{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Education--History--Virginia.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Education--History--Virginia.\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":1,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viw_viw00002","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910.","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00002#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Alexander Brown","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00002#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Inventory includes the letters and business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906), farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00002#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_viw00002","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00002","_root_":"viw_viw00002","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00002","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00002.xml","title_ssm":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910."],"title_tesim":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 65 B83"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 65 B83","Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910.","\n Education--History--Virginia.","Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.","Merchants--Virginia--History--19th\n century.","Plantations--Virginia-- Nelson County.","Women--Education--Virginia.","2,949 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","This inventory has been organized into ten series: 1.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Reciepts of\n Alexander Brown; 3. Business Reciepts and Papers of Various\n Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown.","Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married\n Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph\n Cabell. He was the author of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and\n other works.","Originals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society.","Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to\n Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection\n within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library","Cabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Cabell-Brown Papers, \n \n 1885-1890. 12 items. Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll\n Cabell-Brown","Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown, farmer,\n merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.\n Includes correspondence relating to his books, \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and \n New Views, and other\n correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters\n written from Australia, England, Wales and Egypt, 1867-1869.\n Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Jabez Lamar\n Monroe Curry, Charles Deane, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","The collection also includes papers of Mayo Cabell and\n ledgers of Mayo Cabell and Co., Lynchburg, Virginia and of the\n Lynchburg Female Seminary; accounts of \"Belmont,\" \"Benvenue,\"\n and \"Norwood\" plantations (in Nelson County); and genealogical\n material on the Brown and Cabell families.","Items that dealt with, related to or concerned\n Alexander Brown and the Brown family.","These letters deal with the history of the Early\n family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Capt.\n John Smith, with several colored sketches.","Notification of Brown's having been elected a\n member of the American Historical Association, signed\n by Herbert Baxter Adams.","Items concern the publication of his book \n The Cabells and Their\n Kin.","Items concern the occasion of the death of his\n wife.","Items concern Brown's claim against the\n company.","Items concern Brown's claim against the company\n for damages inflicted on his property during the\n floods of 1 June and after.","Some correspondents include Charles Washington\n Coleman, 20 Feb. 1896, notifying Brown of his\n election to Phi Beta Kappa; C.B. Clawborne; Fanny\n Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell;\n and P.H. Cabell.","There is an afterwards from his grandmother Eliza\n Callaway.","Items concern copies of letters which Brown had\n ordered.","Items concern dues to the American Historical\n Association, enclosed in the letter.","These items include the papers of Alexander Brown in\n his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County,\n Virginia. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n 19 Sept. 1857. [This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].","Some correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush","Some items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.","Some items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026 Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.","Scrapbook contains reviews of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, and the author's reply to critics of \n The First Republic in\n America, as well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.","Included in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.","Items include four letters, \n 1852 and 1853, from Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.","Items were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.","Letter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.","Letter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.","Letters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.","Letters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.","Letters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.","Letters mostly concerning mining.","Among the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.","Item includes corrections by the author.","Items concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n New Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.","Items include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n 1873.","Letter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.","Letters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.","Items concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.","Bonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.","List details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.","Letter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.","Papers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.","Notebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.","Letters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.","Item regards Brown's book \n The First Republic in\n America.","The inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.","Manuscript Includes:","Notes on shipping to Virginia, \n 1606-1625, listing name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.","Manuscript copies of \n A True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026c, 1610. (a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);","Virginia Reviewed by\n George Donne, \n 1637;","The Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia, 1625. (printed in \n Virginia History Society\n Magazine, 1893-1894);","and \n A Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company (London \n 1651).","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into\n another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library","Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900,\n Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library,\n College of William and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (II), \n 1748-1900. Collection number: Mss. 65 B86","The letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. The\n originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts\n and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910. 112 items. Collection number: Mss.\n Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3","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.","Inventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia.","Lynchburg Female Seminary.","Mayo Cabell and Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)","Brown family","Cable family","Alexander Brown","Adams, Herbert Baxter,\n 1850-1901.","Cabell, Mayo.