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Dept. of the\n            Treasury.","271 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","Arrangement This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","Biography to be added later.","Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.","The collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.","Sends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.","Invites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.","Orders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                      Col.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport .","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.","Ordering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.","Forwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.","Requests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.","Asks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose .","Has received a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose who has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.","Inquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.","Discusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.","More information on the Rumsey patent.","Is very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.","Sends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.","Will find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                      W[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall , and the approaching campaign.","Is busy campaigning.","Received the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.","Requests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.","Asks for word when the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce]'s order about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.","Congratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.","Congratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] and his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                      W[illia]m B.\n                     Hall be retained as their Postmaster.","Recommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.","Congratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.","Asks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.","Expresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.","Introduces someone who wants a position in the \n                      \n                     Department [of the Treasury] .","Asks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.","Introduces Mr. Watson [?].","Introduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.","Discusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.","Inquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.","Introduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.","Encloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.","Introduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.","Asks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.","Asks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.","Reminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.","Introduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"","Introduces \n                      \n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace \"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"","Discusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.","Introduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.","Encloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.","Introduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.","Asks if position of \n                      \n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian , vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.","Discusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.","Encloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.","Invites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"","Asks Washington to ask \n                      Secretary\n                     [Guthrie] to postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.","Praises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.","Sends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.","Apologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.","Asks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.","Discusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.","Needs the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.","Asks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                      Mr. G[uthrie] for\n                     his signature.","Hopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.","Asks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.","Reports that Mr. \n                      Sam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne , about whom the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] spoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.","Asks for employment for John McMahon.","Reports that, at the \n                      President's\n                     [Pierce] direction, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.","Introduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.","Introduces \n                      Th[omas?]\n                     Blount , who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.","Asks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.","Regrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.","Introduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.","Asks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.","Asks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.","Encloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                      George[?]\n                     Thomas , and a position for \n                      Col. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham of the Eastern Shore.","Introduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.","Forwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.","Encloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.","Plans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.","Introduces \n                      Tho[mas] H.\n                     Bond , who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.","Understands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.","Asks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.","Feels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.","Has received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.","Asks that necessary information be sent to \n                      Senator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter to secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.","Regarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"","Regarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.","Introduces Dennis Cronan[?].","Believes he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.","Introduces George Th. McGunesh[?].","Asks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.","Needs Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.","Thanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.","Discusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.","Introduces Mr. Cunard.","Could not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.","Sent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.","Thanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.","Offers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.","Recommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.","Introduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].","Forwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.","Introduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.","Introduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.","Discusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.","Introduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.","Discusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.","Thanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.","Asks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].","Encloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.","Supports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.","Thanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.","Asks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.","Mr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.","Requests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.","Describes his recent campaign in Maine.","Needs the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.","Would like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.","Glowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026 Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.","Needs a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.","Asks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.","Mess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall are very angry with the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] , and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.","Introduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.","Asks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.","Thanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.","Encloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.","Withdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.","Introduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.","Has not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.","Encloses an invitation to his wedding.","Has just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026 Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.","Concerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.","Supports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".","Reports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.","Has received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.","Introduces \n                      Mr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson , who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.","Asks employment for the bearer.","Introduces Mr. Colbert[?].","Is sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.","Asks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                      Pennsylvanian ,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.","Asks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.","Asks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.","Thanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.","Praises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.","Writes for friends who want their lots in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] , purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.","Wants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.","Introduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.","Asks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.","Has received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                      [New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building , but not the\n                     letter from the \n                      Post Master\n                     Gen[era]l to Mr. Rust.","Introduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.","Introduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.","Asks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.","Introduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.","Disappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] .","Regrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.","Regrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.","Needs the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.","Sends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.","Returns letter of \n                      Geo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose .","By applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","Needs certain papers before he sees \n                      Senator\n                     [James Murray] Mason ; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.","Succeeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.","Introduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.","Sends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.","Hopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                      General [Joseph]\n                     Lane in Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas ' friends will control the\n                     nomination.","Asks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].","Ambrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.","Discusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas and \n                      [James]\n                     Guthrie , and tactics for the \n                      [Democratic]\n                     Convention ; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.","Expresses sympathy on death of \n                      Mr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee , prefers \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas for President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.","Mr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.","Needs Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.","Introduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.","Has not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].","Needs to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.","Discusses \n                      Mr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's chances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.","Discusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.","Discusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.","Sends a letter from John Anderson.","Has had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                      Quintus\n                     [Washington?] .","Inquiries about how to safely go to \n                      Washington,\n                     [D.C.] to settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     its possible outcomes.","Discusses sentiment toward the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.","Form letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.","Lists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.","Discusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.","Discusses papers on a certain building.","Invitation for dinner.","Owners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.","Has had no reply to his last two letters.","Inquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.","Discusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"","Discusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.","Thanks him for his picture.","Describes a bank charter that is for sale.","Discusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.","Fears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.","Requests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.","Plans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"","Was architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.","Requesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                      Ja[me]s\n                     Guthrie , n.p., 14 July 1866.","Gives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.","Sends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.","Asks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.","Thanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.","Hopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                      Mr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble at Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.","Inquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.","Reminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                      [John]\n                     Cadwallader is well.","Introduces Mr. Bowditch.","Discusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                   College [of\n                  Virginia] .","Cannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                   College [of\n                  William and Mary] , and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.","Form letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.","Summary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.","Discusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.","Encloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                   H[ea]d Qu[arter]s ,\n                   1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt. , 21 January [1864].","Ordering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.","This letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                   Capt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters] , \n                   Camp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer , [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                   \n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt. , n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.","Thanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                   Capt. E[?]