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Contains 8 Results:

Letters by Archibald Austin, 1812-1820

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 1
Identifier: id163265
Scope and Contents

5 items. Includes letters to Thomas Leland, John Austin (concerning a survey of James Breckenridge's grant). William A. Perkins and Robert Garland.

Dates: 1812-1820

Letters by family to Archibald Austin, 1808-1837

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 2
Identifier: id163266
Scope and Contents

17 items. Includes letters by James Austin (brother, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Grace R. Austin (wife), James M. Austin (son, concerning candidates for House of Delegates in election of 1837), Bernard Austin (son, while studying at an unidentified college which he compares to Hampden-Sydney College; and concerning his law practice and that of his father; and politics), John Austin (son).

Dates: 1808-1837

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins, 1800-1815

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 4
Identifier: id163269
Scope and Contents

8 items. Includes letters by James Walker (concerning inoculation), William H. Cabell, Waller Taylor, Thomas McCleland (sending French clover seed from Botetourt Co., Va.), Jeremiah Weaver (money owed for a racehorse and carriage horses), Samuel P. Christian (soldiers from Buckingham County stationed on Craney Island in War of 1812), George Booker (written 26 March 1814, while serving with troops east of Lynnhaven), Gideon Spencer (asking Archibald Austin to run for Congress).

Dates: 1800-1815

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins, 1820-1829

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 5
Identifier: id163270
Scope and Contents 19 items. Includes letters by Richard Dabbs (setting up a schedule for preaching), Charles Yancey (written 10 February 1820, concerning session of General Assembly and the Missouri Compromise), Waller Taylor ([several items] Florida Question; Missouri Compromise; death of Stephen Decatur; insanity of John Randolph of Roanoke; Daniel D. Tompkins; opinion of Henry Clay; fear of Jackson and Calhoun; and election of John Q. Adams), Walter L. Fontaine (written 30 January 1821, concerning business...
Dates: 1820-1829

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins, 1830-1834

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 6
Identifier: id163271
Scope and Contents

12 items. Includes letters by A. White, Hampden-Sydney College (monthly report), George Booker (concerning business of General Assembly and revision of Virginia Court System in 1831), Stephen Hubbard, E. Booker (concerning anti-tariff convention to be held in Philadelphia September 1821), J. Mills, C. Fontaine, John W. Haskins, Samuel Ford, James W. Bouldin.

Dates: 1830-1834

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins, 1835

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 7
Identifier: id163272
Scope and Contents

11 items. Includes letters by George Booker (declining to run again for House of Delegates), Charles Yancey (declining to run again for House of Delegates), John Morgan (asking Archibald Austin to run for House of Delegates), James Bouldin (discussing his mailing list to constituents), M. C. Spencer, P. P. Smith, Stephen Hubbard, C. Fontaine, H. Lipscomb, Samuel Ford.

Dates: 1835

Letters by others to the Archibald Austins, 1836-1850 and undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 8
Identifier: id163273
Scope and Contents

11 items. Includes letters by P. P. Smith, P. H. Fontaine (news of politics in Washington and Virginia in 1836), Ro. T. Hubard, Thomas McCoy (concerning Bernard G. Austin), W. P. Mosley, University of Virginia (monthly report), Thomas H. Merryman, W. C. Nicholas.

Dates: 1836-1850 and undated

Letters by family to the Archibald Austins, 1840-1853 and undated

 File — Box: 1 , Folder: 3
Identifier: id163268
Scope and Contents

11 items. Includes letters by Bernard Austin (to his mother asserting his independence in regard to a marriage choice and concerning his leaving Virginia), B. G. Booker (brother of Mrs. Austin, concerning his move to the West), I. L. Twyman (asking assent from Grace R. Austin to marry her daughter), Eliza B. Austin, Susan Austin (ensalved woman), Martha E. (Austin) Twyman.

Susan Austin letter, 18 July 1851 includes transcription of the letter.

Dates: 1840-1853 and undated