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Includes photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee The James excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee The James excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Distinguished Women of Southwest Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Across My Path excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Randolph, Sarah Nicholas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Astor, Lady Nancy (Langhorne)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items, including photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Noted Women in the Locality\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day.\" Includes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Across My Path excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Lewis, Hildah\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 items, including photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Distinguished Women of Southwest Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Booker, Sallie Cook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Bryan, Mrs. Joseph\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Jordan, Cornelia Jane (Matthews)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Famous women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Wiley, Mary Evans\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 items, including photographs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Some Significant Women of Richmond.\" Includes photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Across My Path excerpts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Rives, Amelia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIincludes photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Bodeker, Anne Whitehead; \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"; \"Some Significant Women of Richmond\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Famous Women -- Fredericksburg, Virginia\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee \"Important Women of the Lynchburg Florence Crittenden Home\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Martin, William H. 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Includes biographical sketches of women, correspondence with women who had sent sketches and were subscribers, and correspondence of Robert Hendrix who collected money from the subscribers but was unable to publish the book. Sue Ruffin Tyler contracted to write the historical material for a book on women in Virginia, to have been entitled The Women of Virginia. Living women were to submit sketches of themselves and their organizations and to subscribe to the volume. The volume was never published.","Biographical sketches of women and some correspondence with women who had sent sketches. Dates refer to either the birth and death dates of the individual woman, or the dates they were alive and active.","Photograph.","Includes photographs.","Includes photographs.","See \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\" and Bourne, Rosa Jones.","See also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"","Photograph.","See also \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia\"","See \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia.\"","See also Hollywood Memorial Association","Includes photographs.","Photograph.","Photograph.","Includes photographs.","See also Astor, Lady Nancy (Langhorne), see also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day.\"","See also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"","See also \"Lynchburg's Confederate Women\"","See Holland, Annie W.","Includes photographs.","See also Borockenborough, Emily (Baskerville).","See also \"Distinguished Women of Southwest Virginia.\"","See \"Noted Women in the Locality.\"","Includes photographs.","See \"Important Women of the Lynchburg Florence Crittenden Home.\"","Includes photographs.","See \"Famous Women- Fredericksburg, Virginia\", see also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day.\"","See \"Noted Women in the Locality.\"","See also \"Across My Path\" excerpts.","Includes photographs.","See Henry, Dorthea (Dandridge).","See also \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia.\"","See also \"Narrative of the Insurrection 1675-1690.\"","See also \"Narratives of the Insurrection 1675-1690.\"","Includes photographs.","See \"Some Significant Women of Richmond.\"","See Upshur, Mary J.S.","See \"Important Women of Lynchburg\"","See also Bryan, Mrs. Joseph.","Includes photographs.","See also \"Forgotten Women of an Early Day\"","Includes photographs.","Photograph.","See \"Important Women of Lynchburg.\"","See \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia\"","See Humphreys, Margaret","Photograph.","Photograph.","See \"Important Women of Lynchburg\"","See also \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia\"","See also \"Distinguished Women of Southwest Virginia\"","See also Cocke, Elizabeth (Cates)","Includes photographs.","See Across My Path excerpts","See \"Noted Women in the Locality\"","See \"Noted Women in the Locality\"","Includes photographs.","See \"Famous Women-Fredericksburg, Virginia\"","Includes photographs.","See also \"Across My Path\" excerpts.","See also \"Famous Women--Fredericksburg, Virginia\"","See \"Important Women of Lynchburg\"","Includes photographs.","See Lee, Rebecca Taylor","See Livingston family","See \"Important Women of Lynchburg\"","Includes photographs.","Includes photographs.","Includes photographs.","See also Appomattox, Queen of. 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The first inscription, a memorial to Frances Lady Fairfax reads \"Frances Lady Fairfax Daughter of Sr. Thomas Chaloner was baptized Feb'ry the 20th, 1610 and dyed Jan'ry the 2nd 1692. She was Sixty years Mrs of Steeton as appears by her Arms set up w'th Sir William Fairfax over the hall door 1633.\" The other inscription reads \"Elizabeth Fairfax Hir Booke 1694.\" Lady Frances Fairfax was the daughter of Sir Thomas Chaloner by his second wife Judith Blount. Sir Thomas Chaloner served as Member of Parliament for Lostwithiel and St Mawes. He also acted as tutor to Prince Henry the eldest son of James the 1st. Around 1630 Frances married Sir William Fairfax. During the English civil war Sir William, along with Frances' brothers James and Thomas, fought on the side of Parliament. On September 18, 1644 Sir William was mortally wounded during the relief of Montgomery Castle. Lady Frances and Sir William had four children, sons William and Thomas and daughters Catherine and Isabella. Little is known of Elizabeth Fairfax but it has been surmised that she was the granddaughter of Frances and William, being the daughter of either William or Thomas. Elizabeth Fairfax married Thomas Spencer of Attercliffe Hall. The Fairfax family resided in Yorkshire. ","Whether original owner of the book was Frances of Elizabeth Fairfax is unclear. In addition to the inscription attributing the book to Elizabeth Fairfax, the initials E.F have been stamped into the back and front covers of the volume, suggesting that the book did originally belong to Elizabeth. ","Processed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. EAD markup completed by Kristen Korfitzen in November 2011. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in May 2025.","From 2016-2025, the Arts and Humanities team of Mason Libraries underwent the Fairfax-Spencer family recipe book project, producing an Omeka site that delves into the history of the recipe book. 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Hutter miscellany"],"title_tesim":["Christian S. Hutter miscellany"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1602-1945"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1602-1945"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498"],"text":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498","Christian S. Hutter miscellany","Great Britain -- Kings and rulers--Autographs","Louisiana -- New Orleans","Autographs -- Collectors and collecting","lawyers","Slavery--United States--History--19th Century","authors","public officers","religious leaders","There are three series in the Christian S. Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings.","Christian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. ","His siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman.","This autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.","Correspondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.","Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.","Additional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.","Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.","Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.","Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.","Correspondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.","This is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.","Correspondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.","Correspondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.","Correspondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.","Correspondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.","Correspondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.","T.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.","Correspondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.","Correspondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.","Correspondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026 Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.","Correspondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.","Correspondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.","Correspondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.","Documents include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.","Documents include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.","Letters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.","Printed document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.","Order of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.","[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.","Documents include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.","Various documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.","Documents include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.","Miscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.","Includes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.","Documents include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.","These documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.","Autographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.","Items are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.","These include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government Since the Year 1788\" written post 1792.","Also contains recipes, quotations, and financial transactions.","This collection is open for research use.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Pugh family","Lintner family","Upton family","Morris family","Hutter, Christian Sixtus, 1891-1957","Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Christian S. 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Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["There are three series in the Christian S. Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChristian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHis siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Christian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. ","His siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChristian S. Hutter miscellany, circa 1602-1945, MSS 15511, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Christian S. Hutter miscellany, circa 1602-1945, MSS 15511, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdditional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026amp; Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government Since the Year 1788\" written post 1792.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains recipes, quotations, and financial transactions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.","Correspondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.","Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.","Additional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.","Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.","Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.","Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.","Correspondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.","This is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.","Correspondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.","Correspondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.","Correspondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.","Correspondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.","Correspondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.","T.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.","Correspondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.","Correspondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.","Correspondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026 Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.","Correspondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.","Correspondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.","Correspondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.","Documents include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.","Documents include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.","Letters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.","Printed document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.","Order of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.","[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.","Documents include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.","Various documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.","Documents include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.","Miscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.","Includes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.","Documents include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.","These documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.","Autographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.","Items are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.","These include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government Since the Year 1788\" written post 1792.","Also contains recipes, quotations, and financial transactions."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is open for research use.