and Contents Concerning Congress and mention of their circular letter relative to the treaty with Britain.
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis N. Watkins, 1840 April 24
Scope and Contents Gives genealogy information of the Watkins family.
Commission of Samuel C. Waite to Second Lieutenant of Light Infantry in the 108th Regiment Virginia Militia. Signed by John Letcher, Governor, 1861 June 18
Scope and Contents Document Signed. Autograph Document Signed on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County, Virginia before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the Peace. Also ADS on verso, 15 September 1861, by Samuel C. Waite, resigning his commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers.
A. Lewis, Green Plains, [Virginia?], to [?], 1796 April 20
Scope and Contents Concerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the Chickasaws and the Creeks.
Francis Lieber, Columbia, South Carolina, to [?], 1850 January 11
Scope and Contents Requests information about a revision of the Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.
Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to "Dear Madam", 1863 November 10
Scope and Contents Is sending another photograph.
Henry W. Longfellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Mr. L. Reich, New York, New York, 1882 March 13
Acknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol. II, p.471]
George B. McClellan, 1858
A legal document substituting executors under a will of James Patton, 1755 November 26
Scope and Contents Copy of Signed by John Madison, father of a Bishop James Madison.
J. Marshall, for Anthony Warwick of Liverpool, Great Britain, in United States Middle Circuit District of Virginia, circa 1800
Scope and Contents Bill of complaint in suit against James Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of Alexandria, Virginia, for debt. Autograph Note Signed on verso, undated, giving findings of the jury for the plaintiff, Warwick, signed by Bernard Markham.
J. Y. Mason, Paris, France, to Gov. Henry A. Wise, Richmond, Virginia, 1857 January 28
Scope and Contents Concerning Mason's position as minister to France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and Mason's "abrupt, voluntary retirement"from the position; negotiations concerning maritime rights; and deep friendship with Wise.
Theobald Mathew, Cork, Ireland, to [?] Fox, 1847 April 25
Scope and Contents Acknowledges contribution to assist the Irish during the Famine.
S. K. Watkins, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Bishop William Meade, 1860 February 29
Scope and Contents Concerns genealogy of the Watkins family. Including Autograph Letter Signed from William Meade, Mellwood, Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], March 13, 1860, concerning the forwarding of the letter.
B. B. Minor, Richmond, Virginia, to Miss Ella M. Thomas, Richmond, Virginia, 1900 January 25
Scope and Contents Concerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the latter's studio in Richmond.
D. L. Moody, undated
Pass to admit two to the First Pres[byterian]Church all the month of March. Signature.
F. L. Moore, Camp Defiance, to Leroy Pope Walker, 1861 October 3
Scope and Contents Requests transfer from Company C, 13th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore, Captain, Comapny C. 13th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, and by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.
Thomas Moore, to J. Taylor, "Sun"Office, Strand, London, England, undated
Scope and Contents Sends a newspaper notice to be published concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's poem.