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Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","Robert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.","Biography Timeline 1855 Born, \n in Abingdon, Virginia, the son of\n Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes 1870- 1873 Attended \n College of William and\n Mary, A.B. 1877 M.A., \n University of Virginia 1877 Began law practice in \n Norfolk 1879 Married \n Mattie Smith of \n Williamsburg (two sons) 1893-1918 Member of the Board of Visitors of the \n College of William and\n Mary, served as Rector 1895 President, Virginia Bar Association 1930- 1935 Member, Virginia State Board of\n Education 1940 Died in \n Norfolk, Virginia","There are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n 1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Robert W. Hughes Papers, \n 1818-1900. 103 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n 1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Preston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Preston Family Papers, \n 1755-1836. 90 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91","Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Virginia Bar Examination Papers, \n 1900- 1923. 1,306 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba","The library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n The William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n 1767- 1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7","Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.","Discusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".","Mention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n W[illia]m\n and Mary College [sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n Col.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell , who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"","Regretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.","Would appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n Shipping \u0026\n Admiralty.","Concerning admiralty cases.","Concerning thanks for work done.","Is returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.","Concerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.","Including ANS from \n Jo[h]n W.\n Daniel , n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.","Acknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.","Accepts invitation to visit.","Concerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n Ro[bert] W.\n Hughes, n.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page","Discusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.","Concerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026 others.","Regrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n [Virginia]\n Bar Association this year because he will be\n getting married.","Accepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.","Asks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.","Concerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.","Concerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.","As Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.","Including AMsS by \n Tho[ma]s L.\n Preston , University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.","Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.","Congratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.","Concerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".","Has received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.","Hughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n E[mory]\n \u0026 H[enry] College was not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.","Congratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.","Enclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.","Requests Hughes to make a speech.","Requests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.","Card formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Concerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.","Concerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.","Discusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.","Asks for a copy of the biography of \n Gen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston .","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.","Glad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.","Returning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"","Including an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.","Appoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.","Sends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.","Concerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.","Sorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"","Concerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.","Thanking him for a copy of \n \"Maritime\n Liens.\"","Thanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.","Returns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.","Thanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.","Declines an invitation.","Thanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.","Desires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.","Gives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.","Discusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.","Returns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.","Thanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.","Acknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.","Acknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.","Encloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.","Including a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.","Thanking him for document sent.","Thanking him for pamphlets sent.","Concerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.","Thanks Hughes for his letter.","Relates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].","Thanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"","Has completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.","Concerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.","Thanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.","Concerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n The\n Independent.","Inquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].","Concerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.","Order to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.","Including ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.","Concerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].","for $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.","Witnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n Art[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major , and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n Art[iller]y","Wants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.","Declines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.","Order to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.","Including an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.","Concerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.","Declining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.","Glad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.","Warrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.","Hopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"","Gives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.","Requests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.","Gratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].","Concerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.","Concerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.","Requests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.","Accepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.","Authorization for payment. In Italian.","Concerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].","Appointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.","Acknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.","Regarding the Finor Canal. In German.","Mentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.","Declines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.","Is not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.","Requests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.","Hopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.","Mentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.","Requests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.","Comments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n Virginia State\n Journal .","Is sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.","Acknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.","List of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026 Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.","Newsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.","Thank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".","Concerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.","Concerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.","Apologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.","Squelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.","Concerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].","Regrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.","Declines an invitation.","Concerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.","At the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.","Concerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.","Sends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.","Recommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.","Concerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.","Acknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.","Concerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.","Acknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.","Recognizance of debt.","Concerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.","Gives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.","ADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.","Concerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.","Requests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.","Also signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.","Is sending another photograph.","Acknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]","Signature.","Signed by \n J[ohn]\n Madison [father of a Bishop James\n Madison].","Bill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.","ANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.","Concerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.","Acknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.","Concerns genealogy of the Watkins family.","Including ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.","Concerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.","Pass to admit two to the First \n \n Pres[byterian] Church all the month of\n March. Signature.","Requests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.","Sends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.","Acknowledges letter written by Minor.","Written on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.","Desires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.","Renewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.","Speaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.","Concerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026 Co.","Concerns proceedings in Congress.","Signed by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n G[eorge]\n Wythe.","Sends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.","Asks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.","Note regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.","Thanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.","Is away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.","Signature. C.S.","Response concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].","Expansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.","The suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.","Letter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.","Certification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n Patrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse] , Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.","Sends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.","Testimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.","Concerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".","Gives his terms for delivering lectures.","Concerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.","Regrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.","Will take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.","Concerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.","Concerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.","Discusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"","Including a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.","Political discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].","For 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n Brig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder .","Will send \n The Virginian for\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n Washington is the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"","In Spanish.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.","Business and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940).","Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson.","Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes","Mattie Smith","Johnston,\n Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Lee,\n Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.","Sullivan,\n Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.","Page,\n Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922.","Wilson,\n Woodrow, 1856-1924.","Stuart,\n Flora Cooke.","Roosevelt,\n Theodore, 1858-1919.","Burnett,\n Frances Hodgson, 1849- 1924.","Hanna,\n Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904.","Holmes,\n Oliver Wendell, 1809- 1894.","Twain,\n Mark, 1835-1910.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 H88"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"collection_title_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"collection_ssim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Frances Hodgson Burnett, Marcus Alonzo Hanna , Oliver Wendell Holmes, Robert Morton Hughes, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston, Fitzhugh Lee, Thomas Nelson Page, Theodore Roosevelt, Flora Cooke Stuart, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mark Twain , Woodrow Wilson."],"creator_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett, Marcus Alonzo Hanna , Oliver Wendell Holmes, Robert Morton Hughes, Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston, Fitzhugh Lee, Thomas Nelson Page, Theodore Roosevelt, Flora Cooke Stuart, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Mark Twain , Woodrow Wilson."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson."],"creators_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 237 items, \n 1940."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Practice of\n law-- Virginia-- History.","\n Lawyers--Virginia--Norfolk.","\n Lawyers--Virginia-- Correspondence.","\n Autographs.","\n Virginia--Politics and government--1865- 1950."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Practice of\n law-- Virginia-- History.","\n Lawyers--Virginia--Norfolk.","\n Lawyers--Virginia-- Correspondence.","\n Autographs.","\n Virginia--Politics and government--1865- 1950."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["237 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Restrictions on Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","Arrangement This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003cchronlist\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eBiography Timeline\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eBorn, \n \u003cgeogname\u003ein Abingdon, Virginia,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of\n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1870- 1873\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eAttended \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCollege of William and\n Mary,\u003c/geogname\u003eA.B.\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eM.A., \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eBegan law practice in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eMattie Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e(two sons)\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1893-1918\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMember of the Board of Visitors of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCollege of William and\n Mary,\u003c/geogname\u003eserved as Rector\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1895\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003ePresident, Virginia Bar Association\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1930- 1935\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia State Board of\n Education\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1940\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eDied in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.","Biography Timeline 1855 Born, \n in Abingdon, Virginia, the son of\n Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes 1870- 1873 Attended \n College of William and\n Mary, A.B. 1877 M.A., \n University of Virginia 1877 Began law practice in \n Norfolk 1879 Married \n Mattie Smith of \n Williamsburg (two sons) 1893-1918 Member of the Board of Visitors of the \n College of William and\n Mary, served as Rector 1895 President, Virginia Bar Association 1930- 1935 Member, Virginia State Board of\n Education 1940 Died in \n Norfolk, Virginia"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJohn B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1831-1863, 1850- 1863.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e72 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 F59\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRobert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eRobert W. Hughes Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1818-1900.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e103 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1825-1891.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e264 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 39.1 J63\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePreston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003ePreston Family Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1755-1836.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e90 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eVirginia Bar Examination Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1900- 1923.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e1,306 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n \u003cunittitle\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1767- 1959.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: MG-7\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials at William And Mary","Related Materials at Old Dominion University"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n 1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Robert W. Hughes Papers, \n 1818-1900. 103 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n 1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Preston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Preston Family Papers, \n 1755-1836. 90 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91","Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Virginia Bar Examination Papers, \n 1900- 1923. 1,306 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba","The library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n The William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n 1767- 1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William and Mary College\"\u003eW[illia]m\n and Mary College\u003c/abbr\u003e[sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. Benjamin S. Ewell\"\u003eCol.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell\u003c/abbr\u003e, who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp;\n Admiralty.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning admiralty cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning thanks for work done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John W. Daniel\"\u003eJo[h]n W.\n Daniel\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts invitation to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert W. Hughes\"\u003eRo[bert] W.\n Hughes,\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026amp; others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Virginia Bar Association\"\u003e[Virginia]\n Bar Association\u003c/abbr\u003ethis year because he will be\n getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding AMsS by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas L. Preston\"\u003eTho[ma]s L.\n Preston\u003c/abbr\u003e, University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Emory \u0026amp; Henry College\"\u003eE[mory]\n \u0026amp; H[enry] College\u003c/abbr\u003ewas not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to make a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCard formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of the biography of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Joseph E. Johnston\"\u003eGen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for a copy of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Maritime\n Liens.