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-\n 1903.","Deane, Charles, 1813- 1889.","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Gift: 30 items, \n 05/09/1946."],"access_subjects_ssim":["\n Education--History--Virginia.","Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.","Merchants--Virginia--History--19th\n century.","Plantations--Virginia-- Nelson County.","Women--Education--Virginia."],"access_subjects_ssm":["\n Education--History--Virginia.","Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.","Merchants--Virginia--History--19th\n century.","Plantations--Virginia-- Nelson County.","Women--Education--Virginia."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["2,949 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":["\u003cp\u003eThis inventory has been organized into ten series: 1.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Reciepts of\n Alexander Brown; 3. Business Reciepts and Papers of Various\n Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["This inventory has been organized into ten series: 1.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Reciepts of\n Alexander Brown; 3. Business Reciepts and Papers of Various\n Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorn at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married\n Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph\n Cabell. He was the author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Genesis of the United\n States,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in America,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cabells and Their Kin\u003c/title\u003eand\n other works.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. 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He was the author of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and\n other works."],"note_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOriginals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e"],"note_tesim":["Originals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to\n Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection\n within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eCabell-Brown Papers, \n \u003cunitdate type=\"inclusive\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e\n 1885-1890.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e12 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 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Clawborne; Fanny\n Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell;\n and P.H. Cabell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is an afterwards from his grandmother Eliza\n Callaway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern copies of letters which Brown had\n ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern dues to the American Historical\n Association, enclosed in the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese items include the papers of Alexander Brown in\n his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County,\n Virginia. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e19 Sept. 1857.\u003c/date\u003e[This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026amp; Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook contains reviews of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Genesis of the United\n States,\u003c/title\u003eand the author's reply to critics of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in\n America,\u003c/title\u003eas well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include four letters, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1852 and 1853,\u003c/date\u003efrom Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters mostly concerning mining.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem includes corrections by the author.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem regards Brown's book \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in\n America.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Includes:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on shipping to Virginia, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1606-1625,\u003c/date\u003elisting name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copies of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026amp;c,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1610.\u003c/date\u003e(a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Reviewed\u003c/title\u003eby\n George Donne, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1637;\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1625.\u003c/date\u003e(printed in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia History Society\n Magazine,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1893-1894);\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company\u003c/title\u003e(London \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1651).\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Manuscript"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown, farmer,\n merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.\n Includes correspondence relating to his books, \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and \n New Views, and other\n correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters\n written from Australia, England, Wales and Egypt, 1867-1869.\n Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Jabez Lamar\n Monroe Curry, Charles Deane, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","The collection also includes papers of Mayo Cabell and\n ledgers of Mayo Cabell and Co., Lynchburg, Virginia and of the\n Lynchburg Female Seminary; accounts of \"Belmont,\" \"Benvenue,\"\n and \"Norwood\" plantations (in Nelson County); and genealogical\n material on the Brown and Cabell families.","Items that dealt with, related to or concerned\n Alexander Brown and the Brown family.","These letters deal with the history of the Early\n family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Capt.\n John Smith, with several colored sketches.","Notification of Brown's having been elected a\n member of the American Historical Association, signed\n by Herbert Baxter Adams.","Items concern the publication of his book \n The Cabells and Their\n Kin.","Items concern the occasion of the death of his\n wife.","Items concern Brown's claim against the\n company.","Items concern Brown's claim against the company\n for damages inflicted on his property during the\n floods of 1 June and after.","Some correspondents include Charles Washington\n Coleman, 20 Feb. 1896, notifying Brown of his\n election to Phi Beta Kappa; C.B. Clawborne; Fanny\n Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell;\n and P.H. Cabell.","There is an afterwards from his grandmother Eliza\n Callaway.","Items concern copies of letters which Brown had\n ordered.","Items concern dues to the American Historical\n Association, enclosed in the letter.","These items include the papers of Alexander Brown in\n his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County,\n Virginia. