Box 5
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Box 5
(N.B. Because of the use of nicknames, it is possible not all the letters addressed to Jennie in this folder were intended for Virginia Ritchie, daughter of Thomas and Isabella F. Ritchie.)
Box 5
Box 5
Box 5
Jeannie [?], to Jennie [?], October 4, 1867
Scope and Contents
Accident on the road; trip to Niagara and possibility of meeting Charlotte there; rainy weather; experience with gas at the dentist's; appointment with Dr. McFarlan; comment on Cousin Belle's "habit of fainting"; dinner with Aunt Mary; love to the relatives. 4 pp. ALS.
Jeannie [?] to [?], April 19, 1884
Scope and Contents
Travel schedule; health of some measles patients; thanks for some flowers; "unhappiness about poor Minnie". 2 pp. ALS.
E.P.W. Dunn, South Boston, Virginia, to Jennie [?], [illeg.] 1, 1895
Expression of sympathy; Joe's fever and his favorable improvement; love to members of the family. 3 pp. ALS.
Jos[eph] Dunn, South Boston, Virginia, to Jennie [?], October 14, 1895
Intended marriage to Miss Martha C. Southhall; building of the new rectory in So. Boston; love to Mrs. Harrison, Major & Mrs. Page. 2 pp. ALS.
"An Excerpt from Codicil of Will" of Virginia Ritchie, February 19, 1902
Bequeathing a likeness of Anna Cora [(Ogden) Mowatt] Ritchie to "Julia G. Smythe's daughter Eugenie." 1 p. Doc. Cy
L.W. Carter, Baltimore, to Jennie [?], Brandon, undated
Scope and Contents
"Universal rushing after Xmas presents"; Charlotte's desire to shop alone without Carter's company; details of a concert; visit with the Orgains; Wickham's wedding; Carter's feeling of being "rather in the way" around the Gittings' home; mention of George Byrd and Mrs. George Williams; spending Christmas Eve around a fireplace "over hauling presents as they come in". 4 pp. ALS.
[?] to V[irginia Ritchie?], October 14, [?]
Scope and Contents
Belle's health; death of Agnes sixteen years ago; account of close friends and relatives who died in October; sadness over "all those long lonely evenings". 2 pp. AL.
Mildred [?], Ravensworth, [Fairfax Country, Virginia], to V[irginia Ritchie?], October 14, [?]
Death of Mildred's father; Agnes' death 19 years ago; appretiation of kindnesses done by V; the passing of Fitzhugh; love to a number of people. 4 pp. ALS.
Josephine [?], Richmond, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, 1847 May 11
Scope and Contents
Visit of Daniel Webster to Richmond and a dinner given by the Whigs; drive around the city with Mrs. Webster and Miss Seaton; details of a wedding; picnic at Ritchie's farm; news about various friends and acquaintances; "account of the Victory of Cerro Gordo". 4 pp. ALS.
William Carter, North Wales, Hanover County, Virginia, to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, Brandon, 1855 June 24
Letter recieved from Charlotte; Mr. Gittings' health; Carter's health and the kind attention given him by Charlotte; inquiries about Isabella Harrison and Brandon; problems encountered during the harvest; desire to visit Brandon. 2 pp. ALS.
[?], Brandon, to [Charlotte Ritchie Gittings]., 1860 July 14
Matter of a lace shawl; Robert Ritchie's visit to Indian Fields Farm; declining a trip to the Springs; mention of numerous friends; stay at Brandon. 4 pp. AL.
[?], Brandon, to [?], 1861 July 27
Scope and Contents
"Necessary caution" used when writing; comment on those who have died in the war; family news; "arms...sought in Europe"; "visit from General L's daughters Annie and Agnes"; role of women during the war; receipt of a letter from "one of our heroes at Manassad"; mention of Sherman; "Death of 400 of our noble souls" 4 pp. AL. Letter probably to Charlotte Gittings and Margaret Stone.
[?] to Charlotte Ritchie Gittings, undated
Scope and Contents
Desire that Charlotte come to Brandon; "William to the Wars"; shipment of novels; gift for Dr. Dean; "Bella & Bobs letters written in cypher"; efforts to locate George in Washington; visit from Mr. Corcoran; death of Mrs. Warrington. 4 pp. incomplete. AL.
C.G. Memminger, Flat Rock, to W.J. Bennett, Charleston, 1844 Septemember 9
Reflections on God and the meaning of life; hope that Jeff will seek enlightenment through God and the Bible. 4 pp. ALS.
[?], New York, to William Ritchie, 1869 April 30
Dr. Sayre at medical convention in New Orleans but assurance that he will write Mr. Ritchie upon his return; questions about Bellevue Hospital to be answered by Dr. Yale. 1 p. AL.
Leroy [?] M. Yale, M.D., New York, to Mr. William Ritchie, 1869 May 2
Accomodations at Bellevue Hospital for Mr. Ritchie as arranged by Dr. Sayre; Dr. Sayre's arrival in New York from New Orleans; suggestion that Mr. Ritchies delay his trip until Dr. Sayre's return. 3 pp. ALS.
Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, to "A family of Virginia's best and purest blood".
2 pp. TL.
Elizabeth A. Braine, Brooklyn, New York, to [?] Ritchie, 1895 October 21
Scope and Contents
"History of the Westover alms basin"; mention of Mr. Bird of New York, Col. Byrd, Sarah Braine. 2 pp. ALS.
Acknowledgment by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of a "gift of the historic Washingon cane".
1 p. LS.
Newspaper Clipping from the Daily Richmond Enquirer, 1858 April 29
Scope and Contents
"The Wayside Spring in Alabama" by Charles Mackay. 1 p. NC1.
Sir George Yeardley or Yardley, Governor and Captain General of Virginia, and Temperance (West), Lady Yeardley, and some of thier descendants by Thomas Teackle Upshur., 1896
Reprinted from American Historical Magazine, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 1896. 36 pp. Pamphlet.