\"\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for document sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for pamphlets sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe\n Independent.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWitnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Artillery Brevet Major\"\u003eArt[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major\u003c/abbr\u003e, and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Artillery\"\u003eArt[iller]y\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuthorization for payment. In Italian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the Finor Canal. In German.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia State\n Journal\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026amp; Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSquelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecognizance of debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending another photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Madison\"\u003eJ[ohn]\n Madison\u003c/abbr\u003e[father of a Bishop James\n Madison].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns genealogy of the Watkins family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePass to admit two to the First \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Presbyterian\"\u003e\n Pres[byterian]\u003c/abbr\u003eChurch all the month of\n March. Signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letter written by Minor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRenewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns proceedings in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"George Wythe.\"\u003eG[eorge]\n Wythe.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature. C.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponse concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Patrick Court House\"\u003ePatrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse]\u003c/abbr\u003e, Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives his terms for delivering lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePolitical discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Brig. Gen. John H. Winder\"\u003eBrig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill send \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Virginian\u003c/title\u003efor\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\u003c/title\u003eis the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Spanish.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.","Discusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".","Mention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n W[illia]m\n and Mary College [sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n Col.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell , who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"","Regretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.","Would appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n Shipping \u0026\n Admiralty.","Concerning admiralty cases.","Concerning thanks for work done.","Is returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.","Concerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.","Including ANS from \n Jo[h]n W.\n Daniel , n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.","Acknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.","Accepts invitation to visit.","Concerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n Ro[bert] W.\n Hughes, n.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page","Discusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.","Concerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026 others.","Regrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n [Virginia]\n Bar Association this year because he will be\n getting married.","Accepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.","Asks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.","Concerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.","Concerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.","As Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.","Including AMsS by \n Tho[ma]s L.\n Preston , University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.","Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.","Congratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.","Concerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".","Has received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.","Hughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n E[mory]\n \u0026 H[enry] College was not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.","Congratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.","Enclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.","Requests Hughes to make a speech.","Requests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.","Card formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Concerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.","Concerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.","Discusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.","Asks for a copy of the biography of \n Gen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston .","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.","Glad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.","Returning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"","Including an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.","Appoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.","Sends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.","Concerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.","Sorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"","Concerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.","Thanking him for a copy of \n \"Maritime\n Liens.\"","Thanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.","Returns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.","Thanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.","Declines an invitation.","Thanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.","Desires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.","Gives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.","Discusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.","Returns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.","Thanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.","Acknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.","Acknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.","Encloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.","Including a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.","Thanking him for document sent.","Thanking him for pamphlets sent.","Concerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.","Thanks Hughes for his letter.","Relates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].","Thanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"","Has completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.","Concerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.","Thanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.","Concerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n The\n Independent.","Inquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].","Concerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.","Order to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.","Including ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.","Concerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].","for $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.","Witnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n Art[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major , and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n Art[iller]y","Wants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.","Declines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.","Order to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.","Including an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.","Concerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.","Declining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.","Glad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.","Warrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.","Hopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"","Gives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.","Requests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.","Gratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].","Concerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.","Concerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.","Requests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.","Accepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.","Authorization for payment. In Italian.","Concerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].","Appointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.","Acknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.","Regarding the Finor Canal. In German.","Mentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.","Declines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.","Is not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.","Requests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.","Hopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.","Mentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.","Requests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.","Comments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n Virginia State\n Journal .","Is sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.","Acknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.","List of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026 Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.","Newsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.","Thank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".","Concerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.","Concerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.","Apologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.","Squelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.","Concerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].","Regrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.","Declines an invitation.","Concerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.","At