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Printed Material and Manuscript\n Volumes.","This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n Volumes.","Arrangement This collection is arranged by date with those items\n without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va., the son of \n Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n Hughes was raised by \n Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n wife, \n Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n Halifax Co., Va. (family\n relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n niece of \n Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n and adopted daughter of \n John Buchanan and \n Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n Richmond\n Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n Richmond Examiner while\n regular editor in \n Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n Washington Union, and\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n Abingdon, Va., where \n General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n the \n Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n Richmond Examiner, showing\n hostility toward \n Jefferson Davis'\n administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n Richmond Republic, and\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n National Democratic\n Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n Richmond State\n Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n William E. Cameron in a\n duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n Governor of Virginia but did not\n win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n Abingdon, Va. Source: \n Dictionary of American\n Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart.","The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n 1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","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","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.","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, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n Richmond\n Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n Valley Virginian [not\n included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n The State, Richmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870.","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.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. 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Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va., the son of \n Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n Hughes was raised by \n Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n wife, \n Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n Halifax Co., Va. (family\n relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n niece of \n Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n and adopted daughter of \n John Buchanan and \n Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n Richmond\n Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n Richmond Examiner while\n regular editor in \n Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n Washington Union, and\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n Abingdon, Va., where \n General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n the \n Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n Richmond Examiner, showing\n hostility toward \n Jefferson Davis'\n administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n Richmond Republic, and\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n National Democratic\n Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n Richmond State\n Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n William E. Cameron in a\n duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n Governor of Virginia but did not\n win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n Abingdon, Va. Source: \n Dictionary of American\n Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart."],"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\u003eThe John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\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 \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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Collection, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1715-1933, 1871- 1933.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e238 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 H88\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 \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\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.\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":["The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n 1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","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","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.","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, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a West Point ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to dinner written in the third\n person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Examiner\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDeBow's Review\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia state finances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLife of Wise.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026amp; 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalled to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains drawing of proposed monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eValley Virginian\u003c/title\u003e[not\n included].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe State,\u003c/title\u003eRichmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted in a Richmond newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n Richmond\n Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n Valley Virginian [not\n included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n The State, Richmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870."],"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\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n 1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n 1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n 1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n 1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n 1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n 1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n 1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n 1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n 1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n 1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n 1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n 1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n 1836-1918."],"corpname_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va."],"famname_ssim":[""],"persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n 1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n 1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n 1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n 1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n 1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n 1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n 1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n 1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n 1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n 1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n 1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n 1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n 1836-1918."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":106,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:04:48.651Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n niece of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n and adopted daughter of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n regular editor in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n the \n \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n hostility toward \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00041","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00041.xml","title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"text":["Mss. 39.2 H87","Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Republican Party (U.S. :\n 1854- )","\n Railroads--Virginia.","Canals--United\n States.","Harbors--United\n States.","Horses--Virginia.","United States--Politics and\n government-- 1865-1900.","United States--\n History--Civil War, 1861-1865.","\n Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence.","Practice of\n law--Virginia--History.","103 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n Volumes.","This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n Volumes.","Arrangement This collection is arranged by date with those items\n without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va., the son of \n Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n Hughes was raised by \n Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n wife, \n Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n Halifax Co., Va. (family\n relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n niece of \n Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n and adopted daughter of \n John Buchanan and \n Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n Richmond\n Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n Richmond Examiner while\n regular editor in \n Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n Washington Union, and\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n Abingdon, Va., where \n General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n the \n Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n Richmond Examiner, showing\n hostility toward \n Jefferson Davis'\n administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n Richmond Republic, and\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n National Democratic\n Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n Richmond State\n Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n William E. Cameron in a\n duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n Governor of Virginia but did not\n win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n Abingdon, Va. Source: \n Dictionary of American\n Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart.","The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n 1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","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","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.","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, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n Richmond\n Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n Valley Virginian [not\n included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n The State, Richmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870.","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.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n 1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n 1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n 1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n 1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n 1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n 1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n 1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n 1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n 1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n 1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n 1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n 1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n 1836-1918.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz, Chester Alan Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin), Lewis Cass, Claudius Crozet, J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe), John Moncure Daniel, J.D.B. 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Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph."],"creators_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. 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Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va., the son of \n Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n Hughes was raised by \n Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n wife, \n Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n Halifax Co., Va. (family\n relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n niece of \n Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n and adopted daughter of \n John Buchanan and \n Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n Richmond\n Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n Richmond Examiner while\n regular editor in \n Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n Washington Union, and\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n Abingdon, Va., where \n General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n the \n Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n Richmond Examiner, showing\n hostility toward \n Jefferson Davis'\n administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n Richmond Republic, and\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n National Democratic\n Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n Richmond State\n Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n William E. Cameron in a\n duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n Governor of Virginia but did not\n win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n Abingdon, Va. Source: \n Dictionary of American\n Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart."],"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\u003eThe John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. 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Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n \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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n \u003cunittitle\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Collection, \n \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1715-1933, 1871- 1933.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e238 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 H88\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 \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\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.\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":["The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","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 Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n Mary. \n Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n 1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","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","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.","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, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a West Point ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to dinner written in the third\n person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Examiner\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDeBow's Review\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia state finances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLife of Wise.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026amp; 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalled to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains drawing of proposed monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eValley Virginian\u003c/title\u003e[not\n included].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe State,\u003c/title\u003eRichmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted in a Richmond newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n natural history of the fishes of the United\n States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n will be of sufficient importance to the\n public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n Richmond the principal and interest due on\n Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n difficulties encountered in obtaining\n materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n being an employee of the \n Richmond\n Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n by Hughes in \n DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n political, economical, social, and general in\n Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n his verification of the state of things [?], even\n though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n 2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n Personal and Political History,\" written by\n Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n in article, and Field's explanation of his\n differing view of certain points in the\n article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n documents for use in an address; information\n regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n the great question which split North and\n South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n 1871, which also had been published by the \n Valley Virginian [not\n included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n printed in \n The State, Richmond,\n Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n various articles by him, and articles that interested\n him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n 17 Sept. 1870."],"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\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n Va."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n 1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n 1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n 1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n 1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n 1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n 1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n 1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n 1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n 1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n 1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n 1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n 1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n 1836-1918."],"corpname_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n administration.","National Democratic\n Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va."],"famname_ssim":[""],"persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n 1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n 1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n 1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n 1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n 1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n 1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n 1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n 1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n 1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n 1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n 1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n 1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n 1836-1918."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":106,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:04:48.651Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n wife, \n \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n niece of \n \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n and adopted daughter of \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n regular editor in \n \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n lived in home of Secretary of War \n \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n near \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n the \n \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n hostility toward \n \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n generally pursued a course that considered\n \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n chart.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"College of William and Mary","value":"College of William and Mary","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Railroads--Virginia.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hughes+family\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=College+of+William+and+Mary"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Railroads--Virginia.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hughes+family"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","value":"Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","hits":1},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Railroads--Virginia.\u0026f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Inventory+of+the+Robert+William%0A+++++++++Hughes+Papers+%0A+++++++++%0A+++++++++1818-1900\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hughes+family"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/collection_ssim.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=%0A++++++++++++Railroads--Virginia.\u0026f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Hughes+family"}},{"type":"facet","id":"creator_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Creator","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"Louis Agassiz, Chester Alan Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. 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