\n                  Grayson , whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].","Notification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.","Introduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.","Mentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.","Including Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.","Describes a visit from \n                   Mr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor , who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.","The letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family","Also includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.","Deed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.","Appointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.","Agreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                   W[illia]m Price , \n                   William] West , and\n                   Cha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove .","Deed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"","Letter includes the items listed below.","This deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                      Lewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain] .","One being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.","The first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                   Jun[io]r , Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.","Mortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].","Deed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.","Notice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"","Sends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.","Reports that none of the documents on \n                   N[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology , which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.","Introductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series. Revised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.","Sponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].","Clipped autographs include the following: \n                   J. R. Barret \n                   Noble S. Braden \n                   Benj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell James B. Fever[?] \n                   D. Funsten \n                   John Maclean \n                   T. F. Mayard \n                   W[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston J. R. Rucker \n                   D. L. Swain \n                   Dawson S. Walker","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, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families.","Maupin family.","Washington family.","Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington.","Booth, Edwin, 1833-\n            1893.","Maupin, Chapman,\n            1846-1900.","Maupin, Socrates,\n            1808-1871.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 M44"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"collection_title_tesim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"collection_ssim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Chapman Maupin, Socrates Maupin, Peter Grayson Washington."],"creator_ssim":["Chapman Maupin, Socrates Maupin, Peter Grayson Washington."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington."],"creators_ssim":["Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 271 items, \n             07/27/1951."],"access_subjects_ssim":["United States. Dept. of the\n            Treasury."],"access_subjects_ssm":["United States. Dept. of the\n            Treasury."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["271 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Restrictions on Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","Arrangement This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiography to be added later.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography to be added later."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaupin-Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. William Davenport\"\u003eCol.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Charles B. Penrose\"\u003eMr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received a letter from \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Charles B. Penrose\"\u003eMr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose\u003c/abbr\u003ewho has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on the Rumsey patent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"William C. Marshall\"\u003eW[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall\u003c/abbr\u003e, and the approaching campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs busy campaigning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for word when the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce's\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]'s\u003c/abbr\u003eorder about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003eand his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"William B. Hall\"\u003eW[illia]m B.\n                     Hall\u003c/abbr\u003ebe retained as their Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces someone who wants a position in the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Department of the Treasury\"\u003e\n                     Department [of the Treasury]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Watson [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"A[lexander] S[tuart] Wallace\"\u003e\n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace\u003c/abbr\u003e\"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks if position of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Treasury Department Librarian\"\u003e\n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian\u003c/abbr\u003e, vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to ask \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Secretary Guthrie\"\u003eSecretary\n                     [Guthrie]\u003c/abbr\u003eto postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePraises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Guthrie\"\u003eMr. G[uthrie]\u003c/abbr\u003efor\n                     his signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Samuel Whithorne\"\u003eSam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne\u003c/abbr\u003e, about whom the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003espoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for employment for John McMahon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that, at the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident's\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003edirection, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas? Blount\"\u003eTh[omas?]\n                     Blount\u003c/abbr\u003e, who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"George Thomas\"\u003eGeorge[?]\n                     Thomas\u003c/abbr\u003e, and a position for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. Tench Tilgham\"\u003eCol. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham\u003c/abbr\u003eof the Eastern Shore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas H. Bond\"\u003eTho[mas] H.\n                     Bond\u003c/abbr\u003e, who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that necessary information be sent to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Senator R. M. T. Hunter\"\u003eSenator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter\u003c/abbr\u003eto secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Dennis Cronan[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelieves he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces George Th. McGunesh[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Cunard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCould not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his recent campaign in Maine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026amp; Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Messrs. Aspinwall\"\u003eMess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall\u003c/abbr\u003eare very angry with the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003e, and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWithdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses an invitation to his wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026amp; Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. William Alderson\"\u003eMr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson\u003c/abbr\u003e, who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks employment for the bearer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Colbert[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePennsylvanian\u003c/title\u003e,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePraises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites for friends who want their lots in \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Ogdensburg, New York\"\u003eOgdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York]\u003c/abbr\u003e, purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"New York Post Office building\"\u003e[New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building\u003c/abbr\u003e, but not the\n                     letter from the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Post Master General\"\u003ePost Master\n                     Gen[era]l\u003c/abbr\u003eto Mr. Rust.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Ogdensburg, New York\"\u003eOgdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns letter of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"George H. Ambrose\"\u003eGeo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds certain papers before he sees \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Senator James Murray Mason\"\u003eSenator\n                     [James Murray] Mason\u003c/abbr\u003e; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSucceeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"General Joseph Lane\"\u003eGeneral [Joseph]\n                     Lane\u003c/abbr\u003ein Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003e' friends will control the\n                     nomination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmbrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"James Guthrie\"\u003e[James]\n                     Guthrie\u003c/abbr\u003e, and tactics for the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Democratic Convention\"\u003e[Democratic]\n                     Convention\u003c/abbr\u003e; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy on death of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. David A. Bokee\"\u003eMr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee\u003c/abbr\u003e, prefers \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003efor President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. James Guthrie\"\u003eMr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's\u003c/abbr\u003echances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a letter from John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Quintus Washington\"\u003eQuintus\n                     [Washington?]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiries about how to safely go to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Washington, D.C.\"\u003eWashington,\n                     [D.C.]\u003c/abbr\u003eto settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                     its possible outcomes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sentiment toward the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses papers on a certain building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation for dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOwners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had no reply to his last two letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for his picture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a bank charter that is for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Edward B. White\"\u003eEdw[ar]d B.\n                     White\u003c/abbr\u003e, Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Edward B. White\"\u003eEdw[ar]d B.\n                     White\u003c/abbr\u003e, Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"James Guthrie\"\u003eJa[me]s\n                     Guthrie\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., 14 July 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Gouverneur Kemble\"\u003eMr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble\u003c/abbr\u003eat Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"John Cadwallader\"\u003e[John]\n                     Cadwallader\u003c/abbr\u003eis well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Bowditch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"College of Virginia\"\u003eCollege [of\n                  Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"College of William and Mary\"\u003eCollege [of\n                  William and Mary]\u003c/abbr\u003e, and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Head Quarters\"\u003eH[ea]d Qu[arter]s\u003c/abbr\u003e,\n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"1st Engineers Regt.\"\u003e1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt.\u003c/abbr\u003e, 21 January [1864].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Capt. Commanding, Head Quarters\"\u003eCapt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters]\u003c/abbr\u003e, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Fort Gilmer\"\u003eCamp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer\u003c/abbr\u003e, [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Commanding 1st Engineer Regt.\"\u003e\n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt.\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Capt. E. Grayson\"\u003eCapt. E[?]\n                  Grayson\u003c/abbr\u003e, whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit from \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. John Barbee Minor\"\u003eMr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor\u003c/abbr\u003e, who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"William Price\"\u003eW[illia]m Price\u003c/abbr\u003e, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"W[illiam West\"\u003eWilliam] West\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles Blagrove\"\u003eCha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter includes the items listed below.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Lewis M. Rivalain\"\u003eLewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Junior\"\u003eJun[io]r\u003c/abbr\u003e, Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that none of the documents on \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"North American Ethnology\"\u003eN[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology\u003c/abbr\u003e, which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series.