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["This collection is open for research use."],"names_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Pugh family","Lintner family","Upton family","Morris family","Hutter, Christian Sixtus, 1891-1957","Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854"],"corpname_ssim":["Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library"],"names_coll_ssim":["Pugh family","Lintner family","Upton family","Morris family","Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854"],"famname_ssim":["Pugh family","Lintner family","Upton family","Morris family"],"persname_ssim":["Hutter, Christian Sixtus, 1891-1957","Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":73,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-20T23:53:11.717Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c01"}},{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Financial and Legal documents – Great Britain","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8. Other documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02"],"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02","parent_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02","parent_ssim":["viu_repositories_3_resources_498","viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_repositories_3_resources_498","viu_repositories_3_resources_498_c02"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Christian S. 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Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849."],"title_filing_ssi":"Financial and Legal documents – Great Britain ","title_ssm":["Financial and Legal documents – Great Britain"],"title_tesim":["Financial and Legal documents – Great Britain"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["[ante 1602?]-1849"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1602/1849"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Financial and Legal documents – Great Britain"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Christian S. 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Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Documents include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849."],"_nest_path_":"/components#1/components#1","timestamp":"2026-05-20T23:53:11.717Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","ead_ssi":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","_root_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","_nest_parent_":"viu_repositories_3_resources_498","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/UVA/repositories_3_resources_498.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/436","title_filing_ssi":"Hutter, Christian S., miscellany","title_ssm":["Christian S. Hutter miscellany"],"title_tesim":["Christian S. Hutter miscellany"],"unitdate_ssm":["circa 1602-1945"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["circa 1602-1945"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498"],"text":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498","Christian S. Hutter miscellany","Great Britain -- Kings and rulers--Autographs","Louisiana -- New Orleans","Autographs -- Collectors and collecting","lawyers","Slavery--United States--History--19th Century","authors","public officers","religious leaders","There are three series in the Christian S. Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings.","Christian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. ","His siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman.","This autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.","Correspondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.","Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.","Additional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.","Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.","Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.","Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.","Correspondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.","This is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.","Correspondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.","Correspondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.","Correspondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.","Correspondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.","Correspondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.","T.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.","Correspondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.","Correspondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.","Correspondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026 Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.","Correspondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.","Correspondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.","Correspondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.","Documents include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.","Documents include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.","Letters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.","Printed document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.","Order of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.","[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.","Documents include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.","Various documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.","Documents include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.","Miscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.","Includes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.","Documents include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.","These documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.","Autographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.","Items are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.","These include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government Since the Year 1788\" written post 1792.","Also contains recipes, quotations, and financial transactions.","This collection is open for research use.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Pugh family","Lintner family","Upton family","Morris family","Hutter, Christian Sixtus, 1891-1957","Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 15511","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/498"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Christian S. 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Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["There are three series in the Christian S. Hutter miscellany collection. The first series consists of correspondence and autographs, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the correspondent or person named in each document. The second series contains financial, military and legal documents. These are arranged chronologically within each folder(s) for each of the geographic areas represented, chiefly areas within the United States. The last series consists of volumes and miscellany, such as envelopes, single autographs, illustrations, telegrams, a few receipts from express companies, and miscellaneous writings."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChristian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHis siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Christian Sixtus Hutter, Jr. (1891-1957), Lynchburg, Virginia, a former law student at the University of Virginia, was an autograph collector who placed much of his collection at the University of Virginia and opened it for research use. Most of these items remained in his possession and control while housed in the library.  Hutter owned Poplar Forest until 1946, when it was sold to James Watts, a fellow Lynchburg lawyer.\nHutter was born to Christian S. Hutter, Sr.(1862-1947), who owned a business in Lynchburg, and Ernestine Booker Hutter (1866-1943). Both of his parents were born in Virginia and resided at Poplar Forest after their marriage in 1886. ","His siblings were Claudine Hutter (1886-1972), James Booker Hutter (1888-1960), Edward W. Hutter (1894-1959), Ernestine Hutter MacDonald (1896-1974), Emily Cobbs Hutter Stewart (1898-1985), Caroline Hutter Williams (1900-1995), Beverly Scott Hutter (1903-1991), Quintus Hutter (1905-1974), and Malcolm Hutter (1910-1970). In 1917, Christian S. Hutter married Eleanor Fairfax Butman."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChristian S. Hutter miscellany, circa 1602-1945, MSS 15511, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Christian S. Hutter miscellany, circa 1602-1945, MSS 15511, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAdditional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026amp; Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government Since the Year 1788\" written post 1792.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains recipes, quotations, and financial transactions.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This autograph and miscellany collection created by Christian Sixtus Hutter consists of miscellaneous material ranging from circa 1602 to 1945 and includes autographs, correspondence, government documents, financial and legal documents, military documents, and telegrams, chiefly from the United States and Great Britain, but also including some material from continental Europe. While most of the collection is in the English language, there are a number of documents in French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. This material was formerly stored in the Hutter cabinets when Special Collections was located in Alderman Library, and consists of material which could not be matched with known Hutter accession numbers. Autographs include those of royalty, such as George I, George III, and George IV; theologians, ministers, and religious leaders; nobility, chiefly English; jurists, lawyers, and judges; family correspondence; and public officials.","Correspondents include: Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) to Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), 1824 February 5; Thomas B. Abell to [F.A.] Mateer, 1858 January 25; Sir Robert Abercrombry (1740-1827) concerning accounts of expenses for troops in Ireland and Gibralter, 1798, 1800; Samuel Adams, handwriting only, fragment of address leaf, \"The Honorable Major General Gates,\" undated; Robina Armistead (1826-1897) to her aunt, 1855 January 29; Tintal Atkinson to \"Watkins,\" 1867 October 6; and [?] Aubert to his son, in French, circa 1828 September.","Correspondents include: Dr. William Bache (1773-1814) to Edward Burd (1749-1833), 1806 June 16; A.C. Barnes (incomplete, pages 3-4 only), describing his military service through 1876; William D'Oyly Bayley [d.1905?] to James Dafforne (d. 1880), 1866 October 3; [Marshal Francois Achille Bazaine] (1811-1888) to Emperor Maximilian, in French,[1865?] May 17; B. Behrend to A. Pollack, in German,1856 January 17; David Belasco (1853-1931), 1917 and undated; Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873), undated; Henry Bickersteth, 1st Baron Langdale  (1783-1851), 1825 April 21; Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844), 1831 February 24; and  [Lillie Devereaux] Blake, suffragist, to L. Bradford Prince (1840-1922), handwritten on a telegraph form, 1873 February 25.","Additional correspondents include: ; [Bradford ?] to \"Dear Mary,\" 1887 June 4; Judge George William Wilshere Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell (1808-1892), 1877 November 10; William H. Brewster to Mr. Greeley, 1873 July 19; William M. Brisben to [Simon Peter?] Wolverton, six letters, 1884-1887; Louis Philogene Brulart, Marquis de Puisieulx (1702-1770), in French, 1750 January 16; Henry Bry (1781-1858) to the Mayor of New Orleans, [Denis Prieur], in French, 1832 October 15; [Maxwell] Struthers Burt (1882-1954), American novelist, agrees to autograph his books, 1940 May 14; and Charles Butler (1750-1832), 1802 December 22, discussing books.","Correspondents include: Julius Caesar (1558-1636), Master of the Rolls to Queen Elizabeth, 1633 September  21; Lord John Jeffreys Pratt Camden, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquis Camden, 1804 July 6; Deputy Michel Cantrelle (1750-1814), Deputy Register of county of Acadia, Louisiana [1809?]; Edward F. Carrington to his brother, George M. Carrington, 1851 December 30; Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice, quote and autograph, 1865 January 5; John M. Chilton to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, 1849 February 27; Frances Cleveland (1864-1947), First Lady, Mrs. Grover Cleveland, 1886 August 13; N.H. Cobb to cousin, 1854 August 22; Augustin Cochin (1823-1872), 1863 June 22; Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1802-1880), Lord Chief Justice, to Mrs. Robinson, no year February 22; and Sir George Cockburn (1772-1853), High Beech, to Miss Davenport, 1853 January 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Nathaniel Coffin (1725-1780), Paymaster of the Customs at the Port of Boston, to John Swift, Collector of his Majesty's Customs, Philadelphia, 1769 October 25; James Coleman, New York, 1803 August 3; Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846-1920), 1916 December 13; John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894), 1873 March 26, 1887 June 11, and one envelope with a wax seal of the Lord Chief Justice of England, 1892; Colonel William Congreve (1772-1828) to Miss Everett Walker, address leaf with red seal, 1822 August 7; R. Squire Cotrell, San Juan del Norte to George H. Rozet, 1856 March 14; William H. Crawford, Treasury Department, to William Jones, Acting Commissioner of Loans, Philadelphia, 1817 September 23; and Harry Crosby (1898-1929), American poet, heir, and founder of Black Sun Press, to [Charles] Lahr, 1929 June 15 and November 11.","Correspondents include: R. Davies to Wilson Walker, [date portion missing on page], undated; Augustine Davis (1752 or 1753-1825), prominent Virginia printer during Revolutionary War, 1794 October 1; Ewin L. Davis to Christian S. Hutter, Jr., 1945 November 1; G[eorge?] Davis, Fredericksburg, Virginia, to Colonel J. Fitzgerald, [1785] August 29; Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), Secretary of War, brief reply to request submitted by Robert J. Atkinson, Auditor Treasury Department, copy, 1856 February 25; Lt. Jefferson C. Davis (1828-1879), 1st Artillery, voucher, 1852 April 1; Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn (1783-1851), Collector of the Port of Boston, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate, and mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to Secretary of the Navy, B.W. Crowninshield, 1818 August 13; and David Menachem Deinard, Jaffa, Palestine, to Ephraim Deinard (1846-1920), discusses the ideas in the book given to him by Ephraim Deinard, concerning \"The Secret Scroll,\" the Zionist movement, and publication of Hebrew books, with a typed summary provided by Joseph Azizi,  1929 June 18.\nAdditional correspondents include: Charles Scott Dickson (1850-1922), Solicitor General for Scotland, to the Rev. John Oliver, 1898 July [23]; M.R. St. [John?] Dillon to his mother, Mrs. Reverend M.M. Dillon, 1855 December 6; James Dinsmoor (1818-1903) to Robert Moir (1824-1904)?, 1888 December 25; J.C. Doane to William D. Sohier, concerning the burial of Susan Mears, 1860 January 30; Joseph T. Druyea to his brother, while convalescing in the White Mountains, 1894 December 27; Richard Dublin to Thomas Spring Rice, Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790-1866), undated; Joseph Dudley (1647-1720), Governor of Massachusetts, autograph only [ante 1720]; Mary T. Duke to her sister, Mrs. Mildred McLaughlin, about family news, 1840 September 1; John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731-1783), undated; and J. Dutilh to H. Dutilh, Germantown, in French, [August?] 