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n 19 Sept. 1857. [This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].","Some correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush","Some items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.","Some items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026 Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.","Scrapbook contains reviews of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, and the author's reply to critics of \n The First Republic in\n America, as well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.","Included in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.","Items include four letters, \n 1852 and 1853, from Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.","Items were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.","Letter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.","Letter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.","Letters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.","Letters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.","Letters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.","Letters mostly concerning mining.","Among the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.","Item includes corrections by the author.","Items concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n New Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.","Items include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n 1873.","Letter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.","Letters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.","Items concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.","Bonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.","List details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.","Letter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.","Papers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.","Notebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.","Letters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.","Item regards Brown's book \n The First Republic in\n America.","The inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.","Manuscript Includes:","Notes on shipping to Virginia, \n 1606-1625, listing name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.","Manuscript copies of \n A True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026c, 1610. (a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);","Virginia Reviewed by\n George Donne, \n 1637;","The Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia, 1625. (printed in \n Virginia History Society\n Magazine, 1893-1894);","and \n A Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company (London \n 1651)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into\n another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900,\n Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library,\n College of William and Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (II), \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1748-1900.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 B86\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. The\n originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts\n and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n \u003cunittitle label=\"Title\"\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (1), \n \u003cunitdate type=\"inclusive\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e\n 1815-1910.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e112 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid label=\"Collection number\"\u003eCollection number: Mss.\n Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Material","Microfilm"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into\n another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library","Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900,\n Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library,\n College of William and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (II), \n 1748-1900. Collection number: Mss. 65 B86","The letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. The\n originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts\n and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910. 112 items. Collection number: Mss.\n Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3"],"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\"\u003eInventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Inventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia."],"names_ssim":["Lynchburg Female Seminary.","Mayo Cabell and Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)","Brown family","Cable family","Alexander Brown","Adams, Herbert Baxter,\n 1850-1901.","Cabell, Mayo.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-\n 1903.","Deane, Charles, 1813- 1889.","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"corpname_ssim":["Lynchburg Female Seminary.","Mayo Cabell and Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)"],"famname_ssim":["Brown family","Cable family"],"persname_ssim":["Alexander Brown","Adams, Herbert Baxter,\n 1850-1901.","Cabell, Mayo.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-\n 1903.","Deane, Charles, 1813- 1889.","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":216,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:09:05.010Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00002","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00002","_root_":"viw_viw00002","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00002","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00002.xml","title_ssm":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910."],"title_tesim":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. Acc. 65 B83"],"text":["Mss. Acc. 65 B83","Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910.","\n Education--History--Virginia.","Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg.","Merchants--Virginia--History--19th\n century.","Plantations--Virginia-- Nelson County.","Women--Education--Virginia.","2,949 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","This inventory has been organized into ten series: 1.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Reciepts of\n Alexander Brown; 3. Business Reciepts and Papers of Various\n Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown.","Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married\n Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph\n Cabell. He was the author of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and\n other works.","Originals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society.","Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to\n Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection\n within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library","Cabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n Cabell-Brown Papers, \n \n 1885-1890. 12 items. Collection number: Mss. Sm Coll\n Cabell-Brown","Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown, farmer,\n merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.\n Includes correspondence relating to his books, \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and \n New Views, and other\n correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters\n written from Australia, England, Wales and Egypt, 1867-1869.\n Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Jabez Lamar\n Monroe Curry, Charles Deane, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","The collection also includes papers of Mayo Cabell and\n ledgers of Mayo Cabell and Co., Lynchburg, Virginia and of the\n Lynchburg Female Seminary; accounts of \"Belmont,\" \"Benvenue,\"\n and \"Norwood\" plantations (in Nelson County); and genealogical\n material on the Brown and Cabell families.","Items that dealt with, related to or concerned\n Alexander Brown and the Brown family.","These letters deal with the history of the Early\n family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Capt.\n John Smith, with several colored sketches.","Notification of Brown's having been elected a\n member of the American Historical Association, signed\n by Herbert Baxter Adams.","Items concern the publication of his book \n The Cabells and Their\n Kin.","Items concern the occasion of the death of his\n wife.","Items concern Brown's claim against the\n company.","Items concern Brown's claim against the company\n for damages inflicted on his property during the\n floods of 1 June and after.","Some correspondents include Charles Washington\n Coleman, 20 Feb. 1896, notifying Brown of his\n election to Phi Beta Kappa; C.B. Clawborne; Fanny\n Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell;\n and P.H. Cabell.","There is an afterwards from his grandmother Eliza\n Callaway.","Items concern copies of letters which Brown had\n ordered.","Items concern dues to the American Historical\n Association, enclosed in the letter.","These items include the papers of Alexander Brown in\n his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County,\n Virginia. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n 19 Sept. 1857. [This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].","Some correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush","Some items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.","Some items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026 Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.","Scrapbook contains reviews of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, and the author's reply to critics of \n The First Republic in\n America, as well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.","Included in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.","Items include four letters, \n 1852 and 1853, from Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.","Items were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.","Letter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.","Letter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.","Letters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.","Letters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.","Letters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.","Letters mostly concerning mining.","Among the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.","Item includes corrections by the author.","Items concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n New Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.","Items include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n 1873.","Letter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.","Letters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.","Items concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.","Bonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.","List details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.","Letter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.","Papers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.","Notebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.","Letters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.","Item regards Brown's book \n The First Republic in\n America.","The inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.","Manuscript Includes:","Notes on shipping to Virginia, \n 1606-1625, listing name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.","Manuscript copies of \n A True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026c, 1610. (a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);","Virginia Reviewed by\n George Donne, \n 1637;","The Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia, 1625. (printed in \n Virginia History Society\n Magazine, 1893-1894);","and \n A Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company (London \n 1651).","The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into\n another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library","Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900,\n Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library,\n College of William and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (II), \n 1748-1900. Collection number: Mss. 65 B86","The letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. The\n originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts\n and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910. 112 items. Collection number: Mss.\n Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3","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.","Inventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia.","Lynchburg Female Seminary.","Mayo Cabell and Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)","Brown family","Cable family","Alexander Brown","Adams, Herbert Baxter,\n 1850-1901.","Cabell, Mayo.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-\n 1903.","Deane, Charles, 1813- 1889.","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 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Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["This inventory has been organized into ten series: 1.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Reciepts of\n Alexander Brown; 3. Business Reciepts and Papers of Various\n Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5.\n Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6.\n Bills, Reciepts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7.\n Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials\n of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of\n Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by\n Alexander Brown."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBorn at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married\n Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph\n Cabell. He was the author of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Genesis of the United\n States,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in America,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Cabells and Their Kin\u003c/title\u003eand\n other works.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown\n was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the\n explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. 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He was the author of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and\n other works."],"note_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOriginals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e"],"note_tesim":["Originals are located in the Massachusetts\n Historical Society."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and\n Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to\n Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection\n within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem\n Library\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eCabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eCabell-Brown Papers, \n \u003cunitdate type=\"inclusive\" era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e\n 1885-1890.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e12 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 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Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e19 Sept. 1857.\u003c/date\u003e[This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026amp; Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook contains reviews of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Genesis of the United\n States,\u003c/title\u003eand the author's reply to critics of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in\n America,\u003c/title\u003eas well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include four letters, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1852 and 1853,\u003c/date\u003efrom Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters mostly concerning mining.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem includes corrections by the author.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873.\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItem regards Brown's book \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe First Republic in\n America.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript Includes:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on shipping to Virginia, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1606-1625,\u003c/date\u003elisting name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copies of \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026amp;c,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1610.\u003c/date\u003e(a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia Reviewed\u003c/title\u003eby\n George Donne, \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1637;\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1625.\u003c/date\u003e(printed in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eVirginia History Society\n Magazine,\u003c/title\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1893-1894);\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company\u003c/title\u003e(London \n \u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1651).