\u003c/title\u003eRevised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipped autographs include the following: \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. R. Barret \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNoble S. Braden \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Benjamin S. Ewell\"\u003eBenj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJames B. Fever[?] \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. Funsten \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJohn Maclean \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eT. F. Mayard \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"William J. Robertston\"\u003eW[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. R. Rucker \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. L. Swain \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eDawson S. Walker\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.","The collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.","Sends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.","Invites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.","Orders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                      Col.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport .","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.","Ordering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.","Forwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.","Requests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.","Asks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose .","Has received a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose who has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.","Inquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.","Discusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.","More information on the Rumsey patent.","Is very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.","Sends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.","Will find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                      W[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall , and the approaching campaign.","Is busy campaigning.","Received the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.","Requests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.","Asks for word when the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce]'s order about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.","Congratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.","Congratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] and his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                      W[illia]m B.\n                     Hall be retained as their Postmaster.","Recommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.","Congratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.","Asks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.","Expresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.","Introduces someone who wants a position in the \n                      \n                     Department [of the Treasury] .","Asks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.","Introduces Mr. Watson [?].","Introduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.","Discusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.","Inquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.","Introduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.","Encloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.","Introduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.","Asks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.","Asks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.","Reminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.","Introduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"","Introduces \n                      \n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace \"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"","Discusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.","Introduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.","Encloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.","Introduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.","Asks if position of \n                      \n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian , vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.","Discusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.","Encloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.","Invites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"","Asks Washington to ask \n                      Secretary\n                     [Guthrie] to postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.","Praises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.","Sends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.","Apologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.","Asks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.","Discusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.","Needs the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.","Asks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                      Mr. G[uthrie] for\n                     his signature.","Hopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.","Asks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.","Reports that Mr. \n                      Sam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne , about whom the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] spoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.","Asks for employment for John McMahon.","Reports that, at the \n                      President's\n                     [Pierce] direction, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.","Introduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.","Introduces \n                      Th[omas?]\n                     Blount , who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.","Asks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.","Regrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.","Introduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.","Asks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.","Asks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.","Encloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                      George[?]\n                     Thomas , and a position for \n                      Col. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham of the Eastern Shore.","Introduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.","Forwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.","Encloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.","Plans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.","Introduces \n                      Tho[mas] H.\n                     Bond , who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.","Understands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.","Asks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.","Feels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.","Has received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.","Asks that necessary information be sent to \n                      Senator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter to secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.","Regarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"","Regarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.","Introduces Dennis Cronan[?].","Believes he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.","Introduces George Th. McGunesh[?].","Asks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.","Needs Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.","Thanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.","Discusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.","Introduces Mr. Cunard.","Could not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.","Sent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.","Thanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.","Offers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.","Recommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.","Introduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].","Forwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.","Introduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.","Introduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.","Discusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.","Introduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.","Discusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.","Thanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.","Asks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].","Encloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.","Supports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.","Thanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.","Asks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.","Mr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.","Requests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.","Describes his recent campaign in Maine.","Needs the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.","Would like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.","Glowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026 Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.","Needs a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.","Asks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.","Mess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall are very angry with the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] , and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.","Introduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.","Asks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.","Thanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.","Encloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.","Withdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.","Introduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.","Has not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.","Encloses an invitation to his wedding.","Has just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026 Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.","Concerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.","Supports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".","Reports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.","Has received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.","Introduces \n                      Mr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson , who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.","Asks employment for the bearer.","Introduces Mr. Colbert[?].","Is sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.","Asks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                      Pennsylvanian ,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.","Asks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.","Asks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.","Thanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.","Praises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.","Writes for friends who want their lots in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] , purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.","Wants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.","Introduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.","Asks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.","Has received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                      [New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building , but not the\n                     letter from the \n                      Post Master\n                     Gen[era]l to Mr. Rust.","Introduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.","Introduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.","Asks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.","Introduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.","Disappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] .","Regrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.","Regrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.","Needs the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.","Sends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.","Returns letter of \n                      Geo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose .","By applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","Needs certain papers before he sees \n                      Senator\n                     [James Murray] Mason ; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.","Succeeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.","Introduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.","Sends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.","Hopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                      General [Joseph]\n                     Lane in Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas ' friends will control the\n                     nomination.","Asks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].","Ambrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.","Discusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas and \n                      [James]\n                     Guthrie , and tactics for the \n                      [Democratic]\n                     Convention ; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.","Expresses sympathy on death of \n                      Mr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee , prefers \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas for President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.","Mr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.","Needs Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.","Introduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.","Has not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].","Needs to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.","Discusses \n                      Mr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's chances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.","Discusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.","Discusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.","Sends a letter from John Anderson.","Has had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                      Quintus\n                     [Washington?] .","Inquiries about how to safely go to \n                      Washington,\n                     [D.C.] to settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     its possible outcomes.","Discusses sentiment toward the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.","Form letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.","Lists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.","Discusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.","Discusses papers on a certain building.","Invitation for dinner.","Owners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.","Has had no reply to his last two letters.","Inquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.","Discusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"","Discusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.","Thanks him for his picture.","Describes a bank charter that is for sale.","Discusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.","Fears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.","Requests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.","Plans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"","Was architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.","Requesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                      Ja[me]s\n                     Guthrie , n.p., 14 July 1866.","Gives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.","Sends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.","Asks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.","Thanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.","Hopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                      Mr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble at Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.","Inquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.","Reminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                      [John]\n                     Cadwallader is well.","Introduces Mr. Bowditch.","Discusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                   College [of\n                  Virginia] .","Cannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                   College [of\n                  William and Mary] , and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.","Form letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.","Summary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.","Discusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.","Encloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                   H[ea]d Qu[arter]s ,\n                   1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt. , 21 January [1864].","Ordering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.","This letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                   Capt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters] , \n                   Camp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer , [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                   \n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt. , n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.","Thanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                   Capt. E[?]