the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.","Concerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.","Sends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.","Recommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.","Concerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.","Acknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.","Concerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.","Acknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.","Recognizance of debt.","Concerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.","Gives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.","ADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.","Concerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.","Requests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.","Also signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.","Is sending another photograph.","Acknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]","Signature.","Signed by \n J[ohn]\n Madison [father of a Bishop James\n Madison].","Bill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.","ANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.","Concerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.","Acknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.","Concerns genealogy of the Watkins family.","Including ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.","Concerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.","Pass to admit two to the First \n \n Pres[byterian] Church all the month of\n March. Signature.","Requests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.","Sends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.","Acknowledges letter written by Minor.","Written on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.","Desires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.","Renewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.","Speaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.","Concerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026 Co.","Concerns proceedings in Congress.","Signed by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n G[eorge]\n Wythe.","Sends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.","Asks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.","Note regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.","Thanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.","Is away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.","Signature. C.S.","Response concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].","Expansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.","The suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.","Letter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.","Certification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n Patrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse] , Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.","Sends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.","Testimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.","Concerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".","Gives his terms for delivering lectures.","Concerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.","Regrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.","Will take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.","Concerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.","Concerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.","Discusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"","Including a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.","Political discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].","For 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n Brig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder .","Will send \n The Virginian for\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n Washington is the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"","In Spanish."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBusiness and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Business and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940)."],"names_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson.","Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes","Mattie Smith","Johnston,\n Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Lee,\n Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.","Sullivan,\n Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.","Page,\n Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922.","Wilson,\n Woodrow, 1856-1924.","Stuart,\n Flora Cooke.","Roosevelt,\n Theodore, 1858-1919.","Burnett,\n Frances Hodgson, 1849- 1924.","Hanna,\n Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904.","Holmes,\n Oliver Wendell, 1809- 1894.","Twain,\n Mark, 1835-1910."],"persname_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson.","Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes","Mattie Smith","Johnston,\n Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Lee,\n Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.","Sullivan,\n Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.","Page,\n Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922.","Wilson,\n Woodrow, 1856-1924.","Stuart,\n Flora Cooke.","Roosevelt,\n Theodore, 1858-1919.","Burnett,\n Frances Hodgson, 1849- 1924.","Hanna,\n Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904.","Holmes,\n Oliver Wendell, 1809- 1894.","Twain,\n Mark, 1835-1910."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":203,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T15:25:41.062Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00087","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00087","_root_":"viw_viw00087","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00087","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00087.xml","title_ssm":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"title_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 H88"],"text":["Mss. 65 H88","Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933.","Practice of\n law-- Virginia-- History.","\n Lawyers--Virginia--Norfolk.","\n Lawyers--Virginia-- Correspondence.","\n Autographs.","\n Virginia--Politics and government--1865- 1950.","237 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","Arrangement This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","Robert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.","Biography Timeline 1855 Born, \n in Abingdon, Virginia, the son of\n Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes 1870- 1873 Attended \n College of William and\n Mary, A.B. 1877 M.A., \n University of Virginia 1877 Began law practice in \n Norfolk 1879 Married \n Mattie Smith of \n Williamsburg (two sons) 1893-1918 Member of the Board of Visitors of the \n College of William and\n Mary, served as Rector 1895 President, Virginia Bar Association 1930- 1935 Member, Virginia State Board of\n Education 1940 Died in \n Norfolk, Virginia","There are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n 1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Robert W. Hughes Papers, \n 1818-1900. 103 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n 1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Preston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Preston Family Papers, \n 1755-1836. 90 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91","Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Virginia Bar Examination Papers, \n 1900- 1923. 1,306 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba","The library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n The William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n 1767- 1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7","Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.","Discusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".","Mention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n W[illia]m\n and Mary College [sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n Col.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell , who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"","Regretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.","Would appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n Shipping \u0026\n Admiralty.","Concerning admiralty cases.","Concerning thanks for work done.","Is returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.","Concerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.","Including ANS from \n Jo[h]n W.\n Daniel , n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.","Acknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.","Accepts invitation to visit.","Concerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n Ro[bert] W.\n Hughes, n.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page","Discusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.","Concerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026 others.","Regrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n [Virginia]\n Bar Association this year because he will be\n getting married.","Accepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.","Asks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.","Concerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.","Concerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.","As Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.","Including AMsS by \n Tho[ma]s L.\n Preston , University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.","Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.","Congratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.","Concerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".","Has received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.","Hughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n E[mory]\n \u0026 H[enry] College was not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.","Congratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.","Enclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.","Requests Hughes to make a speech.","Requests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.","Card formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Concerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.","Concerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.","Discusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.","Asks for a copy of the biography of \n Gen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston .","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.","Glad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.","Returning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"","Including an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.","Appoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.","Sends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.","Concerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.","Sorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"","Concerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.","Thanking him for a copy of \n \"Maritime\n Liens.