8, 1798.","Correspondents include: Sir John Scott Eldon, 1st Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor (1751-1838), to the Duke [George] Gordon (1770-1836) and Duchess of Gordon, apologizing at missing their invitation, undated; Thomas Erskine, theologian (1788-1870), compares the religious experience of the English to the German and mentions several [recent?] converts and fellow believers in Germany, a partial letter, undated; Francois de Fenelon (1651-1715), French Roman Catholic archbishop and theologian, to [Marie-Louise?] Madame La Marquise de Laval, in French, [1695] March 4; Captain Larkin Ferrell of the 7th Brigade Militia, Fort Strother, provision return, 1814 January 5 and letters to John Kingston Fineran, New Orleans, Louisiana, from United States Senators, all acknowledging the gift of \"The Career of a Tinpot Napoleon A Political Biography of Huey P. Long\" by Fineran, 1932.\nAdditional correspondents include: John Finlaison (1783-1860), Scottish civil servant and government actuary, beginning his career in the Admiralty and moving to the Treasury in 1822, to Mrs. Ballard, 1836 July 11; Julia Kean Fish (1816-1887) to Henry L. Vanderbilt, 1872 September 27; Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) to Mr. Bouchercon, provides a translation of a slip into Spanish, 1903 April 16; Edward Foss (1787-1870), English lawyer and biographer, to John Yonge Ackerman (1806-1873), 1856 February 27; and J. Fox-Strangways, Lord Ilchester, 6th Earl (1874-1959), to Sir, seeks to gain the \"Table des Maréchaux\" as advertised in the \"Globe,\" undated.","Correspondents include: King George III, two partial documents, including an order for payment to a list of persons not present, 1760 and an order directing that John Durand be paid for victualling forces in the ceded islands for provisions shipped from Grenada to Saint Vincent [1774?]; King George IV, to \"My dear Duchess,\" assuring her that his attendance will be regulated by her plans, 1810; Hardinge Goulburn Giffard, 2nd Earl of Halsbury (1880-1943), letter accepting an appointment, 1895 June 28, and signature on an undated admit to bearer note, on House of Commons paper; and Robert Gifford, 1st Baron (1779-1826), 1824 August 4 and undated, includes engraving as Attorney General.\nOther correspondents include: N.P. Gilman, editor of \"The Literary World\" to Mr. Titus, concerning the title for a review of an universalist book and the death of his mother, 1890 January 11; John L. Glaser, owner of a furnace in Butler County, Pennsylvania, to his brother in law, Doctor James Agnew, concerning Agnew's decision to settle in Pennsylvania and notes for some property, 1813 August 1, 1817 January 13; Adam Gordon (1750-1831)?  to Peter Earnshaw, about re-scheduling a social engagement, 1815 February 20; [Judge Graham ?] to Charles Phillips concerning the trial of Francois Courvoisier before the Lord Chief Justice Sir Nicholas Tindal and Mr. Baron James Parke, 1849 November 26; R.R. Graham, Camargo, Mexico, to his sister, Isabella Graham, New York, concerning the Mexican War,1847 September 24; Earl Charles Grey (1764-1845) to \"My dear Lord,\" mentions the American question and Pinckney, 1809; and James Guthrie (1792-1869), Secretary of the Treasury, to George H. Rozet, San Juan de Sud, Nicaragua, appointing him as Special Inspector of the Customs, 1856 February 21.","This is an oversize parchment document in two pieces, commanding the design and production of uniforms and equipment for the yeoman of the guard and warders of the Tower of London, signed by John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester (1680-1737) and Charles Townshend.","Correspondents include: Sir E. Marshall Hall (1790-1857), English physician and physiologist, undated notes; A.H. Handy to William H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning two lawsuits, 1849 April 17; Sir W.G. Hayter (1792?-1879) to Charles Cowan, answers Cowan's unjust note about his bill that did not pass, 1851 June 28; Major T.R. Heard, Louisiana, Quartermaster's Department, to Captain N.A. Birge, Texas, Assistant Quartermaster, both Provisional Confederate Army,  concerning a dispute about payment of the board for a sick Negro teamster left behind in Shreveport, Louisiana, by the wagon master, 1863 January 3; and Henry Hobhouse (1776-1854) to the Lord Chief Justice [Charles Abbott] (1762-1832), reviewing the law concerning the Cornish assizes and the charter held by Launceston, 1825 March 3. \nAdditional correspondents include: Prince von Hohenlohe document, in German, 1856 April 27; W.D. Holden, Pontotoc County, Mississippi,  to Charles H. Rogers, discussing various legal cases, 1840 February 7, 1849 February 19; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann (1832-1910), German Protestant theologian, letter in German, 1903 December 31; John Hooker to General Elisha Porter (1742-1796), sheriff of the County of Hampshire, enclosing writs, 1793 November 21 and 30; B. Howard to William D. Sohier, concerning Grace Church, undated; and William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), author, naturalist and ornithologist, to Mrs. Massingham, artist, discussing her work and the work of [Edward Julius] Detmold shown to Hudson by the publisher, J.M. Dent, 1918 August 9.\nOther correspondents include: Cordell Hull (1871-1955), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Secretary of State, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), requesting money for the political campaign,1922 October 24; Joseph Hume (1777-1855), Scottish doctor and Radical MP, to D.T. Gregory, requesting that Gregory accept his son as a pupil, 1838 June [18?]; Thomas W. Hunt, urging his uncle to meet him at Kansas City after the St. Louis fair and learn about various parts of the West, 1868 August 29;William Holman Hunt (1827-1910), English painter and founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to Mr. Gambart concerning William Henry Simmon's engraving of his painting \"The Light of the World,\" 1860 June 27; [William ?] Hunter (1805-1886), C.C., Department of State, to Colonel William Hickey, requests a copy of President Polk's message to the Senate accompanying the 1846 treaty with New Granada, 1860 April 3; [Rev. Cyrus] Huntington, Ellicott's Mills, Maryland, to [Peter?] Cooper, urging the employment of John Thompson as the agent of the Thistle Factory, 1860 January 18; Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and Confederate Army brigadier general, to Joseph J. Halsey (1823-1907), concerning the settling of an estate and an errant check, 1852 June 25 and December 7; and \"Eugenie\" letter to Miss Frances Hutchinson, Utica, New York, no year January 18.","Correspondents include: George Barton Ide (1804-1872), American writer and clergyman, sermon, 1857 January 4; Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862), American lawyer and Democratic member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, court document, 1807 May 15, and letter to William [Raude], concerning papers from the Department of State, 1817 June 9; Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773-1850), Scottish judge, editor of the \"Edinburgh Review\" and literary critic, brief note and autograph, undated; Sir Francis Henry Jeune (1843-1905) to W.H. Heaton, declining an invitation, 1891 June 26; Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan (1788-1848), French surgeon, note in French, undated.\nOther correspondents include: John Burgess Karslake (1821-1881) to J.S. Graves, concerning his appointment as Queen's Counsel, 1861 February 6; Alice Kauser, letters from \"Jack,\" Edward S. Butler, and an envelope with the name \"John Barrymore\" 1919 and undated; Sir Fitzroy Kelly (1796-1880), English commercial lawyer, Tory politician and judge, undated note concerning an election and autograph; John Kerr to William Couper, memorandum concerning the Thistle Company, undated; and Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian (1833-1900), 1866 November 5.","Correspondents include: La Vauguyon, Paul-Francois de Quelen de Stuer de Caussade (1746-1828) to [Louis Phelypeaux], Comte de Saint-Florentin (1705-1777), in French, 1766 [October ?] 24; W.B. Laurens, New York, to William L. Marcy (1786-1857), Washington, D.C., concerning his help with a sketch of Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth's life, 1848 October 31; Mr. Lichon, Philadelphia, to Mr. Biddle, as a letter of introduction for Biddle to the brother-in-law of the letter writer, 1804 August 20; and Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, printed 1864 campaign corner card cover with \"Union Party Platform\" text on reverse published by William P. Lyon and Whittemore, mailed by G.W. Simmons, to Ingham and Dunham, William County, Pennsylvania, on December 4, 1866.\nOther correspondents include: Captain Charles A. Lindbergh photograph and commemorative airmail stamp folder, circa 1927; E.E. Lindsay to her mother, Mrs. A.B. Taylor, Cedar Grove, North Carolina, concerning her extreme loneliness and isolation, 1860 February 25; Frederick Low (1856-1917), K.C. (fragment) to Mr. Foord, asking to bring their daughter with them, undated; Sir Robert Lush (1807-1881), Judge of Queen's Bench from 1865-1877, to Judge Archibald, agreeing that he could take all the time he wanted at chambers, undated; Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) to \"Dear Sir,\" concerning a bill where all the powers given by any act for the benefit of Greenwich Hospital or Chelsea Hospital shall be conferred upon the East India Company, 1821 March 23 and his promise to see Lord Melbourne on behalf of his correspondent, 1839 December 21; and Lord John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst (1772-1863), 2 brief notes with his signature, undated.","Correspondents, listed in order of first appearance, include: Ann McFarlan letters to  Maria Wagner Lintner (1797-1830); Maria Abeel Webster; the Reverend George Ames Lintner (1796-1871); the Reverend Augustus Wackerhagen (1774-1865); Amelia Lintner Danforth; Joseph Albert Lintner (1822-1898); Church Council of  St. Matthews Church, Philadelphia; and Mary Elizabeth (Campbell) Lintner. Most of the letters are between Joseph Albert Lintner and his parents, the Reverend George Ames Lintner and Mary E. Lintner, and sister, Amelia Lintner Danforth.","Correspondents in addition to the Reverend George Ames Lintner family include: Joshua Webster; Johnny Whitaker; and Peter G. Webster.","T.M.M., partial letter giving instructions for his hen house, pony, stable, hiring hands, etc. to Mr. C. Gerard, undated; Sir James Mackintosh (1765-1832), letter of introduction for Mr. Taylor of Norwich, 1826 August 29 and warns William Lynch that he has sent him a separate earlier letter with only Dublin as the address [1829?] December 1; [W. Maguire?] promises a cabinet next Saturday, undated; W. Manahan to L.H. Hebden, Sr.?, concerning the Hull and Selby Railway conveyance, 1836 March 15; Sir Henry Manisty (1808-1890), judge, brief note and autograph, 1878 November 20; and Leonard Mann to D. Abbott, includes a long quote from a letter of Sir Charles Lyell concerning the [geological?] collection of D. Abbott, about which the decision to purchase rests entirely with Owen Jones, no year August 7.\nOther correspondents include: Mason and Burwell, Vicksburg, Mississippi to Willian H. Brown, Clerk of the U.S. Circuit Court, Jackson, Mississippi, concerning court costs, 1849 November 17; Francis Charles Massingberd (1800-1872), to \"Dear Sir\" asking that a copy of his \"English Reformation\" be sent to Mr. Hunt, 1854 November 7; William J. Masterton, lawyer, to \"Joe,\" furnishing local and national news with his personal commentary,  1846 July 7; John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604-1679) to Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, (1596-1687), 1669 October 2, possibly written in Dutch; J.A. Maybin and W.A. Scott, letter of introduction for Mr. Reynolds, January 9, 1864;Thomas Mercer to F.A. Mateer, concerning his land tax, 1858; Cornelius Mersereau (1777-1856) to his brother, Joshua Mersereau (1759-1857), concerning the opinion of the Richmond County, New York voters on the bill for the emancipation of slaves, 1785 February 10; and [George] Lord Viscount Midleton (1730-1765) to G[eorge] Kearsly (1739-1790) at the Golden Lion, Ludgate Street, requesting a standing order for anything by two authors identified by initials only,  [1762].\nAdditional correspondents include: Algernon Bertram Freeman Mitford (1837-1916) to Mr. Bell, thanking him for locating a print he had been searching for, 1877 April 7; Baron James Moncreiff (1811-1895) to Lord John Russell (1792-1878), about an [annuity?] 1853 June 7; Franklin Moore and Alfred R. Moore to Daniel Agnew, Franklin plans to remain and study the compass and level and Alfred is getting instruments to start [surveying?], 1838 July 27; Robert Moore to Doctor James Agnew, Princeton, New Jersey, discussing arrangements for legal cases, 1816 February 22; Henrietta Morfet to her son, Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), discusses family news, 1822 September 5; Sir George Osborne Morgan (1826-1897) to [\"My dear Parker\"?], discussing Stanhope's Church Patronage Bill, 1881 November 29; Johann Friedrich Gottwerth Muller (1744-1828), German novelist?, to [Dorothy Peters?], in German, [1772] September [16]; David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield (1727-1796), also known as the Viscount Stormont from 1748-1793, serving as the British Ambassador to Vienna from 1763-1772, and as Lord Justice General [Scotland] 1778-1794, to [Sir William] Hamilton, 1768 November 30 and March 1778; Lord John A. Murray, Scottish judge, to \"My Dear Craig,\" discussing the abilities and character of  George Deas (1804-1887), undated; and Samuel T. Myers, postponing his visit to Nottingham due to illness, 1767 December 11.","Correspondents include: Major General E. Napier, author of  \"Life and Correspondence of Admiral Sir Charles J. Napier,\" to the \"Distributor\" of \"The Naval and Military Gazette,\" 1868 January 12, with two printed engravings, one of the admiral and the other of General W.F.P. Napier; William Napier to Captain Lieutenant Bolton concerning subsistence supplies for Michael Hefford, 1757 October 9; R.S. Newbold, Mexico, to Charles W. Thomson, describing the circumstances that led him to working as a tutor in Mexico and details of his life there, 1831 July 7; Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1705-1774), partial document concerning a bounty for service in the army and directed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General, 1761 March 13; Edward A. Newton (1785-1862) to William D. Sohier (1787-1868), sending him a sermon by the late bishop, 1843 March 6; and Marshal of France, Michel Ney (1769-1815), in French, military document. \nOthers include:  Henry G. Nichols to Messrs. Fisher Morgan Company, concerning the collection of notes and other business, 1849 December 13; P.M. Nightingale to Messrs. Nisbet, concerning the lease of Mr. Epping on \"Denis' Folly,\" 1866 February 20; [Frederick] Lord North, Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer to Lord Henry, Duke of Newcastle, requesting  payment to Thomas Alderton, 1773 February 3; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887) to J. Darlington, referring to a paper sent to him and read with interest, 1859 June 24; Warren Norton to \"Friend Aufderheide,\" concerning Chicago and religion in the city, 1861 October 19; and Captain Ezra Nye (1798-1866), steamship captain, letter and documents, some in French, 1857.","Correspondents include: Governor John M. Parker (1863-1939), Governor of Louisiana, to Andrew J. McShane (1865-1936), Mayor of New Orleans, 1921 January 15; John Humphreys Parry, barrister (1816-1880) to T. Coggins, sending his autograph, 1850 June 3; Sir J. Patterson, British judge, referring to a check, picture, and engraving, 1833 April 9 and a copy of [George] Nobb's account of the Pitcairners, 1857 July 26; H.E. Pease, Des Moines, to S.D. Whitney, about local news, 1863 February 19; and Captain Sir Edward Pellow (1757-1833), Viscount Exmouth,  HMS \"Indefatigable,\" [Hamoaze], to J. Harrison, requesting him to present the enclosures (not present) to Lord Spencer, 1797 February 2.