\n                  Grayson , whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].","Notification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.","Introduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.","Mentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.","Including Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.","Describes a visit from \n                   Mr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor , who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.","The letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family","Also includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.","Deed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.","Appointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.","Agreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                   W[illia]m Price , \n                   William] West , and\n                   Cha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove .","Deed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"","Letter includes the items listed below.","This deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                      Lewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain] .","One being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.","The first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                   Jun[io]r , Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.","Mortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].","Deed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.","Notice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"","Sends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.","Reports that none of the documents on \n                   N[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology , which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.","Introductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series. Revised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.","Sponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].","Clipped autographs include the following: \n                   J. R. Barret \n                   Noble S. Braden \n                   Benj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell James B. Fever[?] \n                   D. Funsten \n                   John Maclean \n                   T. F. Mayard \n                   W[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston J. R. Rucker \n                   D. L. Swain \n                   Dawson S. Walker"],"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, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families."],"names_ssim":["Maupin family.","Washington family.","Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington.","Booth, Edwin, 1833-\n            1893.","Maupin, Chapman,\n            1846-1900.","Maupin, Socrates,\n            1808-1871."],"famname_ssim":["Maupin family.","Washington family."],"persname_ssim":["Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington.","Booth, Edwin, 1833-\n            1893.","Maupin, Chapman,\n            1846-1900.","Maupin, Socrates,\n            1808-1871."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":264,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T15:36:30.538Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00054","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00054","_root_":"viw_viw00054","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00054","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00054.xml","title_ssm":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"title_tesim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 M44"],"text":["Mss. 65 M44","Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932.","United States. Dept. of the\n            Treasury.","271 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","Arrangement This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","Biography to be added later.","Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.","The collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.","Sends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.","Invites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.","Orders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                      Col.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport .","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.","Ordering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.","Forwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.","Requests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.","Asks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose .","Has received a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose who has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.","Inquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.","Discusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.","More information on the Rumsey patent.","Is very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.","Sends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.","Will find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                      W[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall , and the approaching campaign.","Is busy campaigning.","Received the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.","Requests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.","Asks for word when the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce]'s order about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.","Congratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.","Congratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] and his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                      W[illia]m B.\n                     Hall be retained as their Postmaster.","Recommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.","Congratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.","Asks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.","Expresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.","Introduces someone who wants a position in the \n                      \n                     Department [of the Treasury] .","Asks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.","Introduces Mr. Watson [?].","Introduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.","Discusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.","Inquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.","Introduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.","Encloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.","Introduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.","Asks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.","Asks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.","Reminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.","Introduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"","Introduces \n                      \n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace \"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"","Discusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.","Introduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.","Encloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.","Introduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.","Asks if position of \n                      \n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian , vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.","Discusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.","Encloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.","Invites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"","Asks Washington to ask \n                      Secretary\n                     [Guthrie] to postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.","Praises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.","Sends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.","Apologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.","Asks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.","Discusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.","Needs the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.","Asks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                      Mr. G[uthrie] for\n                     his signature.","Hopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.","Asks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.","Reports that Mr. \n                      Sam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne , about whom the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] spoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.","Asks for employment for John McMahon.","Reports that, at the \n                      President's\n                     [Pierce] direction, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.","Introduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.","Introduces \n                      Th[omas?]\n                     Blount , who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.","Asks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.","Regrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.","Introduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.","Asks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.","Asks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.","Encloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                      George[?]\n                     Thomas , and a position for \n                      Col. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham of the Eastern Shore.","Introduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.","Forwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.","Encloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.","Plans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.","Introduces \n                      Tho[mas] H.\n                     Bond , who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.","Understands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.","Asks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.","Feels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.","Has received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.","Asks that necessary information be sent to \n                      Senator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter to secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.","Regarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"","Regarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.","Introduces Dennis Cronan[?].","Believes he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.","Introduces George Th. McGunesh[?].","Asks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.","Needs Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.","Thanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.","Discusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.","Introduces Mr. Cunard.","Could not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.","Sent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.","Thanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.","Offers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.","Recommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.","Introduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].","Forwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.","Introduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.","Introduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.","Discusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.","Introduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.","Discusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.","Thanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.","Asks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].","Encloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.","Supports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.","Thanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.","Asks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.","Mr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.","Requests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.","Describes his recent campaign in Maine.","Needs the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.","Would like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.","Glowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026 Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.","Needs a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.","Asks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.","Mess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall are very angry with the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] , and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.","Introduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.","Asks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.","Thanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.","Encloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.","Withdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.","Introduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.","Has not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.","Encloses an invitation to his wedding.","Has just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026 Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.","Concerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.","Supports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".","Reports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.","Has received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.","Introduces \n                      Mr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson , who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.","Asks employment for the bearer.","Introduces Mr. Colbert[?].","Is sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.","Asks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                      Pennsylvanian ,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.","Asks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.","Asks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.","Thanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.","Praises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.","Writes for friends who want their lots in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] , purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.","Wants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.","Introduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.","Asks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.","Has received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                      [New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building , but not the\n                     letter from the \n                      Post Master\n                     Gen[era]l to Mr. Rust.","Introduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.","Introduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.","Asks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.","Introduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.","Disappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] .","Regrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.","Regrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.","Needs the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.","Sends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.","Returns letter of \n                      Geo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose .","By applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","Needs certain papers before he sees \n                      Senator\n                     [James Murray] Mason ; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.","Succeeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.","Introduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.","Sends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.","Hopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                      General [Joseph]\n                     Lane in Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas ' friends will control the\n                     nomination.","Asks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].","Ambrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.","Discusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas and \n                      [James]\n                     Guthrie , and tactics for the \n                      [Democratic]\n                     Convention ; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.","Expresses sympathy on death of \n                      Mr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee , prefers \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas for President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.","Mr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.","Needs Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.","Introduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.","Has not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].","Needs to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.","Discusses \n                      Mr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's chances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.","Discusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.","Discusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.","Sends a letter from John Anderson.","Has had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                      Quintus\n                     [Washington?] .","Inquiries about how to safely go to \n                      Washington,\n                     [D.C.] to settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     its possible outcomes.","Discusses sentiment toward the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.","Form letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.","Lists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.","Discusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.","Discusses papers on a certain building.","Invitation for dinner.","Owners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.","Has had no reply to his last two letters.","Inquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.","Discusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"","Discusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.","Thanks him for his picture.","Describes a bank charter that is for sale.","Discusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.","Fears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.","Requests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.","Plans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"","Was architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.","Requesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                      Ja[me]s\n                     Guthrie , n.p., 14 July 1866.","Gives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.","Sends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.","Asks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.","Thanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.","Hopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                      Mr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble at Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.","Inquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.","Reminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                      [John]\n                     Cadwallader is well.","Introduces Mr. Bowditch.","Discusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                   College [of\n                  Virginia] .","Cannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                   College [of\n                  William and Mary] , and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.","Form letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.","Summary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.","Discusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.","Encloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                   H[ea]d Qu[arter]s ,\n                   1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt. , 21 January [1864].","Ordering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.","This letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                   Capt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters] , \n                   Camp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer , [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                   \n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt. , n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.","Thanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                   Capt. E[?]\n                  Grayson , whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].","Notification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.","Introduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.","Mentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.","Including Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.","Describes a visit from \n                   Mr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor , who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.","The letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family","Also includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.","Deed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.","Appointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.","Agreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                   W[illia]m Price , \n                   William] West , and\n                   Cha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove .","Deed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"","Letter includes the items listed below.","This deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                      Lewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain] .","One being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.","The first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                   Jun[io]r , Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.","Mortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].","Deed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.","Notice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"","Sends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.","Reports that none of the documents on \n                   N[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology , which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.","Introductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series. Revised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.","Sponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].","Clipped autographs include the following: \n                   J. R. Barret \n                   Noble S. Braden \n                   Benj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell James B. Fever[?] \n                   D. Funsten \n                   John Maclean \n                   T. F. Mayard \n                   W[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston J. R. Rucker \n                   D. L. Swain \n                   Dawson S. Walker","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, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families.","Maupin family.","Washington family.","Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington.","Booth, Edwin, 1833-\n            1893.","Maupin, Chapman,\n            1846-1900.","Maupin, Socrates,\n            1808-1871.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 M44"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"collection_title_tesim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"collection_ssim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, \n         \n         1732-1932."],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Chapman Maupin, Socrates Maupin, Peter Grayson Washington."],"creator_ssim":["Chapman Maupin, Socrates Maupin, Peter Grayson Washington."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington."],"creators_ssim":["Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 271 items, \n             07/27/1951."],"access_subjects_ssim":["United States. 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Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003carrangement\u003e\n        \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.\u003c/p\u003e\n      \u003c/arrangement\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement","Organization","Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","This collection is organized into five series. Series 1\n            contains the personal and business correspondence of Peter\n            Grayson Washington; Series 2 contains correspondence of the\n            Maupin family; Series 3 contains genealogical information;\n            Series 4 contains deeds and other items relating to the\n            exchange of land; Series 5 contains miscellaneous material;\n            Series 6 contains photographs.","Arrangement This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years.","This collection is arranged chronologically by date\n            within each series. Series 1 is divided into subseries by\n            years."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBiography to be added later.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Biography to be added later."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMaupin-Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Maupin-Washington Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. William Davenport\"\u003eCol.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Charles B. Penrose\"\u003eMr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received a letter from \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Charles B. Penrose\"\u003eMr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose\u003c/abbr\u003ewho has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore information on the Rumsey patent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"William C. Marshall\"\u003eW[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall\u003c/abbr\u003e, and the approaching campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs busy campaigning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for word when the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce's\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]'s\u003c/abbr\u003eorder about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003eand his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"William B. Hall\"\u003eW[illia]m B.\n                     Hall\u003c/abbr\u003ebe retained as their Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces someone who wants a position in the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Department of the Treasury\"\u003e\n                     Department [of the Treasury]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Watson [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"A[lexander] S[tuart] Wallace\"\u003e\n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace\u003c/abbr\u003e\"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks if position of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Treasury Department Librarian\"\u003e\n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian\u003c/abbr\u003e, vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to ask \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Secretary Guthrie\"\u003eSecretary\n                     [Guthrie]\u003c/abbr\u003eto postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePraises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Guthrie\"\u003eMr. G[uthrie]\u003c/abbr\u003efor\n                     his signature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Samuel Whithorne\"\u003eSam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne\u003c/abbr\u003e, about whom the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003espoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for employment for John McMahon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that, at the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident's\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003edirection, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas? Blount\"\u003eTh[omas?]\n                     Blount\u003c/abbr\u003e, who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"George Thomas\"\u003eGeorge[?]\n                     Thomas\u003c/abbr\u003e, and a position for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Col. Tench Tilgham\"\u003eCol. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham\u003c/abbr\u003eof the Eastern Shore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Thomas H. Bond\"\u003eTho[mas] H.