\"","Thanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.","Returns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.","Thanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.","Declines an invitation.","Thanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.","Desires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.","Gives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.","Discusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.","Returns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.","Thanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.","Acknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.","Acknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.","Encloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.","Including a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.","Thanking him for document sent.","Thanking him for pamphlets sent.","Concerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.","Thanks Hughes for his letter.","Relates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].","Thanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"","Has completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.","Concerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.","Thanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.","Concerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n The\n Independent.","Inquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].","Concerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.","Order to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.","Including ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.","Concerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].","for $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.","Witnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n Art[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major , and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n Art[iller]y","Wants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.","Declines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.","Order to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.","Including an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.","Concerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.","Declining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.","Glad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.","Warrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.","Hopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"","Gives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.","Requests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.","Gratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].","Concerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.","Concerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.","Requests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.","Accepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.","Authorization for payment. In Italian.","Concerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].","Appointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.","Acknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.","Regarding the Finor Canal. In German.","Mentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.","Declines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.","Is not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.","Requests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.","Hopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.","Mentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.","Requests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.","Comments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n Virginia State\n Journal .","Is sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.","Acknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.","List of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026 Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.","Newsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.","Thank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".","Concerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.","Concerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.","Apologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.","Squelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.","Concerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].","Regrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.","Declines an invitation.","Concerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.","At the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.","Concerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.","Sends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.","Recommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.","Concerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.","Acknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.","Concerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.","Acknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.","Recognizance of debt.","Concerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.","Gives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.","ADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.","Concerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.","Requests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.","Also signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.","Is sending another photograph.","Acknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]","Signature.","Signed by \n J[ohn]\n Madison [father of a Bishop James\n Madison].","Bill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.","ANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.","Concerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.","Acknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.","Concerns genealogy of the Watkins family.","Including ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.","Concerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.","Pass to admit two to the First \n \n Pres[byterian] Church all the month of\n March. Signature.","Requests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.","Sends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.","Acknowledges letter written by Minor.","Written on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.","Desires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.","Renewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.","Speaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.","Concerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026 Co.","Concerns proceedings in Congress.","Signed by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n G[eorge]\n Wythe.","Sends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.","Asks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.","Note regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.","Thanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.","Is away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.","Signature. C.S.","Response concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].","Expansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.","The suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.","Letter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.","Certification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n Patrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse] , Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.","Sends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.","Testimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.","Concerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".","Gives his terms for delivering lectures.","Concerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.","Regrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.","Will take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.","Concerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.","Concerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.","Discusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"","Including a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.","Political discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].","For 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n Brig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder .","Will send \n The Virginian for\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n Washington is the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"","In Spanish.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.","Business and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940).","Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston) Johnston,","Fitzhugh Lee,","Thomas Nelson Page,","Theodore Roosevelt,","Flora Cooke Stuart,","Sir Arthur Sullivan,","Mark Twain ,","Woodrow Wilson.","Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes","Mattie Smith","Johnston,\n Joseph E. (Joseph Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Lee,\n Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.","Sullivan,\n Arthur, Sir, 1842-1900.","Page,\n Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922.","Wilson,\n Woodrow, 1856-1924.","Stuart,\n Flora Cooke.","Roosevelt,\n Theodore, 1858-1919.","Burnett,\n Frances Hodgson, 1849- 1924.","Hanna,\n Marcus Alonzo, 1837-1904.","Holmes,\n Oliver Wendell, 1809- 1894.","Twain,\n Mark, 1835-1910.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 H88"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"collection_title_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"collection_ssim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, \n \n 1715-1933."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Frances Hodgson Burnett, Marcus Alonzo Hanna , Oliver Wendell Holmes, Robert Morton Hughes, Joseph E. 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Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","This collection has been organized into 2 series: Series\n 1 includes Personal and Business Correspondence, and Series\n 2 includes an Autograph Collection.","Arrangement This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically.","This collection is arranged into 2 series which are then\n broken down into subseries. Series 1 is arranged by date\n and Series 2 is arranged alphabetically."