Box 3
Contains 76 Results:
Margaret Ritchie Stone, [Washington?], to William F. Ritchie, Richmond, 1865 October 18
Scope and Contents
"Movements of the Braton party"; expected visit of Isabella harrison's daughter; treatment of general Presport's child who has epileptic fits; petitions for amnesty by Virginians; purchase of "Cameron" for the coopers; mention of Mrs. John Mason, Major Silsey [?], Wm. Harrison, and Col. Rutherfoord; acquisition of a new leg for Ran harrison. 4 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to William Foushee Ritchie, Richmond, Virginia, 1865 November 13
Scope and Contents
Letter requesting aid for "a noble young Confed, thrown upon the community of New Orleans"; help from the State Dept. in regard to Mr. mason's farm; "petition for Mr. Dan's release"; mention of Mrs. Coleman; love to members of the family. 2 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Isabella H. Harrison, 1866 February 19
Scope and Contents
Visit from Wm. Cross; memories of Anne Eliza; opportunity to meet General Lee, "the greatest man living"; description of the General and the impression he made on the Stone children; death of Mrs. Riley; William Ritchie's stay with the Stones; Palmer's "magnificent music"; "violent speeches...in consequence of the President's veto". 4 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to [?], 1866 March 1
Sale of a house in Presott's Square; problems encountered with the sale due to Robert Ritchie's death and possible will; need to present the legal problems about the house in court; news about members of the famil; relative [perhaps John Gittings] being names president of a bank; foot operation with a local anasthetic; William's desire to have Robert's winter cloak. 6 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Cape Island, to [?], 1867 July 15
Scope and Contents
"Justice to those, who have suffered so much from the war"; difficulty of some members of the family to pay thier portion of a debt; inheritence from Thomas Ritchie's will; unjust "repay[ment] [of] a debt that has already been cancelled". 2 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Cape Island, to William Ritchie, 1867 July 18
Scope and Contents
Payment of an "infamous debt" and the efforts made by the Stone's to pay William's share of that debt out of thier own stock; financial arrangements made with John Gittings; family news; mention of numerous friends at the Cape; celebration of Ritchie's birthday at an ice cream parlor; Dr. Andrews as a "most unhappy person about the state of the country". 5 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, to Eliza [?], [1868] September 28
Scope and Contents
Advice given by Dr. Miller in regard to the effect of some pills; considerable illness at Brandon; visit with Mrs. Prickett; news about various friends; death of Dr. Olds; Family news; "superb peaches on our trees"
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Ashburton, to [Jenny Stone? and Belle R. Harrison?], [Norfolk], 1873 July 29
Scope and Contents
Jenny's visit to Dr. Shelden in Norfolk; travel arrangements to Washington and the Baths; Mr. Gittings' poor health; family news; effect of poor crops on Eliza's finances; threat of typhoid fever; "arrival of Mrs. Jackson with 34 pieces of luggage" filled with "every convievable...piece of finery"; presents given by Mrs. Jackson. 8 pp. Al.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, March 16, [?]
Scope and Contents
Belle's health; Margaret's unhappiness over not being able to visit Brandon in the Spring; possiblity of sending Eliza to Brandon "to see her friends"; Mrs. Tiffany's indignation in regard to "the braclet story"; "account of the Bishop's courtship and marriage"; bouquetto mrs. Cummins; good weather for "Anne's Boston trip"; delicious sausage from Charlotte. 4 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Richmond, to Mrs. George E. Harrison, Cabin Point, May 18, [?]
Plans of several friends to make an unexpected visit to the Harrison's home; mention of Ann Johnson, Maria Gwathney, Kate Gamble, Julia Watson, Bernard Carter, Mrs. Orgain; health of members of the Ritchie family. 1 p. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Isabella Foushee Ritchie, August 12, [?]
Shipment of a trunk to Mrs. Ritchie; contents of the trunk; payment of bills; money to Belle for a dress; visit with Annie; love to friends ans family. 2 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, August 22, [?]
Scope and Contents
Health of thier mother; Robert's visit with Jeff Davis; visit with various friends and acquaintances; mention of Maj. French as "a defaulter to the Government". 2 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone to Isabella Ritchie, undated
Regret that Isabella did not spend the Fall with Margaret and her family; support for an orphan's home; Charlotte's health; Addie Douglas' attack of pleurisy; nonarrival of Annie's china; clerical matter that appeared in the paper; mention of Bishop Meade; love to members of the family; recipe for tarragon. 4 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, undated
Scope and Contents
Letters from White Sulpher Springs; Isabella Ritchie's request that Margaret "attend to her commission" about a ring; payment of several bills for Isabella; purchase of lettuce [?] soap; desire that Charlotte visit Margaret; present "dullness of Washington'; news about friends and relatives. 4 pp. AL.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Isabella H. Harrison, Brandon, undated
Visit of Belle's daughter and Bob; damage to a trunk on the train; travel schedule of Belle and Bob; receipt of a letter from isabella. 2 pp. Al.
Margaret Ritchie Stone to Isabella Ritchie, undated
Scope and Contents
Illness in the Stone family; recipe for "Green Tomato Pickle"; rasperry plant for Charlotte; love to various relatives. 4 pp. ALS.
Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence to Richmond; precautions to take when writing; visit with Anne Eliz; loss of the Cross' home; Margaret as "a manager of the Church Home"; query about a lost chemise; news about Margaret's children. 4 pp. Al.
Margaret Ritchie Stone to Jenny Ritchie, undated
Visit from Jenny and Bella; George in Richmond and his failure to attend a wedding; borrowing table mats; purchase of a pair of gloves; love to members of the family. 4 pp. AL.
"A Journal kept during my visit to Brandon. May 1871-", 1971 May 12-May 26
By Jane Southall [?] Stone, daughter of Margaret Ritchie Stone. Includes mention of a Mr. Campbell, "third son of Lord Campbell, the late Lord Chief Justice of England," who visited brandon during Jane's stay. 26 pp. Ms. Diary.
W.W. Corcoran, Washington, to Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, D.C., 1874 April 14
Scope and Contents
Expression of Corcoran's pleasure over the use of "the cane presented by Louis XVI to Genl. Washington" 1 p. ALS.
Benjamin S. Ewell, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Margaret Ritchie Stone, 1876 November 17
Scope and Contents
Acknowledgement of receipt of wedding invitation for Margaret's daughter and George B. harrison; congratulations to the couple and "sincere wishes for thier continued prosperity and happiness". 1 p. ALS.
T.R.B Wright, Tappahannock, Virginia, to Margaret Ritchie Stone, Washington, D.C., 1903 September 23
Desire to have the picture of Thomas Ritchie that hangs in the Tappahannock Court Room replaced with an oil painting of him; enveiling ceremony of the first picture; mention of Mr. Wright's kinship to the Ritchies through the Roane family lines. 2 pp. ALS.
Annie M. Parker, to Margaret Ritchie Stone., [1861-1865] October 26
Scope and Contents
Virginia;s plans to leave; Aunt Eliza's improved health. Included also is a letter from [Margaret R. Stone] to [?] re Annie Parker's letter; Anne Eliza's health; Catherine's excitement about going home; purchase of "spice powder"; "nothing from the South, except the sickening accounts of the papers about that last [?] battle" 4 pp. ALS.
Powem about Brandon in hand of Margaret Ritchie Stone, undated
2 pp. Ms. Poem.
Thomas Ritchie, Jr., Richmond, to [?], 1846 February 24
Answer to message recieved from J. H. Pleasants; reasons for protesting the conditions of the duel; Ritchie's decision to appear despite his objections. 2 pp. Cy.