\n                     Bond\u003c/abbr\u003e, who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFeels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks that necessary information be sent to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Senator R. M. T. Hunter\"\u003eSenator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter\u003c/abbr\u003eto secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Dennis Cronan[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBelieves he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces George Th. McGunesh[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Cunard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCould not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his recent campaign in Maine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026amp; Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Messrs. Aspinwall\"\u003eMess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall\u003c/abbr\u003eare very angry with the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"President Pierce\"\u003ePresident\n                     [Pierce]\u003c/abbr\u003e, and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWithdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses an invitation to his wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026amp; Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. William Alderson\"\u003eMr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson\u003c/abbr\u003e, who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks employment for the bearer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Colbert[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePennsylvanian\u003c/title\u003e,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePraises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites for friends who want their lots in \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Ogdensburg, New York\"\u003eOgdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York]\u003c/abbr\u003e, purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"New York Post Office building\"\u003e[New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building\u003c/abbr\u003e, but not the\n                     letter from the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Post Master General\"\u003ePost Master\n                     Gen[era]l\u003c/abbr\u003eto Mr. Rust.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Ogdensburg, New York\"\u003eOgdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns letter of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"George H. Ambrose\"\u003eGeo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds certain papers before he sees \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Senator James Murray Mason\"\u003eSenator\n                     [James Murray] Mason\u003c/abbr\u003e; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSucceeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"General Joseph Lane\"\u003eGeneral [Joseph]\n                     Lane\u003c/abbr\u003ein Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003e' friends will control the\n                     nomination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmbrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003eand \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"James Guthrie\"\u003e[James]\n                     Guthrie\u003c/abbr\u003e, and tactics for the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Democratic Convention\"\u003e[Democratic]\n                     Convention\u003c/abbr\u003e; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy on death of \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. David A. Bokee\"\u003eMr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee\u003c/abbr\u003e, prefers \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Stephen A. Douglas\"\u003e[Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas\u003c/abbr\u003efor President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNeeds to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. James Guthrie\"\u003eMr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's\u003c/abbr\u003echances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a letter from John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Quintus Washington\"\u003eQuintus\n                     [Washington?]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquiries about how to safely go to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Washington, D.C.\"\u003eWashington,\n                     [D.C.]\u003c/abbr\u003eto settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                     its possible outcomes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sentiment toward the \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Civil War\"\u003e[Civil] War\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses papers on a certain building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation for dinner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOwners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had no reply to his last two letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for his picture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a bank charter that is for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePlans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Edward B. White\"\u003eEdw[ar]d B.\n                     White\u003c/abbr\u003e, Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Edward B. White\"\u003eEdw[ar]d B.\n                     White\u003c/abbr\u003e, Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"James Guthrie\"\u003eJa[me]s\n                     Guthrie\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., 14 July 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. Gouverneur Kemble\"\u003eMr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble\u003c/abbr\u003eat Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"John Cadwallader\"\u003e[John]\n                     Cadwallader\u003c/abbr\u003eis well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Mr. Bowditch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"College of Virginia\"\u003eCollege [of\n                  Virginia]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"College of William and Mary\"\u003eCollege [of\n                  William and Mary]\u003c/abbr\u003e, and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Head Quarters\"\u003eH[ea]d Qu[arter]s\u003c/abbr\u003e,\n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"1st Engineers Regt.\"\u003e1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt.\u003c/abbr\u003e, 21 January [1864].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrdering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Capt. Commanding, Head Quarters\"\u003eCapt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters]\u003c/abbr\u003e, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Fort Gilmer\"\u003eCamp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer\u003c/abbr\u003e, [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Commanding 1st Engineer Regt.\"\u003e\n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt.\u003c/abbr\u003e, n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Capt. E. Grayson\"\u003eCapt. E[?]\n                  Grayson\u003c/abbr\u003e, whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit from \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Mr. John Barbee Minor\"\u003eMr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor\u003c/abbr\u003e, who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"William Price\"\u003eW[illia]m Price\u003c/abbr\u003e, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"W[illiam West\"\u003eWilliam] West\u003c/abbr\u003e, and\n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Charles Blagrove\"\u003eCha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter includes the items listed below.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                     \u003cabbr expan=\"Lewis M. Rivalain\"\u003eLewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain]\u003c/abbr\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"Junior\"\u003eJun[io]r\u003c/abbr\u003e, Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that none of the documents on \n                  \u003cabbr expan=\"North American Ethnology\"\u003eN[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology\u003c/abbr\u003e, which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIntroductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series.\u003c/title\u003eRevised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipped autographs include the following: \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. R. Barret \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNoble S. Braden \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"Benjamin S. Ewell\"\u003eBenj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJames B. Fever[?] \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. Funsten \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJohn Maclean \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eT. F. Mayard \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003cabbr expan=\"William J. Robertston\"\u003eW[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston\u003c/abbr\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eJ. R. Rucker \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eD. L. Swain \n                  \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eDawson S. Walker\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin and Washington families.\n         The bulk of the papers, 1850-1870, are letters received by\n         Peter Grayson Washington who served as Assistant Secretary of\n         the U. S. Treasury from 1853- 1857. Most of the letters relate\n         to political patronage, Democratic Party politics and the\n         various responsibilities of the Treasury Department. Later\n         letters relate to Washington's work as a claims agent in\n         Washington, D. C. and to his investments in New York City.","The collection also includes letters written to Socrates\n         Maupin (1809-1871), professor of medicine at the University of\n         Virginia, including letters to him and correspondence of his\n         son Chapman Maupin (1846- 1900), during the American Civil War\n         and while studying in Europe. Letters and ephemera relating to\n         Chapman Maupin's interest in his Washington forbearers are\n         included as well. There are also land records, autographs and\n         a carte-de-visite of Edwin Booth.","Sends a letter from Silas S. Boggess on his pay\n                     for transporting the mail. In pencil, notations on\n                     sums due in 1834.","Invites recipient to join Mr. Yancey and a few\n                     friends from Washington for dinner.","Orders Clark to embark his detachment of\n                     recruits for Brazos, N. Iago, and from there, go\n                     to Matamoros and report to \n                      Col.\n                     W[illia]m Davenport .","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; William Davenport to Charles Clark, 3\n                     September 1847.","Ordering Capt. Clark and his detachment to\n                     headquarters beyond Monterey.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; George M. Brooke to Captin Charles Clark,\n                     18 August 1847.","Forwarded Mr. Pettrich's petition to the\n                     Committee on Buildings and Grounds; some person\n                     more familiar with the circumstances should see\n                     Mr. J. W. Houston.","Requests return of papers sent in the case of\n                     Whitman.","Asks Washington to send him a reply so he can\n                     answer a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose .","Has received a letter from \n                      Mr. [Charles\n                     B.] Penrose who has not yet received the\n                     draft, though Penrose sent the required\n                     deposition.","Inquires about the claim of Mr. Pagnall of\n                     Norfolk, [Virginia], for his examination of the\n                     Carter and Roddy claims.","Discusses information on a patent issued to\n                     James Rumsey for a reaction wheel with a fixed\n                     flume, and one to James Macombe for a horizontal\n                     hollow water wheel.","More information on the Rumsey patent.","Is very busy as president of the Convention;\n                     sends his best wishes to Mrs. Washington, and Miss\n                     Virginia.","Sends a draft; politics are very quiet since\n                     everyone is concentrating on the cotton\n                     cropage.","Will find a safe bearer for a letter to a young\n                     lady in Louisville; discusses his Whig opponent, \n                      W[illia]m C.\n                     Marshall , and the approaching campaign.","Is busy campaigning.","Received the land warrants for himself and\n                     Capt. Coffee [?]; Foote will be elected governor\n                     over Davis.","Requests Washington's help in preventing the\n                     removal of Charles Onion as Post Master at\n                     Medfield.","Asks for word when the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce]'s order about his business reaches\n                     the Treasury Department.","Congratulates Washington on his new office;\n                     introduces Walter H. Taylor of Norfolk,\n                     Superintendent of the New Customs House Building,\n                     who Taylor hopes will keep his position.","Congratulates Washington on his new position;\n                     praises the new \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] and his foreign policy; feels\n                     sectional rivalries will dissipate; asks that \n                      W[illia]m B.\n                     Hall be retained as their Postmaster.","Recommends Edward White for an appraisership at\n                     San Francisco.","Congratulates Washington on his new\n                     position.","Asks assistance in getting the appointment of\n                     Superintendent of Light Houses on the Hudson River\n                     for Joseph O. Hasbrouck.","Expresses his pleasure at Washington's\n                     appointment.","Introduces someone who wants a position in the \n                      \n                     Department [of the Treasury] .","Asks Washington to give Mr. Guthrie an enclosed\n                     letter.","Introduces Mr. Watson [?].","Introduces Taliaferro Hunter of Fredericksburg,\n                     [Virginia], who is to be appointed chief clerk to\n                     the Light House Board.","Discusses papers regarding certain bounty land\n                     claims given Mr. Edwards by the recipient.","Inquires about appointments under the Treasury\n                     Department.","Introduces Gen. Brisbane of South Carolina, who\n                     wishes to discuss some matters with\n                     Washington.","Encloses a letter Washington suggested he\n                     [O'Sullivan] write, and asks that Washington look\n                     at the application at once.","Introduce Mr. Amos Stevens, a skillful mechanic\n                     who has devised improvements in balances and\n                     scales for weighing.","Asks that his brother, a clerk in the Treasury\n                     Department, not lose his position; publishes a\n                     partisan newspaper, but during Taylor and Fillmore\n                     administrations, was able to prevent the removal\n                     of many Democrats.","Asks for Washington's assistance in keeping the\n                     \"cutter\" in the \"6th District\"; encourages\n                     Washington to make a personal inspection.","Reminds him of an invitation to make a personal\n                     inspection.","Introduces N. L. Carr who has a clerkship \"in\n                     your dept.\"","Introduces \n                      \n                     Alexander S[tuart] Wallace \"a member of our\n                     State Legislature.\"","Discusses the situation of Parker \"of the\n                     Chillicothe District\" and his chance for a\n                     clerkship.","Introduces Mr. Joseph Jerwith of Alexandria,\n                     Virginia.","Encloses a bill of lading for \"sweet-meats\"\n                     from Havana; would like Washington to order their\n                     free delivery in New York.","Introduces J. C. McKubbin[?] of California.","Asks if position of \n                      \n                     [Treasury Department] Librarian , vacated\n                     due to the death of Mr. Taliaferro, has been\n                     filled, the salary, and whether Washington could\n                     keep it open for a few days. Endorsed as answered\n                     25 August 1853.","Discusses objects of current interest - the\n                     funding of the Pacific Railroad, and Cuba.","Encloses a letter to be forwarded to Capt. W.