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003cchronlist\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eBiography Timeline\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eBorn, \n \u003cgeogname\u003ein Abingdon, Virginia,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of\n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1870- 1873\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eAttended \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCollege of William and\n Mary,\u003c/geogname\u003eA.B.\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eM.A., \n \u003cgeogname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1877\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eBegan law practice in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1879\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eMattie Smith\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003e(two sons)\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1893-1918\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMember of the Board of Visitors of the \n \u003cgeogname\u003eCollege of William and\n Mary,\u003c/geogname\u003eserved as Rector\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1895\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003ePresident, Virginia Bar Association\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1930- 1935\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eMember, Virginia State Board of\n Education\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003cchronitem\u003e\n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1940\u003c/date\u003e\n \u003cevent\u003eDied in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eNorfolk, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\n \u003c/chronitem\u003e\n \u003c/chronlist\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes, an alumnus of the College of William\n and Mary, attended the University of Virginia Law School. He\n was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes.\n He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the\n president of the Virginia Bar Association; biographer of\n Joseph Eggleston Johnston; a member of the Virginia Board of\n Education; and served as a member and as rector of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.","Biography Timeline 1855 Born, \n in Abingdon, Virginia, the son of\n Robert William and Eliza M. [Johnston]\n Hughes 1870- 1873 Attended \n College of William and\n Mary, A.B. 1877 M.A., \n University of Virginia 1877 Began law practice in \n Norfolk 1879 Married \n Mattie Smith of \n Williamsburg (two sons) 1893-1918 Member of the Board of Visitors of the \n College of William and\n Mary, served as Rector 1895 President, Virginia Bar Association 1930- 1935 Member, Virginia State Board of\n Education 1940 Died in \n Norfolk, Virginia"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJohn B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1831-1863, 1850- 1863.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e72 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 F59\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRobert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eRobert W. Hughes Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1818-1900.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e103 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1825-1891.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e264 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 39.1 J63\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePreston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003ePreston Family Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1755-1836.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e90 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cunittitle\u003eVirginia Bar Examination Papers, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1900- 1923.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e1,306 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eThe library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eThe William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n \u003cunittitle\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1767- 1959.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: MG-7\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials at William And Mary","Related Materials at Old Dominion University"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["There are five collections within the Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary that relate to this collection. They include the John\n B. Floyd Papers, the Robert W. Hughes Papers, the Joseph E.\n Johnston Papers, the Preston Family Papers, and the\n Virginia Bar Examination Papers. The Library of Robert\n William Hughes is also available in the rare book\n section.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n 1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert W. Hughes, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Robert W. Hughes Papers, \n 1818-1900. 103 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.2 H87","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n 1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Preston Family Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Preston Family Papers, \n 1755-1836. 90 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1 P91","Virginia Bar Examination Papers, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Virginia Bar Examination Papers, \n 1900- 1923. 1,306 items. Collection Number: Mss. 39.1\n V81ba","The library belonging to Robert William Hughes is\n located at the Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College\n of William and Mary.","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n activities in support of education, longtime association\n with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n Norfolk Public Library. \n The William and Mary collection of Robert Morton\n Hughes Papers compliments and does not duplicate the Robert\n Morton Hughes Papers at Old Dominion University.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n Norfolk, Virginia. \n Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n 1767- 1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n \u003cabbr expan=\"William and Mary College\"\u003eW[illia]m\n and Mary College\u003c/abbr\u003e[sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. Benjamin S. Ewell\"\u003eCol.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell\u003c/abbr\u003e, who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eShipping \u0026amp;\n Admiralty.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning admiralty cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning thanks for work done.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John W. Daniel\"\u003eJo[h]n W.\n Daniel\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts invitation to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Robert W. Hughes\"\u003eRo[bert] W.\n Hughes,\u003c/abbr\u003en.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026amp; others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Virginia Bar Association\"\u003e[Virginia]\n Bar Association\u003c/abbr\u003ethis year because he will be\n getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding AMsS by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas L. Preston\"\u003eTho[ma]s L.\n Preston\u003c/abbr\u003e, University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Emory \u0026amp; Henry College\"\u003eE[mory]\n \u0026amp; H[enry] College\u003c/abbr\u003ewas not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to make a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCard formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of the biography of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"General Joseph E. Johnston\"\u003eGen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for a copy of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003e\"Maritime\n Liens.\"\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for document sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking him for pamphlets sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe\n Independent.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWitnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Artillery Brevet Major\"\u003eArt[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major\u003c/abbr\u003e, and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Artillery\"\u003eArt[iller]y\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAuthorization for payment. In Italian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the Finor Canal. In German.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia State\n Journal\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026amp; Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSquelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclines an invitation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecognizance of debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending another photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"John Madison\"\u003eJ[ohn]\n Madison\u003c/abbr\u003e[father of a Bishop James\n Madison].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns genealogy of the Watkins family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePass to admit two to the First \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Presbyterian\"\u003e\n Pres[byterian]\u003c/abbr\u003eChurch all the month of\n March. Signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges letter written by Minor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRenewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns proceedings in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n \u003cabbr expan=\"George Wythe.\"\u003eG[eorge]\n Wythe.\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSignature. C.S.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponse concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Patrick Court House\"\u003ePatrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse]\u003c/abbr\u003e, Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives his terms for delivering lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePolitical discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n \u003cabbr expan=\"Brig. Gen. John H. Winder\"\u003eBrig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill send \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Virginian\u003c/title\u003efor\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington\u003c/title\u003eis the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Spanish.