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J. Willcox Brown and Turner Macfarland Letters
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS 00083
Scope and Contents
Contains 2 bound letterbooks. One volume has letters from J. Willcox Brown to Ellen Turner Macfarland, and the other volume contains her letters to him.There is also a microfilm reel of the correspondence.
Dates:
1828-1867
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
John Thompson Brown Letters
Collection — Box: Small Collections Box 85, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 00506
Content Description
Series of letters, bound into a black volume with gold embossing around its edge. The letters span from 1828- 1857 but the bulk of the letters are from 1830- 1833. Brown writes to an assortment of recipients and from varied places such as Petersburg, Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland. Topics in his letters include politics, Brown was a member of the House of Delegates for Virginia, love, business, and family affairs. One later letter laments the ill health of his...
Dates:
1828-1857; Majority of material found within 1830 - 1833
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center