\u003c/date\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information","Manuscript"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown, farmer,\n merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.\n Includes correspondence relating to his books, \n The Genesis of the United\n States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and \n New Views, and other\n correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters\n written from Australia, England, Wales and Egypt, 1867-1869.\n Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Jabez Lamar\n Monroe Curry, Charles Deane, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.","The collection also includes papers of Mayo Cabell and\n ledgers of Mayo Cabell and Co., Lynchburg, Virginia and of the\n Lynchburg Female Seminary; accounts of \"Belmont,\" \"Benvenue,\"\n and \"Norwood\" plantations (in Nelson County); and genealogical\n material on the Brown and Cabell families.","Items that dealt with, related to or concerned\n Alexander Brown and the Brown family.","These letters deal with the history of the Early\n family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Capt.\n John Smith, with several colored sketches.","Notification of Brown's having been elected a\n member of the American Historical Association, signed\n by Herbert Baxter Adams.","Items concern the publication of his book \n The Cabells and Their\n Kin.","Items concern the occasion of the death of his\n wife.","Items concern Brown's claim against the\n company.","Items concern Brown's claim against the company\n for damages inflicted on his property during the\n floods of 1 June and after.","Some correspondents include Charles Washington\n Coleman, 20 Feb. 1896, notifying Brown of his\n election to Phi Beta Kappa; C.B. Clawborne; Fanny\n Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell;\n and P.H. Cabell.","There is an afterwards from his grandmother Eliza\n Callaway.","Items concern copies of letters which Brown had\n ordered.","Items concern dues to the American Historical\n Association, enclosed in the letter.","These items include the papers of Alexander Brown in\n his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County,\n Virginia. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown\n Justice of the Peace of Nelson Co. authorizing the\n patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected\n of unlawful assemblies of slaves, \n 19 Sept. 1857. [This must be another\n Alexander Brown as he was only 14 years old at the\n time].","Some correspondents include Clifford Cabell, A\n letter, 29 July 1867, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y.,\n commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a\n letter, 17 Jan. 1849, from Wm. M. Cabell to his uncle\n Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election\n to the Presidency of France and on the California\n gold rush","Some items included are a letter, 23 April 1864,\n from Jno. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in\n Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 20 Sept.\n 1867 and 10 Jan. 1868, from Thomas W. Gilmer,\n Fredericksburg, to Mayo Cabell about Texas land\n values.","Some items included are a letter, 29 April 1865,\n from Martin \u0026 Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo\n Cabell reporting damage in the burning of\n Richmond.","Scrapbook contains reviews of \n The Genesis of the United\n States, and the author's reply to critics of \n The First Republic in\n America, as well as newspaper clippings of\n reviews of his books.","Included in these items are autobiographical notes\n on Brown.","Items include four letters, \n 1852 and 1853, from Mayo Cabell to his\n son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of\n Virginia.","Items were written upon Brown's election to\n membership.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern notification of membership and\n general correspondence.","Letters concern confirmation of membership onto\n Brown; and legal and business correspondence.","Letter concerns rumors of Brown's political\n activities while serving as postmaster.","Letter informs Brown that he has been elected as a\n fellow of the Royal Historical Society.","Letters concern notification of Brown of the\n Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of\n William and Mary.","Letters are in regards to copper mining and\n property.","Letters include one, 28 Dec. 1876, regarding a\n country estate, mining property, and the proposed\n Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and\n Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.","Letters mostly concerning mining.","Among the correspondents is William C. Rives of\n Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and\n Washington, D.C.","Item includes corrections by the author.","Items concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's\n paper, \n New Views of Early Virginia\n History,1606-1619.","Items include legal papers regarding Brown's being\n adjudged bankrupt, \n 1873.","Letter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving\n consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter\n Kate.","Letters were written to Brown upon the occasion of\n his father's death.","Items concern the administering of the estate of\n Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.","Bonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to\n the Army.","List details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves, 8\n house servants, and 54 field hands.","Letter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding\n lands held by a group of Virginians.","Papers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and\n others.","Notebook contains questions relating to history kept\n by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.","Letters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead,\n Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with\n references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and\n climate.","Item regards Brown's book \n The First Republic in\n America.","The inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the\n partnership and distributor in Richmond, Virginia.","Manuscript Includes:","Notes on shipping to Virginia, \n 1606-1625, listing name of ship, dates of\n sailing and arrival, captain, etc.","Manuscript copies of \n A True and Sincere Declaration\n \u0026c, 1610. (a copy made in the British Museum\n for Brown);","Virginia Reviewed by\n George Donne, \n 1637;","The Discourse of the old\n Company of Virginia, 1625. (printed in \n Virginia History Society\n Magazine, 1893-1894);","and \n A Short Collection of the Most\n Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of\n the Virginia Company (London \n 1651)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into\n another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900,\n Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library,\n College of William and Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eAlexander Brown Papers (II), \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1748-1900.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 B86\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. 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Collection number: Mss. 65 B86","The letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are\n located within this collection on microfilm only. The\n originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.","Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts\n and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William\n and Mary. \n Alexander Brown Papers (1), \n \n 1815-1910. 112 items. Collection number: Mss.\n Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3"],"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\"\u003eInventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Inventory includes the letters and\n business papers,1815-1910, of Alexander Brown (1843-1906),\n farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County,\n Virginia."],"names_ssim":["Lynchburg Female Seminary.","Mayo Cabell and Co. 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