\nOther correspondents include: Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), British Attorney General, to W. Hill, Surry County, concerning a copy of the indictment and record of acquittal for Thomas Turner, 1802 December 2; [H.B.] Phillips to \"Dear Sir\" asking if he and his wife would join the provincial tour of \"The Octoroon\" by Dion Boucicault, 1861 December [10]; Humphrey Pike (1780-1808) to John Dunham, concerning the death of his sister, Mary Dunham Pike (1784-1806), Saco, Maine, 1806 March 29; Sir Frederick Pollock (1845-1937) to \"My dear Charles\" concerning an engraving, 1869 March 2; Arthur J. Powell, K.C., to Thomas H.E. Foord, asking him to accept his regrets, incomplete, undated; John J. Powell to J.H. Fleming, concerning a donation to his musical festival, 1880 October 14; and Josiah Phillips Quincy (1829-1910), 1860.","Correspondents include: George Read to John M. Read, his questions about his uncle Richard's will, no year April 20; Charles Reade (1814-1884), incomplete, undated; Baron John Mitford Redesdale (1748-1830), concerning a patent on candle making, 1796, and agreement to some home improvements if his house is not leased soon, 1809; Sir Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn of Dumfries, stating that he was unable to attend the Carlisle Church Congress in the autumn, 1884, and asks to borrow the two books on war mentioned by his correspondent, 1905 October 23, and letter thanking the Reverend A. Chapman, 1905 December 21; Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) to Miss Sanborn, on a notecard, 1881 March 19; and Charles Reighley (1807-1862?), President of Jefferson College, Mississippi, to Ed. Turner, contesting charges deducted from his salary for damages, 1856 July 29.\nOthers include: Thomas Rodney (1744-1811) to Joshua Fisher \u0026 Sons, concerning a shipment of wheat, 1775 March 14; [Sir Robert Rolfe], Lord Cranworth (1790-1868), to Thomas J. Farley, confirming the correctness of the reports of his comments,1867 August 27; John Romilly, 1st Baron (1802-1874) to John Paget, July 25 and 29, 1851; and to C.C. Atkinson, 1853 April 19; Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) to unknown correspondent, asking him to come to his home on the morrow, 1816 October 6; Major Rookby to Lord Thomas Fairfax, either from or concerning Rookby, 1645 May 23; George Ross (1730-1779) to William Lewis, concerning the settlement of his father's estate, 1788 September 7; Sir A. de Rutger, London Police Magistrate, about a check for a letter of credit to Dresden to Dr. [Carl Gustav] Carns, no year July 27; and Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Advocate of Scotland, to Lady McNeill, answering for his ill wife, 18[49?] November 19.","Correspondents include: Sir Jeremy Sambrooke to Madame, welcoming her to the country and sending her a dozen bottles of \"Hock\" sparkling wine from Rotterdam, undated; William Saurin (1757-1839), autograph, 1828 August 13; William Petty Shelburne, 2nd Earl (1737-1805) to Mr. [Astle?] assuring him that the register of Chertsey Abbey, a Benedictine monastery located in Surrey, will be ready for his inspection on the morrow, undated; G. Sherman, to his aunt, Anne Bradley, describing his visit to New Orleans in detail, 1853 March 28; John Sherman (1823-1900), autograph on an Executive Mansion, Washington, card, undated but signed as Secretary of the Treasury, 1877-1881; letter from a nephew to Hugh Shoard (1741-1817), Innholder, Red Lion, Kilmington, Somerset, concerning a repayment of a debt, 1817 July 6; and Major Charles E. Smith to L.G.B. Cannon, President of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company, about ordering various kinds of equipment and products,1847 May 18.\nOther correspondents include: [T.?] Allen Smith to Robert Gilmer, sending Lord Castlereagh's writing, undated; the Reverend William T. Smithett, Rector of  Christ Church, Boston, to William D. Sohier, on the difficulty of raising funds in the parish, 1854 October 10; Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), Governor of Georgia, autograph, undated; Alexander Stewart, New York, to Joshua Mersereau, referring to the business of Broome and Platt in New York City, who assigned lands for their creditors in the Ohio Company, 1798 May 2; Civil War soldier, T.R. [Strangl?], James M. Carrington's Battery, to his brother, asking for him to find a healthy substitute, 1863 January 14; Edward B. Sugden (1781-1875), 1st Baron St. Leonard's to John [Levan ?], plans to visit him after Friday, undated; and a frank of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a Massachusetts Senator, on an envelope addressed to Isaac L. Lyon, undated.","Correspondents include: H.S. Taylor to Joseph W. Carroll, discusses the sale of some Negroes to pay a debt, 1840 May 9; Tazewell Taylor to Henry Mason Morfet (?-1865), expressing concern over the delay in paying the claims of his clients, 1831 June 23; H.B. Thompson to her aunt, Harriet Hudson, with news of her illness, family concerns, and mention of the gold fever in the nation, 1849 April 14; John Reuben Thompson (1823-1873) to Alexander H. H. Stuart, agreeing to speak at the commencement of his alma mater, 1869 May 7; Sir Edward Thornton (1766-1852), Britain's charge d'affairs to the United States, to commanders of any of His Majesty's ships of war, to allow James Monroe to proceed to France and offer him all protection and assistance, 1803 February 8; Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal (1776-1846), autograph, [circa 1829]; John Tinder to Benjamin Walker, asking him to register his lands, 1849 September 17; Charles Trudeau or Don Carlos Trudeau, surveyor general of the province of Louisiana, copy of document mentioning Nicolas Verret, in French,  1780; Tucker to Messrs. Taggard and Thompson, a summary of the condition of the school book question in Connecticut, 1865 August 23; and John Turner, John Elliott, and Edward Wallington to the President and Board of Commissioners of the District of Southwark, Philadelphia, concerning the new location of the engine house, 1816 October 10.","Correspondents include: Alexander Ure, Solicitor General for Scotland (1853-1928), later Lord Strathclyde, to my dear Sir, stating that he has nothing to do with the appointment of the Chaplain of [King's College London?] 1907 January 28; Sir [James] Vaughan (1814-1906), Police Court, Bow Street, to G. Pritchard, writing about a contribution check that he will send, 1889 January 1 and undated; [Don Luis ?] Venzaga, Governor of New Orleans, in Spanish, 1770 September 17; [I?] D. Waddy to the Reverend Mrs. Thomas Evans, postal card, declining an invitation, 1890 May 12; C.H. Warren to Honorable T.C. Grattan, declining an invitation due to a fall, undated; Joshua Webster to Holmes Hutchinson, concerning a payment by John G. Edwards on his bond to Hutchinson,, 1843 November 8, and the paper cover of Joshua Webster's Daybook given by Charles H. Webster to Charles W. Hutchinson, 1888 March 2; Richard Webster (1842-1915), Attorney General, autograph, 1890 May 6; and Samuel Wesley (1766-1837), English composer and organist, to Knight Spencer, Surrey Institution, with woodcut portrait of Wesley as a child, making arrangements for his performance accompanied by Mr. Paolo Spagnoletti on the violin, April 1, [1811?].\nAdditional correspondents include: C.E. Whitney, New Orleans, to unidentified woman, in French, 1865 July 1; Sir Charles Whitworth (circa 1714-1778) to Monsieur [Wickin?], in French, undated; Joseph B[idle]Wilkinson (1785-1865), Natchez, Mississippi, to Judge Joshua Lewis (1772-1833), New Orleans, discusses the slave girl Eliza, which he claims is his property, 1815 December 16; Judge J. Shiress Will (1840-1910) to a Harley Street doctor concerning an appointment, 1909 October 7; [Sir J.S. Willes], a judge, to Achille Vogue, concerning his request for an autograph, 1867 July 24; Montague Williams, barrister (1835-1892) autograph, undated; Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States (1812-1875), undated;  [James Wood] to Chris, inviting him to Mary Hatham's birthday party, 1884 June 13; S. Wood, assistant photographer to S.W. Cooper, to Brigadier General Getty with an approval form for transportation of several articles to Washington, D.C. on the verso signed by M. Beckwith, 1864 April 12;  and Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwick ? (1799-1873), to R.A. Mould, sending an impression of the seal of his arms on his letter, 1828 March 17.","Documents include a legal document involving Anthuenis De Backere, [1638] February; a document conferring the title of Marquis of Villa Puente upon the Duke of Albuquerque (1666-1724), 1710 October 31; and Battalion and Campague du 82 Regiment d'Infanterie, 1793 January 8.","Documents include: Document signed by Thomas Duddeley and William Lambarde (1536-1601), [ante 1602?]; Document signed by Henry King (1592-1669), bishop of Chichester, Thomas [Wynne?], John Montfort, and Thomas Turner (1591-1672), Dean of Canterbury, requesting information about all the tenants of the manor and parsonage of [Loybridge], including the demesne lands and the glebe lands belonging to the parsonage before the next general court, St. Paul's, 1640 April 23; Bond of Joseph Einham to Robert Hall, New Sarum, Great Britain, 1706 July 25; Summons for Francis Borland issued by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Savage, Suffolk County1720/1 March 21; Warrant for the pay of Henry Earl of Deloraine's Regiment of Foot, signed by William Strickland and R. Worthington, 1729 June 25-December 24; and a warrant to provide and deliver to the drum major and each of the five drummers of His Majesty's household a livery with His Majesty's cypher and embroidery as was customary, signed by [Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of] Grafton, [Horace] Walpole, George Dodington, George Oxender and Thomas Dummer, 1736/7 February 8.\nOther documents include: a claim against the estate of Sir John Lambert Middleton, a bankrupt, by Sir William Saint Quintin, Newtown, Southampton County, 1766 July 31; Payment to John Durand for provisions shipped to the island of St. Vincent, signed by Charles Townshend, Francis Viscount Beauchamp, and Charles Wolfram Cornwall, undated fragment, but possibly circa 1776-1782; a complaint of John Bruce against James Dundass for two hundred and seventy-two pounds, 1779 August 6; Power of Attorney of George Rome, London, to William Tilghman, Maryland, 1787 May 3; Booth and Leggatt, Solicitors for the Affairs of Taxes, Craven Street, London, Tax Office memorandum concerning them, 1810-1813; Receipt signed by Sir Charles Wetherell (1770-1846), Attorney General for England and Wales, to George Maule (1776-1851), Solicitor to the Treasury, 1826 December 30; and London and Glasgow booksellers accounts with Miss Morris, chiefly for religious texts, 1843-1849.","Letters and documents concerning the Newton estate, Lancashire, England, involving George Orred (died 1828), solicitor, Liverpool; Colonel Thomas Plumbe, Thomas Claughton, and G.O. Bulmer.","Printed document concerning the bill for disbanding and paying off the military and naval forces of the realm, filled in for James Berry, innholder, and signed by Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and two others.","Order of payment from His Majesty's treasury to John Lord Churchill (1650-1722) signed by [Laurence Hyde] 1st Earl of Rochester (1642-1711) and Mr. Villiors.","[Indenture ?] for the sale of land to John Percivall of New Sarum, Wiltshire County, signed by Robert Abner, on parchment.","Documents include: receipts, accounts, arrest warrant, certificates of redemption, indentures, various embossing seals of public notaries and other officials, court summons, bankruptcy documents, promissory note, check, and an order to constable to call a town meeting on the verso of a history of mills at Farmington Mills, Maine.  Items come from the United States government, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington City, District of Columbia, and several unidentified.\nNotable items include a South Carolina summons from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), to answer a complaint by Susannah Wilkinson, 1791 August 31; an annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on the state of the finances by [Richard Rush (1780-1859)], 1827 January 1; and signature of A.G. Semmes, Notary Public, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida, 1839 January 17.","Various documents include an 1861 voucher; Confederate bonds for four dollars, forty dollars and one hundred dollars, 1862-1863; news clipping concerning the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 July 7; Brigadier-General E.C. Mauran, Adjutant-General State of Rhode Island, to Bernice D. Ames, about confusion over his assignment,1863 August 15; and several 1864 Confederate documents, including a receipt for payment of a Confederate bond, receipt for 14 bales of cotton, payment of expenses on behalf of the Cotton Bureau, and one undated special requisition form for 50,000 pounds of iron which could not be filled.","Documents include: New Orleans reports, in French, concerning slaves, 1831 April 30 and October 1; an agreement signed by James Peter Freret (1800-1869), Livie Darensbourg Freret (1812-1876), Charles Barcantel, Phi. Lacoste, and witnessed by notary Louis La Caire, 1833 May; claim on behalf of the Chitimacha Indians for land on both sides of the Teche River in Attakapas County and Parish of St. Mary, 1835 April 24; cargo manifests, 1842; terms of an agreement between Henry M. Hyams (1806-1875) and Eleazar Levy Hyams (1810-1860) to establish a plantation at a place called Plaisance in the Red River Parish for a period of five years, which contains an extensive list of 57 slave names, with age, price and known relationships indicated, 1851-1855; and Office of the U.S Marshal, Louisiana District, vouchers, 1879.","Miscellaneous oversize documents relating to Louisiana, including an account of C.S. Farrar to the Louisiana Cotton Press, undated; blank vouchers for the U.S. Marshals in New Orleans, undated; F. Wintz, President of the New Orleans City Railroad Company, 1877 August 8, to the city surveyor; and acknowledgement of the receipt of cotton to James E. Saunders, 1841 October 23.","Includes one slave appraisal, August 31, 1786.","Documents include: Virginia James River Bank five pound note, 1773; Treasury of Virginia Three Hundred Dollar bill issued for the clothing of Virginia troops, 1780 October 16; Mitchell and Gaironen, Richmond, Virginia, to Francis Jerdone concerning his tobacco crop, 1799 June 7;  and memorandum of land warrants for Callohill Mennis (1797-1829) and Robert Means of Richmond, Virginia, undated.","These documents chiefly concern his ministry, but also include one letter from William Willson, Eire, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1855.","Autographs include: William S. Andrews, Unitarian author; Daniel Noyes Haskell, editor of the Boston Transcript; Charles Coffin Jewett (1816-1868), Librarian of the Smithsonian; Walter R. Johnson; Fred A. Packard; Elizabeth Sanders; and T.H. Stafford, Jr.. A separate list of [signatures ?] of English nobility include the following names: Lord Salisbury, Lord Beverley, Duke of Marlborough, Duke of Northumberland, Lord Craven, Lord Harrington, Lord Clifford, Marquis of Stafford, Lord Spencer, Lord Northampton, Lord Courtney, and Lord Greenwich.","Items are chiefly engravings, including Charles II, William IV Proroguing Parliament (1831), General Abercrombie (1807), Theberton House the seat of Thomas Gibson; and colored engraved maps of the city of Bruges, [medieval European cities], and the Nile delta region, removed from books.","These include poems, one in French; an undated essay comparing John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) written from the first person perspective; an undated article \"The Evolution of a Successful Treatment for the Complicated Cases of Influenza\" by Dr. Points; and \"A Short Account of the Principal Changes Which Have Happened in the French Government 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15753","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/294","Wickham family papers","Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century","Plantation life -- Virginia","Slavery--United States -- Virginia","Slaves -- Virginia -- Hanover County","The collection is arranged in four series, Series 1: Business correspondence arranged chronologically (Boxes 1-5). Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order.","This collection chiefly concerns the Wickham family of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). When other relatives and friends appear in the folder listing, their birth and death dates and relationships are noted if known. The family owned enslaved persons and lists them by age. ","Attorney John Wickham married twice and had two lines of descent. His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). ","After the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.","Anne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.","Lucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).","Apparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.","The Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. Wickham, including progress reports on the two boys, among this correspondence.","Added fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017.","The original letter has been transferred to the Henry Clay Papers.","Originals of these letters transferred to the John Randolph of Roanoke papers.","The originals of all three Wirt letters have been transferred to the Autographs collection.","The original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers, the originals of the letters from Henry Clay transferred to the Henry Clay papers and those from John Singleton Mosby were transferred to the John Singleton Mosby papers.","The originals of Lee letters were transferred to Robert E. Lee papers.","The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). ","The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. ","There is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.","Topics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  ","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels","Correspondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.","Letters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.","Letters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.","Correspondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.","Correspondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).","Correspondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).","Correspondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).","Correspondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).","Correspondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).","Correspondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.","Alvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.","The company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.","Discusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).","Topics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Letters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.","Letters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.","Correspondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.","Mentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).","Topics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).","Discusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.","Letter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.","Kerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.","Discusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].","Recommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.","Notifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.","Mentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.","Describes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.","Notifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.","Requests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.","One letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,","Topics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).","Letters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.","Expresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.","Writes from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].","John Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.","He discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).","The letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).","Wirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.","Includes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).","Letters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.","These letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.","Leigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).","One letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.","Contains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.","Topics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).","One letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).","Two letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.","One letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).","These letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).","Early letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham","One letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).","John Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).","During the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).","Correspondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).","Contains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).","Includes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).","While his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].","Williams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).","Wickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).","Wickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).","Wickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).","Topics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).","Topics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).","Topics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).","Topics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).","Topics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).","Wickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.","Correspondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).","Correspondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).","Correspondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).","Correspondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).","Topics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).","Topics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).","Correspondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.","Correspondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).","Correspondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).","Correspondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.","Correspondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).","Correspondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).","Correspondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.","Correspondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.","Correspondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).","Correspondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.","Correspondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.","Correspondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.","Correspondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.","Topics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).","Topics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).","The letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.","Topics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).","Correspondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.","Among the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.","Correspondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).","Topics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).","Topics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).","Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).","Topics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).","The diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.","The diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.","Subjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).","Subjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).","Subjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).","Subjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).","Subjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).","Subjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).","Subjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).","Subjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.","Subjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).","Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).","Subjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).","Subjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.","These three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).","The oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).","These include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].","These six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).","The oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.","These six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].","This material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).","Families discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.","This includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).","This folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).","These include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.","These include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. Wickham, U.S. Navy, and an unidentified boy taken by Tyson and Perry, Charlottesville, Virginia.","This collection is open for research use.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 15753","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/294"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wickham family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Wickham family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Wickham family papers"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"geogname_ssm":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"geogname_ssim":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"creator_ssm":["Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_ssim":["Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Wickham family"],"creators_ssim":["Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor","Wickham family"],"places_ssim":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"access_terms_ssm":["This collection is open for research use."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased, 3 July 2014. The first addition to this collection, MSS 15753-a,was purchased from Beltrone and Company on 6 July 2016."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Plantation life -- Virginia","Slavery--United States -- Virginia","Slaves -- Virginia -- Hanover County"],"access_subjects_ssm":["Plantation life -- Virginia","Slavery--United States -- Virginia","Slaves -- Virginia -- Hanover County"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["9.5 Cubic Feet 19 legal doc boxes, 6 oversize folders."],"extent_tesim":["9.5 Cubic Feet 19 legal doc boxes, 6 oversize folders."],"date_range_isim":[1704,1705,1706,1707,1708,1709,1710,1711,1712,1713,1714,1715,1716,1717,1718,1719,1720,1721,1722,1723,1724,1725,1726,1727,1728,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735,1736,1737,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742,1743,1744,1745,1746,1747,1748,1749,1750,1751,1752,1753,1754,1755,1756,1757,1758,1759,1760,1761,1762,1763,1764,1765,1766,1767,1768,1769,1770,1771,1772,1773,1774,1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947,1948,1949,1950],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is arranged in four series, Series 1: Business correspondence arranged chronologically (Boxes 1-5). Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in four series, Series 1: Business correspondence arranged chronologically (Boxes 1-5). Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection chiefly concerns the Wickham family of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). When other relatives and friends appear in the folder listing, their birth and death dates and relationships are noted if known. The family owned enslaved persons and lists them by age. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAttorney John Wickham married twice and had two lines of descent. His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. 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His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). ","After the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.","Anne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.","Lucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).","Apparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.","The Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. Wickham, including progress reports on the two boys, among this correspondence."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdded fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Added fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017."],"originalsloc_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original letter has been transferred to the Henry Clay Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginals of these letters transferred to the John Randolph of Roanoke papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe originals of all three Wirt letters have been transferred to the Autographs collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. 