\n                     C. Pease, with suggestions on making collections\n                     in natural history; asks if Mr. Charles Cavileer,\n                     who has been making meteorological observations,\n                     is still collector of customs at Pembina,\n                     Minnesota.","Invites recipient to a family dinner to \"test\n                     some old wine.\"","Asks Washington to ask \n                      Secretary\n                     [Guthrie] to postpone the nomination of an\n                     inspector in the place of G. J. L. Colby.","Praises Mr. Guthrie's Report; defended Guthrie\n                     during the recent denunciations; feels Guthrie's\n                     detractors were speculators, from New York and\n                     elsewhere, who want a more pliant Secretary.","Sends some additional figures for a form sent\n                     to Mr. Guthrie in an earlier mail; discusses the\n                     precedents for Washington's appointment.","Apologizes for letting out news of a wage\n                     increase for Customs House employees.","Asks that Lieutenant Richmond not have to serve\n                     on the Mobile, [Alabama] Station.","Discusses Mr. Yost's declining of an\n                     appointment; will suggest someone else for the\n                     position.","Needs the duplicate of the draft for\n                     $1,000.","Asks that a warrant to Mr. Aspinwall be given\n                     to \n                      Mr. G[uthrie] for\n                     his signature.","Hopes Mr. Parr will pass the examination for a\n                     third class clerkship.","Asks for a position in California for his\n                     wife's brother, John.","Reports that Mr. \n                      Sam[ue]l\n                     Whithorne , about whom the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] spoke this morning, is unwell and\n                     not able to begin his duties.","Asks for employment for John McMahon.","Reports that, at the \n                      President's\n                     [Pierce] direction, wrote the Collector at\n                     Eastport, Maine that Mr. Andrews should keep his\n                     job.","Introduces Gen. Lamprey of Hampton, New\n                     Hampshire.","Introduces \n                      Th[omas?]\n                     Blount , who has applied for a\n                     clerkship.","Asks about the use of nickel in coins, and for\n                     a reply to his questions on the Smithsonian\n                     Funds.","Regrets his absence when the bill on the\n                     Assistant Secretary of the Treasury was\n                     rejected.","Introduces Charles B. Norton of New York, a\n                     publisher and bookseller who wants to discuss\n                     duties on books.","Asks Washington to call the Secretary of the\n                     Treasury's attention to a letter from Messrs.\n                     Powers and Weightman[?] on duty-free manufactured\n                     articles.","Asks for assistance in getting a better\n                     position for his brother-in-law, William\n                     Weaver.","Encloses a letter from his constituent, Major\n                     George; discusses the Collector, \n                      George[?]\n                     Thomas , and a position for \n                      Col. [Tench]\n                     Tilgham of the Eastern Shore.","Introduces R. S. S. Andros, Deputy Collector at\n                     Boston.","Forwards a resolution [enclosed] of the Annual\n                     General Meeting of the Army and Navy Club,\n                     thanking Washington for a volume of statistical\n                     information.","Encloses communication from Dr. Birdsall,\n                     Superintendent of the Mint in California.","Plans to come to Washington to meet with him in\n                     2 days.","Introduces \n                      Tho[mas] H.\n                     Bond , who wants a leave of absence for his\n                     son, John G. Bond, of the Reserve Marines.","Understands Congress has approved paying\n                     expenses of the Springfield Commission, of which\n                     he was a member.","Asks for assistance in keeping Edgar Irving as\n                     Inspector in the Customs House in New York.","Feels there is too much electioneering in\n                     California, and that it harms the Democratic\n                     Party.","Has received Washington's note; does not know\n                     if Janet[?] Richardson is in Washington.","Asks that necessary information be sent to \n                      Senator [R.\n                     M. T.] Hunter to secure an appropriation to\n                     repair a Customs House.","Regarding Mrs. Allison and a Paymastership[?];\n                     feels the Chief Justice recognizes a lasting\n                     obligation to Washington and Mr. Guthrie;\n                     settlement of the suit will cheer the Chief\n                     Justice's \"last days of his useful life.\"","Regarding tactics to get an appropriation to\n                     save a building.","Introduces Dennis Cronan[?].","Believes he won his close election; asks about\n                     a Customs House at Ellsworth, and the appointment\n                     of Joseph H. Jordun.","Introduces George Th. McGunesh[?].","Asks him again for a statement of matters\n                     relating to the tariff.","Needs Col. Wm. H. Jones of the Auditor's Office\n                     with him for a few days.","Thanks him for support in his campaign, which\n                     he lost because of illness.","Discusses various appointments, and a problem\n                     about a stonecutter.","Introduces Mr. Cunard.","Could not keep their appointment; asks for the\n                     results of Washington's interview with the\n                     Secretary so he can tell the Chief Justice.","Sent the bond required to Vincent's case and\n                     asks for Washington's help.","Thanks Washington for his letter of sympathy on\n                     Peck's wife's death; suggests he write Anna, who\n                     is in New York.","Offers to sell his residence for the Court\n                     House that Congress has just authorized.","Recommends Addison for a clerk's position in\n                     Washington's office.","Introduces Lt. John G. Bond, who is on his way\n                     to join his ship in Norfolk, [Virginia].","Forwarded the notice of appointment to Mr.\n                     Miles, but has not heard from him.","Introduces Casper Schedler, who has business\n                     with Mr. Guthrie on importing goods.","Introduces Mr. Stone[?], a temporary Inspector\n                     at the Port of Portland, who wants an increase in\n                     pay from $2.00 per day.","Discusses action in the House of\n                     Representatives regarding payment of the Texas\n                     Debt, and asks for information for an article he\n                     is writing on the subject.","Introduces Anthony Thornton, who is in\n                     Washington to arrange about bonded stores in New\n                     York.","Discusses appointment of the Superintendent of\n                     the Customs House.","Thanks him for the item for Mr. Matson[?];\n                     comments on the appointment of Buckingham Smith to\n                     Spain.","Asks Washington's cooperation in getting a\n                     leave of absence for Capt. J. C. Kretchmon[?].","Encloses a letter as an example of how\n                     Washington and Mr. Guthrie need to have clerks be\n                     more respectful; discusses question of lamps\n                     around Mr. Quigley's office.","Supports Capt. Hunter's[?] request for a\n                     transfer from New York to Lake Ontario.","Thanks Washington for the 3 volumes on Indians;\n                     discusses local politics.","Asks for assistance in a matter he has written\n                     about before.","Mr. Brown has been removed as Postmaster at\n                     Brandenburg, Meade County, Kentucky, and William\n                     I. Mays appointed.","Requests that the salary of a bookkeeper be\n                     increased.","Describes his recent campaign in Maine.","Needs the true story of the money advanced for\n                     Sam Medary's \"outfit\"; discusses the recent\n                     campaign.","Would like an appointment soon to discuss\n                     greater facilities for freight shipped to\n                     California.","Glowing report on the New Customs House;\n                     discusses the failure of Landers \u0026 Brenham;\n                     asks for authority to purge prominent people \"of\n                     their iniquities\"; would like a position\n                     elsewhere.","Needs a complete set of the Laws of Congress\n                     for his work on public medals presented; lists\n                     some presentations he need material on.","Asks for publication information on \"Register\n                     of California Claims, 1846-47\" and where it can be\n                     obtained.","Mess[rs.]\n                     Aspinwall are very angry with the \n                      President\n                     [Pierce] , and feel the only course left to\n                     get the withdrawal of Mexico's protest is by\n                     paying a large sum; both the writer and \"friend\n                     Tyler\" will lose their contingent fees.","Introduces Mr. Gould, who has letters from\n                     Mobile, [Alabama], regarding the Marine\n                     Hospital.","Asks for help in getting duties waived on [some\n                     gold or silver] plate sent from England to Captain\n                     William Wallace of Baltimore.","Thanks Washington for the financial reports,\n                     and the statements concerning the guano trade.","Encloses important message for Mr. Cochrane,\n                     Surveyor of the Customs at New York.","Withdraws his recommendation that the office of\n                     Inspector of Customs in Annapolis be restored.","Introduces Jeremiah Milbank, merchant, who is\n                     in Washington regarding the debt of Texas.","Has not received an answer to his request that\n                     Hunter not be sent to New Orleans.","Encloses an invitation to his wedding.","Has just returned from Cincinnati, [Ohio],\n                     convention; will send Riggs \u0026 Co. a check\n                     tomorrow; the McRea papers were returned to\n                     Anderson.","Concerns the letter of Mr. W. McCabb.","Supports bid of Messrs. O. B. and O. S. Latham\n                     for the Customs House at Cleveland, Ohio, over\n                     that of Mr. Warren, who is described as an active\n                     \"Know Nothing\".","Reports the delivery of a box to Dr.\n                     Bodenheimer; describes his campaign; needs money\n                     from \"our claim\"; his service in the Colmesvil[?]\n                     claim is being used against him.","Has received a telegram from Detroit that 3\n                     American Express Co. robbers were convicted.","Introduces \n                      Mr. W[illia]m\n                     Alderson , who is visiting Washington in\n                     connection with the contract to build the new\n                     Customs House in Mobile.","Asks employment for the bearer.","Introduces Mr. Colbert[?].","Is sure the office at [?], Arkansas can provide\n                     copies of his accounts while Receiver of Public\n                     Moneys there.","Asks Washington to read two enclosures from the\n                     daily and the weekly \n                      Pennsylvanian ,\n                     which have \"excited attention as far north as\n                     Boston,\" and then give them to Mr. Guthrie.","Asks for a copy of Gov. Nearey's[?] recent book\n                     on consular regulations.","Asks for leave; hopes to see Washington in\n                     December.","Thanks Mr. Guthrie and Washington for their\n                     aid; hopes Post Master General will have no cause\n                     to regret delaying his decision.","Praises the Secretary's report, and asks for\n                     extra copies.","Writes for friends who want their lots in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] , purchased for the new\n                     Customs House and Post Office.","Wants 2-3 copies of the Secretary's report.","Introduces Dr. Davis, Superintendent of the\n                     U.S. Marine Hospital at Boston.","Asks his assistance in getting her son,\n                     William, a position as Inspector; asks to be\n                     remembered to Mrs. Lee.","Has received Mr. Guthrie's report of the cost\n                     of the Brooklyn, \n                      [New\n                     York] P[ost] O[ffice] building , but not the\n                     letter from the \n                      Post Master\n                     Gen[era]l to Mr. Rust.","Introduces Mr. John Cleminshire[?] of Albany,\n                     who seeks the contract to build Customs Houses at\n                     Plattsburgh and Ogdensburgh.","Introduces Mr. John W. Griffiths, who wants the\n                     appointment as architect and naval superintendent\n                     for the Treasury Department's new steamboat.","Asks for compassion for his clients, Messrs.\n                     Moores and Richards of Chicago.","Introduces G. W. Coffee, who has the support of\n                     the California delegation.","Disappointed in situation on Customs House lot\n                     in \n                      Ogdensburgh\n                     [sic], [New York] .","Regrets Washington's retirement as Assistant\n                     Secretary.","Regrets Washington's resignation and asks for\n                     information he requested earlier.","Needs the particulars of the case before\n                     bringing it to the attention of the Secretary;\n                     knows Washington rejoices at the Democrats'\n                     success in New York.","Sends discharge of William H. Eikern[?], and\n                     the necessary papers for a Land Warrant.","Returns letter of \n                      Geo[rge] H.\n                     Ambrose .","By applying at the office, they can receive\n                     payment on their claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","By applying at the office, he can receive\n                     payment on his claim against the Rogue River\n                     Indians.","Needs certain papers before he sees \n                      Senator\n                     [James Murray] Mason ; feels it advisable\n                     for the bill to be part of the General Post Office\n                     Bill.","Succeeded in getting an appropriation for\n                     Shadden's service as a \"Vaguero\" in the\n                     Fremont-Folsom expedition of 1846-1847, and will\n                     inform him when the money is available.","Introduces Mr. P. A. Athern, who Terry has\n                     advised to employ Washington in a case before the\n                     Commissioners of the Land Office.","Sends information on Henry Hodges, who served\n                     in 1814 and 1815 for the Bounty Land application\n                     of Elizabeth and Henry Hodges.","Hopes for a long leave to recover his health;\n                     finds a strong sentiment for \n                      General [Joseph]\n                     Lane in Virginia, North Carolina, and\n                     Tennessee; feels the influence of \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas ' friends will control the\n                     nomination.","Asks for 3 copies of the California Charts.