Box 2
Contains 124 Results:
Millard Fillmore, Washington, D.C., to George Law, New York, New York, 1851 January 14
Scope and Contents Acknowledges his election as an honorary member of the New York Rhetorical Society.
J. Floyd, to John Bowyer, Lexington, Virginia, undated
Franked envelope.
F[rederich the Great], Berlin, Germany, to [?], 1740 February 7
Scope and Contents Letter Signed. Regarding the Finor Canal. In German.
J.A. Froude, Crogen House, Corwen, North Wales, to [?], no year June 12
Scope and Contents Mentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to be removed from the Bodleian.
J.A. Garfield, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to Edward G. Falmestock, W.T. Ziegler, and L. N. Barber, Gettysburgh [sic], Pennsylvania, 1880 March 3
Scope and Contents Letter Signed. Declines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on Decoration Day.
B.L. Gildersleeve, Baltimore, Maryland, to "My dear Sir", 1891 February 11
Scope and Contents Is not acquainted with any of the aforementioned Greek works.
William B. Giles, Council Chamber, Richmond, Virginia, to The Governor of Kentucky, Joseph Desha, 1827 April 24
Scope and Contents Letter Signed. Requests the return of Reuben Smith, now resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive from justice in Virginia.
Steph[e]n Girard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Moses Myers, Norfolk, Virginia, 1791 August 15
Scope and Contents Hopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's land on the Eastern Shore and procured a purchaser. Gives prices of various commodities.
Ellen Glasgow, New York, New York, to Annie [Mrs. F. T. Clark?], Norfolk, Virginia, 1912 February 20
Scope and Contents Mentions coming for a visit, needing "absolute quiet"for a week or two; hopes the buttercups will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.
J. B. Gordon, Peoria, Illinois, to E. St. John, 1898 January 21
Scope and Contents Requests that a family annual for 1898 be sent to him at his home in Atlanta.
Horace Greeley, New York, New York, to James H. Plott, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., 1870 November 31
Scope and Contents Comments on an article which provoked General Imboden, published in the Virginia State Journal.
Nathaniel Greene, Boston, Massachusetts, to Samuel Storke, London, England., 1784 May 21
Scope and Contents Is sending barrels of rice to meet a debt. Requests Storke to return balance in cash.
Hugh B. Grigsby, Roanoke Bridge, Virginia, to Francis N. Watkins, Farmville, Virginia, 1852 October 15
Scope and Contents Acknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the Watkins family and comments on members of the Watkins and Morton families.
List signed by Alexander Hamilton, 1789 July 23
Scope and Contents Document Signed. List of land and houses at Port Tobacco, Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James Gordon and others, surviving partners of John Glassford & Co., on 31 December 1777, which was confiscated and sold as British property.
H. Hamlin, Portland, Maine, to Ellie [?], 1857 September 5
Scope and Contents Newsy note describing a visit with old friends and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.
M. A. Hanna, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., to [?] Bowden, 1898 March 24
Scope and Contents Thank you for the oysters which were "very fine".
John M. Harlan, Washington, D.C., to Robert M. Hughes, 1896 June 23
Scope and Contents Concerning invitation of the bar Association and his choice of topic for a speech.
Benj[amin] Harrison, Charles City County, Virginia, to "The Worshipful Court of York County", 1769 August 3
Scope and Contents Concerns land sold by him to Capt. William Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond for which was transferred to James Eason. Also concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to John Goodrich's vessel.
Card bearing Benjamin Harrison's signature, 1894 January 8
R.B. Hayes, Fremont, Ohio, to F.L. Taylor, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1885 January 24
Scope and Contents Apologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees of the State Fund for the Education of Freedmen.
Answer of Patrick Henry Defendant to the Bill of Complaint exhibited against him and others by Thomas Lomax in Augusta County, Virginia, Court. Signed by Patrick Henry, 1781 June 22
A.P. Hill, Head Quarterers 3 Comp., to Georgie [?], 1864 March 19
Scope and Contents Squelches rumor of review because of the difficulties of long marching; family news.
James P. Holcombe, Richmond, Virginia, to "My Dear Sir", 1862 July 3
Concerning a discussion with the Secretary of War about a military arrangement for the gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm and men of the Confederate government; and the President [Jefferson Davis].
O. W. Holmes to [?], 1863 December 25
Scope and Contents Regrets that he must cancel a lecturing engagement at Buffalo, New York because of illness.
Tho[ma]s Hood, Adelphi, [?], to J. Britton, undated
Scope and Contents Autograph Letter. Declines an invitation.