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Lee papers.","The  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers, the originals of the letters from Henry Clay transferred to the Henry Clay papers and those from John Singleton Mosby were transferred to the John Singleton Mosby papers.","The originals of Lee letters were transferred to Robert E. Lee papers."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 15753 Wickham family papers, Albert and Shirley Special Collection Library, University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 15753 Wickham family papers, Albert and Shirley Special Collection Library, University of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamilies discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. 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","The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. ","There is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.","Topics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  ","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels","Correspondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.","Letters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.","Letters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.","Correspondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.","Correspondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).","Correspondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).","Correspondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).","Correspondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).","Correspondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).","Correspondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.","Alvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.","The company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.","Discusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).","Topics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Letters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.","Letters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.","Correspondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.","Mentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).","Topics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).","Discusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.","Letter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.","Kerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.","Discusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].","Recommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.","Notifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.","Mentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.","Describes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.","Notifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.","Requests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.","One letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,","Topics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).","Letters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.","Expresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.","Writes from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].","John Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.","He discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).","The letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).","Wirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.","Includes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).","Letters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.","These letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.","Leigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).","One letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.","Contains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.","Topics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).","One letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).","Two letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.","One letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).","These letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).","Early letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham","One letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).","John Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).","During the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).","Correspondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).","Contains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).","Includes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).","While his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].","Williams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).","Wickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).","Wickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).","Wickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).","Topics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).","Topics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).","Topics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).","Topics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).","Topics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).","Wickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.","Correspondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).","Correspondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).","Correspondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).","Correspondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).","Topics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).","Topics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).","Correspondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.","Correspondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).","Correspondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).","Correspondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.","Correspondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).","Correspondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).","Correspondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.","Correspondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.","Correspondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).","Correspondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.","Correspondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.","Correspondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.","Correspondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.","Topics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).","Topics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).","The letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.","Topics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).","Correspondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.","Among the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.","Correspondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).","Topics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).","Topics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).","Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).","Topics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).","The diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.","The diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.","Subjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).","Subjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).","Subjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).","Subjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).","Subjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).","Subjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).","Subjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).","Subjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.","Subjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).","Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).","Subjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).","Subjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.","These three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).","The oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).","These include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].","These six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).","The oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.","These six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].","This material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).","Families discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.","This includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).","This folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).","These include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.","These include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. 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Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order.","This collection chiefly concerns the Wickham family of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). When other relatives and friends appear in the folder listing, their birth and death dates and relationships are noted if known. The family owned enslaved persons and lists them by age. ","Attorney John Wickham married twice and had two lines of descent. His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). ","After the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.","Anne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.","Lucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).","Apparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.","The Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. Wickham, including progress reports on the two boys, among this correspondence.","Added fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017.","The original letter has been transferred to the Henry Clay Papers.","Originals of these letters transferred to the John Randolph of Roanoke papers.","The originals of all three Wirt letters have been transferred to the Autographs collection.","The original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers, the originals of the letters from Henry Clay transferred to the Henry Clay papers and those from John Singleton Mosby were transferred to the John Singleton Mosby papers.","The originals of Lee letters were transferred to Robert E. Lee papers.","The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). ","The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. ","There is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.","Topics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  ","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels","Correspondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.","Letters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.","Letters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.","Correspondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.","Correspondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).","Correspondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).","Correspondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).","Correspondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).","Correspondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).","Correspondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.","Alvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.","The company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.","Discusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).","Topics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Letters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.","Letters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.","Correspondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.","Mentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).","Topics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).","Discusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.","Letter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.","Kerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.","Discusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].","Recommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.","Notifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.","Mentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.","Describes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.","Notifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.","Requests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.","One letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,","Topics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).","Letters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.","Expresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.","Writes from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].","John Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.","He discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).","The letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).","Wirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.","Includes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).","Letters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.","These letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.","Leigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).","One letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.","Contains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.","Topics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).","One letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).","Two letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.","One letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).","These letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).","Early letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham","One letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).","John Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).","During the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).","Correspondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).","Contains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).","Includes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).","While