\n                     Including ANS by \"A. F. B.\" 10 August [1859].","Ambrose will receive the balance due him\n                     shortly.","Discusses sentiment in New Jersey for \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas and \n                      [James]\n                     Guthrie , and tactics for the \n                      [Democratic]\n                     Convention ; comments on the North-South\n                     political crisis.","Expresses sympathy on death of \n                      Mr. [David A.]\n                     Bokee , prefers \n                      [Stephen A.]\n                     Douglas for President over \"your candidate,\"\n                     but would be resigned if Mr. [James] Guthrie\n                     won.","Mr. Trevitt's claim for medical aid to American\n                     seamen while U.S. consul at Valparaiso, [Chile]\n                     has been disallowed.","Needs Washington's advice on whether to sell\n                     his claim.","Introduces Mr. Stephen P. Mirzan[?], who wants\n                     the position of Dragoman near the Sublime\n                     Port.","Has not received an acknowledgement of sending\n                     them a claim on Mr. Hurst[?].","Needs to know how the \"present disturbed\n                     conditions\" will affect the conducting of public\n                     business; received Washington's circular.","Discusses \n                      Mr. [James]\n                     Guthrie's chances with the Maryland\n                     delegation in light of his support of the iron and\n                     granite industries.","Discusses purchase of a building by the Post\n                     Office.","Discusses Victoria Angi's claim for land in the\n                     Lake Pepin Sioux Halfhreed tract.","Sends a letter from John Anderson.","Has had conversations with \"high officials\" on\n                     his usefulness in establishing a new government;\n                     discusses status of U.S. postal officials in the\n                     Confederacy; mentions \n                      Quintus\n                     [Washington?] .","Inquiries about how to safely go to \n                      Washington,\n                     [D.C.] to settle with the Post Office\n                     Department; gives his views of the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     its possible outcomes.","Discusses sentiment toward the \n                      [Civil] War , and\n                     how to receive his back pay; needs help in getting\n                     a nephew home from St. James College in\n                     Maryland.","Form letter stating that his letter has been\n                     received, and his money referred for\n                     settlement.","Lists the stocks and bonds, mainly railroads\n                     and municipalities, in the package he is keeping\n                     for him; wants information on the iron-plated ship\n                     project for which bids were recently opened.","Discusses a building to be sold to the\n                     government.","Discusses papers on a certain building.","Invitation for dinner.","Owners of a certain building have a chance to\n                     rent the upper floors, so he needs to know if the\n                     government will buy it.","Has had no reply to his last two letters.","Inquires about Mr. Gerard's chances of being\n                     named consul; mentions his son, Charles.","Discusses some stock; inquires about the\n                     recipient's \"banking business.\"","Discusses the stock in the \"Central Park North\n                     and East River Rail Road Co.,\" which he purchased\n                     for Washington.","Thanks him for his picture.","Describes a bank charter that is for sale.","Discusses prospects of Hudson River Rail Road\n                     stock.","Fears previous letter of July 25 was lost, so\n                     summarizes its contents; enlistments are slow [in\n                     New York City], but better in other parts of the\n                     state.","Requests help for his son, Isaac B. Gaylord of\n                     Co. K, 10th Regt., Wisconsin Volunteers, who was\n                     taken at Chickamauga, and who is a prisoner at\n                     Richmond, [Virginia]; his son also needs boots and\n                     blankets; if he [Peter Grayson Washington] cannot\n                     help, perhaps C. S. Drew or George Snelling\n                     can.","Plans to visit tomorrow, although it may tax\n                     the \"Charlottesville transportation\n                     department.\"","Was architect of the Customs House at\n                     Charleston; requests assistance in getting a\n                     pardon for his service as a Col. of Artillery in\n                     the Confederate Army.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                     below; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to Col.\n                     Peter Grayson Washington, n.p., 14 July 1866.","Requesting Washington's assistance in getting a\n                     pardon.","This letter was included within the above\n                     letter; \n                      Edw[ar]d B.\n                     White , Charleston, South Carolina, to \n                      Ja[me]s\n                     Guthrie , n.p., 14 July 1866.","Gives details of his application for pardon;\n                     mentions his wife and daughter.","Sends an assignment regarding money belonging\n                     to his orphaned nieces; asks for a list of the\n                     Texas bond or script owners.","Asks for copies of the Emigrant Bill.","Thanks him for the note of introduction for\n                     Corbit's mother-in-law, Mrs. Macleod, and her two\n                     nieces, who were afraid of being accused of\n                     smuggling after returning home from a Parisian\n                     education.","Hopes they can change their dinner engagement\n                     to Thursday, as he needs to see \n                      Mr.\n                     [Gouverneur] Kemble at Cold Spring on\n                     Wednesday.","Inquires about the steamboat Osmise [?] for Mr.\n                     Walsh.","Reminds him of Tyler's \"Revenue Agent Case\";\n                     \"after a pretty hard life, it gives me a chance to\n                     stand straight up\"; reports that \n                      [John]\n                     Cadwallader is well.","Introduces Mr. Bowditch.","Discusses his family, especially Peter Grayson\n                  Washington and Quinton Washington; market has a good\n                  supply of fruits and vegetables; suggests newspapers\n                  for ads for the Medical \n                   College [of\n                  Virginia] .","Cannot lecture before the Atheneum at the time\n                  suggested, because Bishop Johns will be away, so he\n                  must stay to attend the religious services at the \n                   College [of\n                  William and Mary] , and officiate at the church\n                  in town [Bruton Parish Church]; would be able to\n                  lecture on Mental Philosophy in March.","Form letter informing Maupin of the awarding of an\n                  Exhibitor's Medal for his exhibit of Minerals at the\n                  1851 Exhibition of the Works of all Nations in\n                  London; also signed by Peter Force.","Summary of Military Warrants issued to Lund\n                  Washington in 1838.","Discusses a resolution of the Faculty of the\n                  University in light of conversations between them\n                  during the disturbances in May; demands that he have\n                  the resolution rescinded.","Encloses descriptions of 17 men who deserted \"last\n                  night,\" and asks that the list be forwarded to Lt.\n                  [?] Maupin, the recruiting officer at Raleigh, [North\n                  Carolina]; also asks for cartridges because he feels\n                  it will help morale if the guard has loaded arms.","This letter was included with the letter listed\n                  below; T. M. R. Talcott, \n                   H[ea]d Qu[arter]s ,\n                   1st Eng[ineers]\n                  Regt. , 21 January [1864].","Ordering Lt. [?] Maupin to take steps to notify\n                  the proper officers about the deserters.","This letter was included within the above letter;\n                  Peyton Randolph, \n                   Capt.\n                  Com[man]d[in]g, H[ea]d Qu[arters] , \n                   Camp [sic] [Fort]\n                  Gilmer , [Virginia], to Lt. Col. T. M. R.\n                  Talcott, \n                   \n                  Com[man]d[in]g 1st Eng[inee]r Regt. , n.p., 21\n                  January 1864.","Thanks his brother for the overcoat; regiment has\n                  been guarding Yankee prisoners at Belle Isle, and\n                  will be detailed to escort the prisoners to Georgia;\n                  is tired of being near Richmond; needs shoes; saw \n                   Capt. E[?]\n                  Grayson , whose son Willie is going to school\n                  \"in town\"; asks for a bottle of [?] for Capt. S. T.\n                  S.[?].","Notification that much of his cotton has been\n                  stolen \"since the occupation of this country by the\n                  Federal troops\"; asks him to send someone to see the\n                  situation.","Introduces Richard W. Walker, who is visiting\n                  Virginia to find schools for his son and daughter;\n                  asks for the same attention to Walker's son as was\n                  shown his son, Charles.","Mentions his courses in classical studies;\n                  discusses Mr. Schele's[?] proposal [that C. M. teach\n                  languages]; refers to many [European?] and American\n                  professors; describes the organization of Prussian\n                  universities; mentions other University of Virginia\n                  students studying in Berlin, including Garnett, Hill,\n                  and Gallaher; American dislike of George Bancroft in\n                  Berlin; reaction to a divorce case in England\n                  involving the Prince of Wales [later Edward VII];\n                  arrival of \"the Siamese twins\"; discusses where in\n                  Europe to look for information on their family.","Including Ms., n.d., of notes on the Washington\n                  genealogy. 2 pages.","Describes a visit from \n                   Mr. [John Barbee]\n                  Minor , who wants detailed information on\n                  father's [Socrates Maupin] life; describes her cold;\n                  sends best wishes to other relatives.","The letters concern Lund Washington, his papers\n                  and his family","Also includes 1 ALS on the same subject from\n                  Worthington C. Ford, Brooklyn, New York, to Chapman\n                  Maupin, n.p., 4 October 1891, enclosing a chart of\n                  the descendents of Lawrence Washington.","Deed to parcel of land, part of that taken up by\n                  their father, John Wahhis.","Appointment to survey lands in western Virginia,\n                  and agreement to give him a portion of those\n                  lands.","Agreement to sell land \"on the street leading by\n                  the Swan tavern (commonly called the main street on\n                  Shockoe Hill,\" [Richmond, Virginia]), purchased from\n                  Dr. Philip Turpin with receipt for £l8O of\n                  the £200 purchase price. Witnessed by \n                   W[illia]m Price , \n                   William] West , and\n                   Cha[rle]s\n                  Blagrove .","Deed to parcel of land on main street on Shockoe\n                  Hill, Richmond, [Virginia], \"opposite the ... house\n                  of Daniel Call\"; sold for £200 (Virginia\n                  money); witnesses: John S. Ellis, Robert Priddy,\n                  Morris Cosby, and John Allan; land is further\n                  described in relationship to Smith's \"yellow house,\"\n                  the Swan tavern, \"Harris the coach-maker's shop,\" and\n                  Alexander McRae's \"carriage house.\"","Letter includes the items listed below.","This deed formerly belonged to Samuel Smith,\n                     late husband of Tabitha Smith Parish; lot further\n                     described in relationship to property of Alexander\n                     McRae, and \n                      Lewis M. Rivelain\n                     [sic] [Rivalain] .","One being a Court order, 13 April 1812, from\n                     the General Court of Virginia to the Justices of\n                     the Peace in Kentucky, ordering examination of\n                     Rebecca Worsley and Tabitha Parish, and the other\n                     a certificate of examination, 13 April 1812.","The first suit was between Samuel W. Barrett and\n                  William Hylton, Senior, William Hylton, \n                   Jun[io]r , Mehitable\n                  Campbell, George Lawrence, Luke Tiernon; and the\n                  second was between Daniel L. Hylton, and William\n                  Foushee and Samuel W. Barrett, William Hylton senior\n                  and Miles King, to William Foushee, Richmond,\n                  [Virginia]. Deed to land and mill in Warwick County,\n                  [Virginia], called \"Rich-Neck Estate\" for $15,000.00,\n                  with summary of payments and endorsements in\n                  Williamsburg and Warwick County courts.","Mortgage to part of Lot 7 in Petersburg,\n                  [Virginia], with endorsements in courts in Richmond\n                  and Petersburg, [Virginia].","Deed to land in Galveston County, Republic of\n                  Texas, with endorsements by Louisiana and Texas\n                  courts.","Notice that [?] Luckett \"of the Freshman Class\" is\n                  dismissed honorably and without censure \"at his\n                  Father's Request.\"","Sends description of percussion caps for small\n                  arms and has sent him fuses and caps.","Reports that none of the documents on \n                   N[orth]\n                  A[merican] Ethnology , which he requested from\n                  the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, can\n                  be supplied by the Department of Interior.","Introductory to Gildersleeve's\n                  Latin Series. Revised by the author and\n                  Chapman Maupin.","Sponsored by the George Washington Bi-Centennial\n                  Commission of Baltimore, [Maryland].","Clipped autographs include the following: \n                   J. R. Barret \n                   Noble S. Braden \n                   Benj[amin] S.\n                  Ewell James B. Fever[?] \n                   D. Funsten \n                   John Maclean \n                   T. F. Mayard \n                   W[illiam] J.\n                  Robertston J. R. Rucker \n                   D. L. Swain \n                   Dawson S. Walker"],"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, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, 1732-1932, of the Maupin\n         and Washington families."],"names_ssim":["Maupin family.","Washington family.","Chapman Maupin,","Socrates Maupin,","Peter Grayson Washington.","Booth, Edwin, 1833-\n   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