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1871-1933, of Robert Morton Hughes of Norfolk,\n Virginia, concerning his law practice; his interest in\n maritime law; his biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston; his\n influence in Virginia politics; and the College of William and\n Mary. Correspondents include Joseph Eggleston Johnston,\n Fitzhugh Lee, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Thomas Nelson Page, Woodrow\n Wilson, Flora (Cooke) Stuart and Theodore Roosevelt. There is\n also an autograph collection, 1715-1924, which includes\n signatures of Frances Hodgson Burnett, Mark Hanna, Oliver\n Wendell Holmes, Sr., Samuel L. Clemens and presidents of the\n United States.","Discusses and compares Floyd Hughes' mental\n capabilities to those of his brother [Robert M.\n Hughes], and how he would fare at the\n \"University\".","Mention of the irregularity of mail in the\n southern states; is pleased that he and his\n brother, Floyd, will be enrolled at \n W[illia]m\n and Mary College [sic] at the same time;\n tells of an \"old and valued\" friend, \n Col.\n [Benjamin S.] Ewell , who is president of\n the College; he will mention to Ewell their\n presence at the College; assumes that their\n Cousin, Mrs. Munford, will also be available for\n help; is pleased that he has \"been applying\n [himself] to Modern Languages.\"","Regretfully refusing position as Orator of the\n Washington and Jefferson Literary Societies of the\n University of Virginia.","Would appreciate Hughes' proofreading his\n second edition of \n Shipping \u0026\n Admiralty.","Concerning admiralty cases.","Concerning thanks for work done.","Is returning Hughes' article as it cannot be\n published for several weeks.","Concerns a copy of the report of the Board on\n Fortifications or other Defenses Endicott wished\n sent to R. M. Hughes.","Including ANS from \n Jo[h]n W.\n Daniel , n.p., to [?], 30 April 1886,\n requesting that the report be forwarded to Hughes.\n 1 page.","Acknowledges invitation if visiting\n Norfolk.","Accepts invitation to visit.","Concerning the trial of Directors of the\n Glasgow Bank. Including an ANS from \n Ro[bert] W.\n Hughes, n.p., to Robby [Robert M. Hughes],\n n.p., n.d., directing him to respond to Judge\n Sage's letter. 1 page","Discusses various tax reforms in different\n states, including Connecticut and New York, and\n how they are faring.","Concerning case of Harris Rogers vs. Garland\n Johnston \u0026 others.","Regrets that he will not be attending the\n meeting of the \n [Virginia]\n Bar Association this year because he will be\n getting married.","Accepts invitation to be present at the laying\n of the corner stone of the Market and Connory\n Building on the centennial anniversary of Norfolk\n Lodge No. 1.","Asks Hughes to loan the government any\n Confederate Papers he knows of for the official\n government publication of the records of the Civil\n War.","Concerning Gen. Johnston's papers and his\n biography.","Concerning a memoir of General Joseph E.\n Johnston.","As Hughes requested, sends a report of what he\n saw and did at the first battle of Manassas.","Including AMsS by \n Tho[ma]s L.\n Preston , University of Virginia,\n [Charlottesville, Virginia], n.d., giving report\n of \"first battle of Manassas.\" 13 pages.","Acknowledges receipt of a copy of Hughes'\n address delivered at the College of William and\n Mary.","Congratulates Hughes on favorable reviews of\n his biography of Joseph E. Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J.E.\n Johnston.","Acknowledges receipt of copy of Hughes' college\n address. Has sent it to the University of North\n Carolina Library.","Concerning Hughes' biography of Gen. Johnston,\n and issues surrounding the writing and publishing\n of a \"Life of Lee\".","Has received his letter of the 19th; refers to\n controversy surrounding the Board of Visitors of\n the College of William and Mary; holds him in high\n esteem.","Hughes' letter of request for the Board of\n Trustees of \n E[mory]\n \u0026 H[enry] College was not received\n before they adjourned; therefore, it was not\n considered.","Congratulates Hughes on his recent election as\n President of the Bar Association of Virginia.","Enclosing the order in the libel case; the\n report \"connecting my name with the nomination to\n political office, is without my sanction...\"; and\n expressing appreciation of your kind offer.","Requests Hughes to make a speech.","Requests that a letter be written to President\n McKinley asking him to appoint Henry Bowen[?] of\n Tazewell to Marshall of the Western District of\n Virginia.","Card formally acknowledging receipt of verses\n sent by Hughes and declining to set them to\n music.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Discusses a problem with Professor Graves of\n the Law School.","Concerning thanks from senior law class for a\n highly interesting course of lectures.","Concerning an invitation to speak before the\n Phi Beta Kappa at Williamsburg; and Page's attempt\n to secure a church for his brother to serve in as\n a preacher in the area near his home.","Discusses the ceremony used in conferring\n degrees at Princeton.","Asks for a copy of the biography of \n Gen[eral]\n Jos[eph] E. Johnston .","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n position in the Norfolk post office for her niece,\n Ellen Seawell.","Glad that Hughes agrees with them on the\n sufficiency of just two examinations.","Returning a manuscript of William Campbell\n which was repaired at the Library.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' life of J. E.\n Johnston and speaks of General J. E. B. Stuart's\n relations with him. Encloses some papers, \"culled\n from many.\"","Including an ANS from J. E. B. Stuart, near\n Gainesville, [Virginia], to [Flora (Cooke)\n Stuart], n.p., 25 June 1863, stating that \"All\n well on the warpath.\" 1 page.","Appoints Robert M. Hughes a member of the Board\n of Visitors of the College of William and Mary in\n Virginia for a two-year term.","Sends printers proofs of a newspaper article\n written by Cameron which mentions Hughes's\n father.","Concerning Hughes' biography of General [Joseph\n E.] Johnston.","Sorry he missed Hughes' son's call, and hopes\n he \"will give me the chance of making his\n acquaintance.\"","Concerning a method of preserving autograph\n letters and documents.","Thanking him for a copy of \n \"Maritime\n Liens.\"","Thanking him for a monograph on maritime\n liens.","Returns to Hughes his letter of the 27th, and\n suggests that it would be better not to have it\n published.","Thanks Hughes for his kind invitation, but has\n to decline due to the vast amount of work needed\n to be done on the proposed tariff revision; also\n discusses a newly elected Senator from\n Mississippi, [John Sharp] Williams, whose term\n doesn't begin until 4 March 1911, due to the fact\n that the Legislature of Mississippi convenes only\n every four years.","Declines an invitation.","Thanks Hughes for his monograph, and will try\n to secure a copy for himself.","Desires information about John B. Floyd for a\n paper on the seals and flag of Virginia.","Gives title of certain volume, and who\n published it.","Discusses the various legalities relating to\n suit being filed under the Arbitration\n Agreement.","Returns two letters of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston\n which were submitted for publication.","Thanks Hughes for his letter relating to the\n maintenance of actions for death on the high seas;\n doubts that Senate will act on it this session due\n to most of their time being spent on the ship\n purchase bill.","Acknowledges letter of 22 January with\n enclosure, and promises to give it due\n consideration.","Acknowledges receipt of Hughes' views on\n pending legislation.","Acknowledges receipt of a card to admit him to\n the privileges of the Virginia Club at\n Norfolk.","Encloses letter of German Ambassador [Count\n Bernstorff] to Lt. Hans Berg.","Including a TLS from Count Bernstorff, German\n Embassy, Washington, D.C., to Lieutenant Hans\n Berg, S. M. S. Appam, Newport News, Virginia, 8\n April 1916, containing copies of the\n communications sent to and received from the\n Foreign office of the German Government at Berlin\n by the Imperial German Embassy at Washington,\n Concerning the Appam case. 3 pages.","Thanking him for document sent.","Thanking him for pamphlets sent.","Concerning arrival of biography of General\n Joseph E. Johnston.","Thanks Hughes for his letter.","Relates to the addition of General Joseph E.\n Johnston to the group to be memorialized at Stone\n Mountain, [Georgia].","Thanks Hughes personally and officially for his\n \"liberal treatment of the College of William and\n Mary.\"","Has completed his lectures on \"Statesmen and\n Soldiers of the American Civil War\" at\n Cambridge.","Concerning high honor conferred on him by the\n College of William and Mary.","Thanks Hughes for his letter and the\n information concerning Mr. [?] Sargeant.","Concerns articles on the relief of the Supreme\n Court published in \n The\n Independent.","Inquiry into acts governing the harbor masters\n of Norfolk and Portsmouth, [Virginia].","Concerns the political situation in\n Massachusetts and the nation.","Order to pay 19.8.2 pounds to the heirs of\n Charles Anthony, deceased, late a private in Col.\n Bradford's Regiment, to make good the depreciation\n of his wages to the time of his death.","Including ANS onverso. Receipt of James Sproat,\n n.p., 21 June 1794. 1 page.","Concerns recent visit with Mr. and Mrs. Sharpe\n at Norfolk, [Virginia].","for $90.00 for \"searching for, finding,\n attending on, feeding, and bringing into Fort\n Myers\" a drummer boy who was lost for eight\n days.","Witnessed by W[illia]m H. French, Capt. 1st \n Art[illery]\n Br[e]v[e]t Major , and S.F. Chalfin, 1st\n Lt., 1st \n Art[iller]y","Wants to get together; describes itinerary for\n the rest of the month; tells of a gallon of\n whiskey sent by Jno. Rankins, and his enjoyment\n thereof.","Declines an invitation for his daughter, Ella,\n to visit \"Miss Ella\" because she must return to\n Miss Belle [Pears'] school.","Order to and report of Board of Survey\n concerning damages done to Long's property by\n Confederate troops.","Including an AD, by [N. Long] and endorsement\n by Buckner, n.d., estimating damages done to\n Long's factory, field, and farm. 2 pages.","Concerning suits against Solomon Lathrop.","Declining an invitation and commenting on power\n and corruption.","Glad Burr will go South with him; will leave\n soon after the Senatorial election.","Warrant for return of a fugitive, Alexander\n Bogart, alias Alexander Bogart McCloed, to Edward\n N. Allen, agent of the Commonwealth. Signed also\n by Jno. B. Richardson, Assistant Secretary of the\n Commonwealth.","Hopes Ogilvy found the book \"of which the\n missing has caused me the most poignant\n uneasiness.