his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].","Williams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).","Wickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).","Wickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).","Wickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).","Topics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).","Topics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).","Topics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).","Topics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).","Topics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).","Wickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.","Correspondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).","Correspondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).","Correspondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).","Correspondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).","Topics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).","Topics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).","Correspondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.","Correspondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).","Correspondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).","Correspondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.","Correspondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).","Correspondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).","Correspondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.","Correspondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.","Correspondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).","Correspondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.","Correspondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.","Correspondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.","Correspondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.","Topics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).","Topics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).","The letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.","Topics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).","Correspondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.","Among the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.","Correspondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).","Topics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).","Topics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).","Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).","Topics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).","The diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.","The diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.","Subjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).","Subjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).","Subjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).","Subjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).","Subjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).","Subjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).","Subjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).","Subjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.","Subjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).","Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).","Subjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).","Subjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.","These three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).","The oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).","These include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].","These six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).","The oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.","These six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].","This material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).","Families discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.","This includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).","This folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).","These include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.","These include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. Wickham, U.S. Navy, and an unidentified boy taken by Tyson and Perry, Charlottesville, Virginia.","This collection is open for research use.","Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library","Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor","English"],"unitid_tesim":["MSS 15753","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/3/resources/294"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Wickham family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Wickham family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Wickham family papers"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"geogname_ssm":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"geogname_ssim":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"creator_ssm":["Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_ssim":["Wickham family","Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Wickham family"],"creators_ssim":["Wickham, John, 1763-1839","Wickham, William Fanning , 1793-1880","Wickham, Lucy Taylor, 1830-1913","Wickham, Williams Carter, 1820-1888","Wickham, Henry Taylor","Wickham family"],"places_ssim":["Hickory Hill (Hanover County, Virginia)","Virginia -- History -- 19th Century"],"access_terms_ssm":["This collection is open for research use."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Purchased, 3 July 2014. 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Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is arranged in four series, Series 1: Business correspondence arranged chronologically (Boxes 1-5). Several business correspondents warranted individual folders based on either the amount of material or the importance of the correspondent. Series 2: Correspondence of John Wickham, arranged alphabetically by the last name of the chief correspondent (Box 5); Series 3: Correspondence of the Wickham and related families, arranged by the last name of the main correspondent (Boxes 6-15); Series 4: Financial and Legal Papers and Miscellany (Boxes 16-19), all arranged in chronological order."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection chiefly concerns the Wickham family of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). When other relatives and friends appear in the folder listing, their birth and death dates and relationships are noted if known. The family owned enslaved persons and lists them by age. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAttorney John Wickham married twice and had two lines of descent. His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. Wickham, including progress reports on the two boys, among this correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical","Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["This collection chiefly concerns the Wickham family of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). When other relatives and friends appear in the folder listing, their birth and death dates and relationships are noted if known. The family owned enslaved persons and lists them by age. ","Attorney John Wickham married twice and had two lines of descent. His first wife was Mary Smith Fanning (1775-1799) by whom he had two sons, William Fanning Wickham of \"Hickory Hills,\" married to Anne Butler Carter (1797-1868), and Edmund Fanning Wickham of \"Rocky Mount\" (1796-1843), married to Anne's sister, Lucy Carter (1799-1835). ","After the death of his first wife, John Wickham married Elizabeth Seldon McClurg and had several more children. Some of these children are also represented in these papers.","Anne Carter Wickham (1851-1939), the daughter of Williams Carter Wickham and Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham, married Robert H. Renshaw (1833-1910) in 1881 and they had four children. In 1920, Anne Renshaw married Dr. W.E. Byerly and lived in Massachusetts.","Lucy Carter Wickham Byrd was the daughter of Edmund Fanning Wickham (1796-1834) and Lucy Carter (1799-1835) and the wife of George Harrison Byrd (1827-1910).","Apparently the spelling of his name varies slightly from his mother's family name, Maclurg versus McClurg, but the use here reflects the spelling on his grave stone.","The Howard School opened in 1831 and continued until 1834 with two teachers, the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) and his brother, the Reverend John Woart. The Episcopal High School opened in 1839 on the former Howard School location. There are also letters from the Reverend Jonathan Loring Woart (1807-1838) to William F. Wickham, including progress reports on the two boys, among this correspondence."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAdded fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017.\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["Added fa to VH 7 Dec. 2017."],"originalsloc_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe original letter has been transferred to the Henry Clay Papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginals of these letters transferred to the John Randolph of Roanoke papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe originals of all three Wirt letters have been transferred to the Autographs collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers, the originals of the letters from Henry Clay transferred to the Henry Clay papers and those from John Singleton Mosby were transferred to the John Singleton Mosby papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe originals of Lee letters were transferred to Robert E. Lee papers.\u003c/p\u003e"],"originalsloc_heading_ssm":["Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals","Existence and Location of Originals"],"originalsloc_tesim":["The original letter has been transferred to the Henry Clay Papers.","Originals of these letters transferred to the John Randolph of Roanoke papers.","The originals of all three Wirt letters have been transferred to the Autographs collection.","The original of the Robert E. Lee letter has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The  original of the Lee letter  has been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers.","The original of letters to Robert E. Lee have been transferred to the Robert E. Lee papers, the originals of the letters from Henry Clay transferred to the Henry Clay papers and those from John Singleton Mosby were transferred to the John Singleton Mosby papers.","The originals of Lee letters were transferred to Robert E. Lee papers."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eMSS 15753 Wickham family papers, Albert and Shirley Special Collection Library, University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["MSS 15753 Wickham family papers, Albert and Shirley Special Collection Library, University of Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLetters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eKerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAmong the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTopics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamilies discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. Wickham, U.S. Navy, and an unidentified boy taken by Tyson and Perry, Charlottesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). ","The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with immediate and extended relatives; personal correspondence from friends and political associates; two brief diaries discussing the secession and the beginning of the Civil War; financial and legal papers, including lists of books purchased, hires of enslaved laborers, the purchase of enslaved laborers, medical care for enslaved laborers, losses from invading soldiers during the Civil War, estate values, including those of enslaved laborers, indentures, deeds, receipts, plats and surveys, and lists of enslaved laborers by name and age; genealogies and genealogical charts; invitations and calling cards; military papers of General Williams Carter Wickham in the Civil War and Captain Williams Carter Wickham, U.S. Navy; news clippings; some notes and manuscripts of William F. Wickham; a few photographs and snapshots; poetry; hand-written recipes; school papers; and sympathy and greeting cards. ","There is also a hand drawn map of Hickory Hill plantation, the Wickham family estate which may have been drawn by a descendant of an enslaved laborer. It shows a diagram of \"Mammy's House\" and surrounding buildings that were revisited in the 1980's. The pages following the illustration name African Americans who were still living and working at Hickory Hill estate in the early 1900's. Mentioned are the families of John Robinson, Albert Cash,  Henry Toliver, Edith Jackson, Matt Foley, Maria Tucker, Ruben Lewis,Landonia Lewis, ALec Hewlett, Louisa and Albert Jackson, Henry Abrams, Betty Jackson, John Abram and Roselyn, Milton Hewlett, and Virginia Shelton.","Topics include the Civil War, the relationships between family members in both the North and the South, and attitudes toward secession; many aspects of enslavement, often naming the enslaved laborers involved; Virginia and national politics; the practice of agriculture in Virginia; the education of the children of Virginia planters, including attendance at the Howard School, Episcopal High School, Washington College and the University of Virginia; military service of General Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), Captain William Carter Wickham (1887-1985), and other Wickham relatives.  ","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include:, John Slidell and Co., Thomas C. Keaton, William Lyne, W.P. Mason, W.T. Nivison, William B. Page, Philip Rogers, Thomas Rotch, Penn T. Sale, John M. Shepherd, Peter F. Smith, Thomas Strode, William Sullivan, Thomas Swann, Richard Wallack, Ralph Wingfield, Alice B. Winston, and Zach Vowels","Correspondents, chiefly with Edmund F. Wickham, include: Williams Carter (1819), Archibald Gracie and Robert Gracie (1821), and multiple correspondents in 1822: Curwen and Hagarty, Samuel John Dunlop, King and Gracie, Samuel Lambert, and Robert Hughes and Co.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: James Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, John Ferguson, C.B. Fleet, William Fleet, Robert Gracie, Francis Gregg, James Hagarty, George E. Harrison, James Henderson, L. Jones, T. Jones, and Robert King.","Letters involving enslavement or enslaved laborers include one from L. Jones, asking for protection for \"old Billy\" and mentioning other issues concerning the welfare of enslaved laborers, January 2, 1823, and another letter from Ninian Edwards discussing the possible purchase of a female enslaved laborer for the wife of Dr. Harvey Lane, January 13, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Henry Arnall, Curwen and Hagarty, [J.] Dunlop, Ninian Edwards, C.B. Fleet, John G. Gamble, Robert G. Harper, George E. Harrison, Jones and Rodes, Hardage Lane, C.C. Lee, Lewis and Tomes, George Marx, John Morgan, and Charles Morris.","Letters involving enslavement include the inquiry by Robert G. Harper, May 5, 182[3], for information about the \"present condition, conduct, and prospects\" of some manumitted enslaved laborers formerly belonging to Samuel Gist who were freed in his will. He also asks for  the name and address of some respectable and intelligent person in the area where the freed formerly enslaved laborers now live who can send a report to Gist's relatives.","Correspondents, chiefly Edmund F. Wickham and William F. Wickham, include: Curwen and Hagarty, James Dunlop, John Dunlop, William Logan Fisher, William Fleet, George Greenhow, George E. Harrison, B.B. Keesee, Robert King, Thomas Kelly, Hardage Lane, Lewis and Tomes, Charles F. Logan, William Lyne, and  Robert and John Oliver. One letter mentions a runaway enslaved man, named Joe, December 18, 1823.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: David Barclay, John H. Blair, Carter Braxton, William Burns, William L. Dance, S.W. Dandridge, Aaron Denman, Robert Douthat, Ninian Edwards, William Fleet, Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph), James Hagerty, George E. Harrison, John Hopkins, and Thomas and John G. Riddle.