\"","Gives the full title of the case in South\n Carolina referred to in his notes.","Requests that Boutelle stop by his lodging as\n it is important to see him.","Gratified to receive Lyons' letter, and\n expresses his exasperation if a victory were lost\n due to internal dissention or lack of hearty\n cooperation [referring to his third presidential\n campaign].","Concerning the health of [his wife] Mary,\n Robbie, and Cooke's own hay fever; the progress of\n his writings of the Revolution; comments on the\n pain of growing old and his love for Sister Mary\n and Overton.","Concerning his unsolicited appointment as a\n Representative of the University in Parliament,\n his duties and responsibilities there, and his\n resignation upon being called up to the House of\n Lords.","Requests that certain work be done in the army\n - pay the officers, report on the absence of men\n from their duties.","Accepts tentatively an invitation to visit two\n literary societies at the University of\n Virginia.","Authorization for payment. In Italian.","Concerning momentary military situation near\n Hagerstown, [Maryland].","Appointment as Justices of Oyer and Terminer\n for the felony trial of Stepney, a Negro slave\n belonging to Robert Ballard.","Acknowledges his election as an honorary member\n of the New York Rhetorical Society.","Regarding the Finor Canal. In German.","Mentions that he [Froude] will be in Oxford on\n the 30th for the Exeter Gaudy; also a comment\n concerning a manuscript which was not allowed to\n be removed from the Bodleian.","Declines invitation to speak at Gettysburg on\n Decoration Day.","Is not acquainted with any of the\n aforementioned Greek works.","Requests the return of Reuben Smith, now\n resident in Perry County, Kentucky, a fugitive\n from justice in Virginia.","Hopes Myers has taken possession of Girard's\n land on the Eastern Shore and procured a\n purchaser. Gives prices of various\n commodities.","Mentions coming for a visit, needing \"absolute\n quiet\" for a week or two; hopes the buttercups\n will be blooming in Williamsburg before long.","Requests that a family annual for 1898 be sent\n to him at his home in Atlanta.","Comments on an article which provoked General\n Imboden, published in the \n Virginia State\n Journal .","Is sending barrels of rice to meet a debt.\n Requests Storke to return balance in cash.","Acknowledges receipt of a genealogy of the\n Watkins family and comments on members of the\n Watkins and Morton families.","List of land and houses at Port Tobacco,\n Piscataway and Benedict, in Prince Georges and\n Charles counties, Maryland, belonging to James\n Gordon and others, surviving partners of John\n Glassford \u0026 Co., on 31 December 1777, which\n was confiscated and sold as British property.","Newsy note describing a visit with old friends\n and a trip to Paris, [France] made by Eliza.","Thank you for the oysters which were \"very\n fine\".","Concerning invitation of the bar Association\n and his choice of topic for a speech.","Concerns land sold by him to Capt. William\n Evans, for which a receipt was delivered to\n Harrison's overseer, Edmund Borrom, and the bond\n for which was transferred to James Eason. Also\n concerns wheat bought by Evans and delivered to\n John Goodrich's vessel.","Apologizes for a misunderstanding dealing with\n an invitation to attend a meeting of the Trustees\n of the State Fund for the Education of\n Freedmen.","Squelches rumor of review because of the\n difficulties of long marching; family news.","Concerning a discussion with the Secretary of\n War about a military arrangement for the\n gratification of the people of the Southwest; arm\n and men of the Confederate government; and the\n President [Jefferson Davis].","Regrets that he must cancel a lecturing\n engagement at Buffalo, New York because of\n illness.","Declines an invitation.","Concerning request for autographs of famous\n men, from letters of Hopkinson's father.","At the suggestion of R.W. Hughes, writes to\n request a memorandum regarding the campaign of\n Gen. [John B.] Floyd in Western Virginia in 1861\n for a history of the war he is preparing.","Concerning a letter of introduction for William\n C. Preston.","Sends an [enclosed] account of \"The Battle of\n Mobley's Meeting House\" South Carolina in June\n 1780.","Recommends Samuel Myers of Richmond for a\n position in the Treasury Department.","Concerning the Nicholson-Burwell courtship as a\n possible topic of a novel or story.","Acknowledges receipt of an autograph book for\n his use. Will be able to add to her\n collection.","Concerns a means of conserving water in Hawaii\n by the use of pumps.","Acknowledges receipt of Sprague's address on\n George Washington.","Recognizance of debt.","Concerning Congress and mention of their\n circular letter relative to the treaty with\n Britain.","Gives genealogy information of the Watkins\n family.","ADS on verso, 28 June 1861, certifying that\n Waite took requisite oaths in Greenbrier County,\n [Virginia] before Charles R. Hines, Justice of the\n Peace. 1 page. Also ADS on verso, 15 September\n 1861, by Sam[ue]l C. Waite, resigning his\n commission as Sr. 2nd Lieutenant in Company G of\n the 22nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers. 1 page.","Concerning Mr. Elijah McClanahan and his\n business contract, and Lewis' willingness to serve\n as an agent in Indian Affairs preferably with the\n Chickasaws and the Creeks.","Requests information about a revision of the\n Virginia's statutes, published in 1848. Desires to\n send a copy to a German jurist and statesman.","Also signed by Secretary of State, William H.\n Seward. See Medium Oversize File.","Is sending another photograph.","Acknowledges receipt of a case of wine. [This\n is not the last letter written by Henry Wadsworth\n Longfellow. See Samuel Longfellow, ed., Life of\n Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with extracts from his\n journals and correspondence, Boston, 1886, Vol.\n II, p.471]","Signature.","Signed by \n J[ohn]\n Madison [father of a Bishop James\n Madison].","Bill of complaint in suit against James\n Kennedy, Jr., and James Cavan, late merchants of\n Alexandria, Virginia, for debt.","ANS on verso, n.d., giving findings of the jury\n for the plaintiff, [Warwick], signed by Bernard\n Markham. 1 page.","Concerning Mason's position as minister to\n France for the U.S., Mr. Buchanan's election, and\n Mason's \"abrupt, voluntary retirement\" from the\n position; negotiations concerning maritime rights;\n and deep friendship with Wise.","Acknowledges contribution to assist the Irish\n during the Famine.","Concerns genealogy of the Watkins family.","Including ALS from William Meade, Mellwood,\n Clark Co., Virginia, to [Francis Watkins?], n.p.,\n 13 March [18]60, concerning the forwarding of the\n letter.","Concerning Thomas and Robert Sully, and the\n latter's studio in Richmond.","Pass to admit two to the First \n \n Pres[byterian] Church all the month of\n March. Signature.","Requests transfer from Co. C, 13th Regt.,\n Georgia Volunteers. Approved by John L. Moore,\n Capt., Co. C. 13th Regt., Georgia Volunteers, and\n by Walton Ector, Col., 13th Regt., Georgia\n Volunteers.","Sends a newspaper notice to be published\n concerning a translation of Lucien Bonaparte's\n poem.","Acknowledges letter written by Minor.","Written on back of visiting card of Miss\n Elizabeth Whiting Conrad.","Desires Dr. Boutelle's presence when the suit\n of Hadley vs. Dodges and Jones is tried.","Renewing the request that M. Peraud, Master of\n studies, bring Favie to Puizot's home during the\n vacation. In French. Includes translation.","Speaks of a certain \"matter\" between them.","Concerns proceedings in two suits: Boyd's Admr.\n vs. The City Savings Bank, and Boyd's Admr. vs.\n Dimmock \u0026 Co.","Concerns proceedings in Congress.","Signed by Peyton Randolphe, J. Power, and \n G[eorge]\n Wythe.","Sends order to be entered in records of case of\n John Moore, Administrator of Lydia Moore,\n deceased, vs. John Ball, referring the matters in\n variance to arbitration by Charles Williams, John\n Reece, James Boggs, all of Mill-Creek Hundred\n [Delaware]. Read is attorney for the plaintiff who\n lives in Virginia.","Asks name of a contributor on the subject of\n currency.","Note regarding Losing's Pictorial History of\n the U.S.","Thanks Perry for the letter and the program;\n suggests that following \"scholarly etiquette,\" L.\n D. be added after his [Saxe's] name since he has\n received an honorary degree.","Is away from home but hopes to see Miss Rowland\n on her return.","Signature. C.S.","Response concerning a possible weapon testing;\n received the letter through the U.S. embassy; news\n of friend's suicide attempt; offers to help in any\n way possible [with the new weapon].","Expansion of the Louisville and Nashville\n Railroad in Eastern Kentucky.","The suit concerned Virginia funds expended by\n Smith just previous to the fall of the Virginia\n government in 1865.","Letter to his publisher regarding literary\n matters.","Certification that on 8 April 1865 Supplies\n were taken from A. Staples of \n Patrick C[ourt]\n H[ouse] , Virginia, by the Federal\n forces.","Sends autographs of the judges of the Supreme\n Court and a copy of his centennial discourse.","Testimonial letter regarding Joseph Segar who\n is seeking office of charge d'affairs to\n Texas.","Concerns purchase of film rights to \"The Two\n Vanrevels\".","Gives his terms for delivering lectures.","Concerns the legal aspects of a case in which\n Sharp is involved.","Regrets being unable to attend the annual\n re-union of the Massachusetts Press\n Association.","Will take charge of the parcel Sprague is\n sending Dr. Lawrie.","Concerned with the supply of medical personnel;\n marching information. In Spanish.","Concerns a letter from the New York Times he\n had misplaced.","Discusses and gives approval as a \"Commissioner\n of the state\" to Isaac Watkins and Colonel Whitley\n to construct a road, to be built through the\n \"Cherokee country to the highest navigation of the\n Savannah River.\"","Including a Acy of D of an extract from Judge\n [George] Walton, n.p., 28 April 1800, to the Grand\n Jury of Wilkes County, [Ga.], concerning his\n enquiries regarding the best routes for roads from\n the Tennessee River into Georgia. 2 pages.","Political discussion. [Reproduced from original\n in possession of J.C. McGuire, Washington,\n D.C.].","For 95 prisoners, and \"five citizens who are\n suspicious persons\", signed by \n Brig. Gen.\n Jo[h]n H. Winder .","Will send \n The Virginian for\n the Williamsburg Library. His \n Washington is the\n \"apple of its author's eye.\"","In Spanish."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eBusiness and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Business and personal papers,\n 1871-1933 (mainly 1890-1915), of Robert Morton Hughes\n (1855-1940)."],"names_ssim":["Frances Hodgson Burnett,","Marcus Alonzo Hanna ,","Oliver Wendell Holmes,","Robert Morton Hughes,","Joseph E. 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