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Richard Anderson, John Balfour, Thomas and John S. Biddle, Carter Braxton, William Burns, Hugh Campbell, Robert Douthat, and Gillingham and Randolphs (G.F. and E. Randolph).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Carter Berkeley, Carter Braxton, Roger Mallory, Thomas Nelson, and William F. Wickham to Thomas B. Coleman. Roger Mallory, the jailor in Petersburg, Virginia, writes concerning a runaway enslaved man named Jim who finally admitted he belonged to William F. Wickham. Jim had originally claimed to belong to Price Sharpe who was charged with permitting him to \"go at large contrary to law,\" and hire himself out, March 19, 1827.","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: G.H. Bacchus, Thomas T. Bouldin, Thomas B. Coleman, M. Huelin,  Benjamin Whitehead Ladd, W.H. McFarland, William Nelson, John W. Payne, William G. Pendleton, M.E.M. Roane, and A.B. Spooner. Topics include the reception of freed former enslaved laborers in Ohio (Benjamin W. Ladd, March 4, 1830); and the [Samuel?] Gist estate (John M. Payne, April 22, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Patrick Nesbett Edgar, John Exall, Chapman Johnson, Thomas N. Lee, John Ponsonby Martin, William Nelson, Severn E. Parker, A. Robinson, Jr., William Rowlett, J.S. Skinner, Benjamin Temple, Robert Temple, Thomas Biddle and Company, and John R. Triplett. Topics include: blue wheat (Benjamin and Robert Temple, July 4, 1830 and August 4, 1830); American turf and racing magazine (August 3, 1830; September 1, 1830; October 19, 1830); and a collection of pedigrees for an American Stud Book (October 13, 1830).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: J.D. Andrews, John Corbin, Alfred V. Crenshaw, Crouches and Snead, Gracie and Company, James Gray, Richard B. Haxall, William Hilberg, James Lyle, and Francis Page. Topics include problems with a horse purchased from Wickham (November 15, 1838), the safe arrival of the Andrews family in Houston, Texas (January 28, 1839), and the sending of an enslaved man named Jefferson to fetch two mules from Wickham (April 22, 1839).","Correspondents, chiefly with William F. Wickham, include: Beers and Poindexter, Robert M. Candlish, John S. Corbin, Robert Ellett, William Linton, A.T.B. Merritt, Nathaniel Nelson, J.W. Pegram, W. Richardson, Thomas Samson, John Shore, John N. Tazewell, James G. Watson, and William L. White. Topics include mention of the horse \"Priam\" at Merritt's Hicks Ford stud in Virginia and the failure of Wickham's Eclipse mare to foal last spring (May 11, 1842); the dire condition of the [enslaved man?] old Bob Clark and his family on the land of Nathanael Nelson and attempts to provide for their care (June 15 and July 11, 1842); and a discussion of improvements to Wickham's bevel wheel (July 11, 1842) by Thomas Samson of D.J. Burr and Company.","Correspondents include: John S. Corbin, Nathanael Cross, William Dorbaker, Thomas Ellis and Charles Ellis, Robert G. Gilman, J.H. Martin, [S.H.] Parker, James L. Pendleton, James A. Seddon, Jane J. Swann, George Taylor, John N. Tazewell, William L. White, and John Wight. Topics include lumber needed for a penitentiary and a possible list of enslaved laborers written in pencil on an address portion of the letter (October 10, 1842).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, John Barr, Samuel Cottrell, Richard Gwathmey, John Struthers and Son, Lucius Minor, William Nelson, Lucien B. Price, Richard Randolph, Edmund Ruffin, William D. Taylor, John N. Tazewell, Philip B. Winston, and Richard M. Young (General Land Office). Topics include the sale of two enslaved women (January 29, 1845).","Correspondents include: Warwick Barksdale, Wellington Goddin, Phineas Janney, C.C. Lee, Thomas Nelson, Bernard Peyton, [Lucien] B. Price, John T. Rogers, Edmund Ruffin, Robert Taylor, J.R. Underwood, William F. Watson, Joseph Wingfield, and Philip B. Winston. Topics include a description of damage to the property of Joseph Wingfield by the breakage of the mill dam of Wickham (March 12, 1848).","Correspondents include: John Gibson, G.W. Goode, Richard Gwathmey, Benjamin F. Larned (1794-1862), William Leigh, Thomas Nelson, John E. Page, James A. Seddon, Alexander H.H. Stuart, William F. Watson, Hugh A. Watt, W.C. Wickham (to James M. Ford), Edmund Winston, and William Overton Winston. Topics include the shipment of some prairie birds and directions for their care (December 23, 1849); lists of enslaved laborers for hire, including \"old Fanny,\" Nancy and her three children, and Betsy (January 1, 1850); request for information about the amount due on account of the division of the \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers (March 5, 1850); William F. Wickham as the guardian of the minor heirs of Robert C. Wickham (April 20, 1850); the offer of the use of a Southdown buck for sheep breeding (July 12, 1850); the increase of visitors to the mountains of Virginia, especially at White Sulphur Springs, the Warm Springs, and the Hot Springs (August 5, 1850); the purchase of stained glass (November 19 and 23, 1850); the return of an enslaved woman who was a wet nurse, \"Mamma Betsy\" hired the year before for his little boy (July 28, 1849; November 5, 1850); and an opinion about Jenny Lind (December 20, 1850).","Correspondents include: Alexander Hew, John F. Lay, [Laudonier] J. Randolph; Robert L. Randolph, Allen P. Richardson, William Sayre, William F. Wickham, and Thomas Wight. \nTopics include the redemption of land in Saline County, Missouri (September 13, 1853) and the settlement with McClurg Wickham, Littleton Waller Tazewell Wickham, and John Wickham concerning a loan from John Henry Wickham to them on August 11, 1851 (May 28, 1858).","Correspondents include: J.A. Allen, David Anderson, Jr., A.W. Ball, Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, George H. Byrd (Wyman, Byrd and Co. Commission Merchants), [Magrat] Davis, R.B. Davis, Robert Johnston, J.H. Montague, H.C. Parsons, James H. Storrs, John R. Taylor, James Usher, and William F. Wickham (drafts to Ann B. Berkeley, the Reverend P.F. Berkeley, and B.W. Green). \nTopics include: the question in the legislature concerning the payment of legacies given in Confederate money between 1862-1865 (March 10, 1866); difficulties in settling court cases in West Virginia following the Civil War (November 16, 1866); a request from a woman for legal help in keeping her inheritance in her name and under her control rather than her husband's as her current lawyer advised (April 25, 1867); and reports on the \"North Wales\" farm (May 20, 27, and 31, 1870).","Correspondents include: James L. Apperson, W.W. Baldwin, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Jr., Isaac Davis, L.R. Dickinson, Maynard Dyson,  James S. Earle and Sons, George William Gibson, Charles Herndon, J.M. Hill, I.M. Parr and Son (Commission Merchants), J. Sabin and Sons (Booksellers, Printsellers and Importers), Walter C. Jones, A.C. Loomis, J.H. Montague, Henry Parry, G. Peyton, Joseph T. Priddy, R.H. Maury and Co. (Stock and Exchange Brokers), J.W. Ratcliffe, C.T. Smith, E.D. Starke, A.T. Stewart, W.T. Tinsley, H. Wernich, William F. Wickham (draft to L. Upshur Evans), and Wright and Co., Rio de Janeiro. \nTopics include: the sale of property in Richmond, Virginia, of a former brewery belonging to the estate of David G. Yuengling, Jr. along the James River called the \"James River Steam Brewery\" (August 16, 1879).","Correspondents include: George B. Butler, Alexander Kaslovistsh, and John Watkins.","Alvis discusses the farm operations of the East Tuckahoe Plantation.","The company sends sketches and discusses the replacement of the mantle damaged in the house fire at Hickory Hill.","Discusses the oak tobacco boxes supplied by Edmund F. Wickham from \"Rocky Mills\" plantation.","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the \"military bill\" in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham's fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at \"Broad Neck\" in order to rebuild the house at \"Hickory Hill\" after a fire (February 16, 1875).","Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include the financial affairs of their cousin Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh (September 24 and October 28, 1879).","Topics include Carter's impressions of Bristol College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (October 18, 1834); complaints about the western states and their impact upon agricultural prices and politics, mentioning James Buchanan by name (July 17, 1846); suggestion that the enslaved laborers belonging to their nephews, Robert and John Wickham, be sold to pay the debt of their education (June 18, 1847); mention of a violent snowstorm that occurred just after he had returned home on a gunboat following a period of being nursed by his sister at \"Hickory Hill\" (November 8, 1862); and the death of Julia Wickham (July 16, 1873).","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Correspondents include C.P. Huntington (President), Henry Taylor Wickham, and Williams C. Wickham and J.S.F. Smith (Paint Creek Depot) concerning the opening of the coal mines on the land purchased from the Hansford heirs and the employment of miners in Kanawha County, West Virginia.","Letters concern lands held by Reuben Jenkins and John Henry Wickham in Saline County, Missouri.","Letters discuss matters concerning the Louisa Railroad, which was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1836, and renamed the Virginia Central Railroad in 1850, with Fontaine as its longtime president.","Correspondence is concerned with securing payment on the accounts of John Wickham and Littleton W. T. Wickham, brothers of William F. Wickham by an immediate sale of livestock and agricultural goods.","Mentions the illness of President Monroe and his own wife, Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay, the daughter of Monroe (August 4, 1823) and expresses disparaging remarks concerning a Yankee business associate (October 19, 1823).","Topics include a request to help in the administration of the estate of Dr. McClurg (March 2, 1839); fears about the possible death of his son, Thomas, in [Mississippi?] (June 22, 1839); instructions about the purchase of summer clothing for the enslaved laborers by Alvis (April 21, 1840); mention that there are 70 enslaved laborerss associated with the \"Rocky Mills\" plantation of Edmund Wickham and 40 additional enslaved laborers associated with his father's [John Wickham] estate (July 28, 1842). Much of the correspondence in general deals with the settling of the estate of John Wickham (1763-1839).","Discusses arrangements for the support of Mr. Harrison's children and his disappointment with Dr. Selden.","Letter of introduction from Henry Clay for Mr. Bainbridge of Kentucky to John Wickham.","Kerr requests copies of any ordinances or laws concerning lands either given or planned to be given by the state of Virginia to the officers and soldiers who served in either the Continental Army or the Virginia state militia for use in the United States Court in Ohio.","Discusses the best way to secure the claim of Dr. McClurg for surgeon pay during his service in the Continental Army, keeping in mind that the United States will soon find a use for surplus money and mentions Henry Clay as doing a great deal of good [in Congress?].","Recommends that they make sure that Dr. [James] McClurg's will is recorded in Kentucky.","Notifies Wickham that he has located among his scorched papers enough information to send him a transcript of all he knows or remembers about the bonds of Mr. Balfour and invites him to visit Studley, Virginia.","Mentions the health concerns of family members and friends in Baltimore, Maryland.","Describes the worsening physical condition of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?]  in Baltimore, Maryland.","Notifies Wickham about the death of Walter [Maclurg Wickham?] in Baltimore, Maryland.","Requests Wickham provide the wording to a decree that would enable a sale of his property in Richmond, Virginia, to proceed since his power of attorney, Mr. Botts, was unable to perform his duties.","One letter, March 24, 1820, incomplete, last page only, John Randolph of Roanoke writes concerning Stephen Decatur's death. In a second letter, April 1, 1820,   part of the letter and autograph signature excised, John Randolph of Roanoke thanks Wickham for his indulgence and civility in the matter of his father's estate and mentions [Littleton Waller] Tazewell's move to Norfolk.,","Topics include: request for advice on a business proposition concerning property offered by Mr. Page as security for the payment of Tazewell's stock (July 4 and 9, 1819); Tazewell's current ill health (November 26, 1819); criticism of President John Quincy Adams and a description of a duel between Henry Clay and John Randolph of Roanoke (April 8, 1826); and damages suffered during a hurricane (October 14, 1838).","Letters concerns legal work performed by Wickham for Richardson.","Expresses concern over several outbreaks of cholera among citizens and enslaved laborers on the plantation.","Writes from White Sulphur Springs about the convalescence of Susan [Decatur Wickham (1819 -1831)].","John Wickham addresses business matters in his absence on a trip to Philadelphia, sending four letters from stops in Washington, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.","He discusses the prospects for the wheat crop, the demand for flour in [American] towns and South America, and reports on his conversations with Mr. Haxall about pricing if the crop is delivered early (May through August 1830) and the last letter mentions their pleasant stay at the Sulphur Springs and Sweet Springs and the journey home, the drought in Kentucky and Ohio, and \"this new explosion in France\" (September 24, 1830).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop, a notification of an outbreak of disease at Howard School for boys from Jonathan Loring Woart, and the preoccupation of the Virginia General Assembly over internal improvements (January 29 and May 30, 1834); the design of a mill powered by water (February 21, 1834); discussions about the Bank of Virginia and the elections (April 17 and 21, 1834); discussions about possible schools for their boys and rumors of a duel in Washington (September 28, 1834); discusses the President's message (December 7, 1834); an enslaved laborer, sick with cholera, who was believed to be dead several times, appears to be recovering partly due to work of Dr. McCaw (December 18, 1834); and politics in Washington (December 24, 1834).","Wickham writes to his son William F. Wickham with concerns about his wheat crop (July 6, 1837) and to his sons at the University of Virginia, George and Littleton W.T. Wickham with advice about their studies, especially geology and the study of soils, and their visit to the Natural Bridge (May 15, 1837).","The letters written during a trip to New England by William F. Wickham and Anne Wickham mention seeing the effects of a great drought all over the northeast, speculations about the wheat crop, poor corn crop of the current year, Littleton at the University of Virginia and George reporting for duty in Washington in the U.S. Navy (September 13, 17, and 25, 1838); news about the wheat market and John Wickham's health (November 20 and December 12, 1838); and news about the opening of the [James River and Kanawha Canal] and its advantages for Richmond, Virginia (December 20, 1838).","Wirt asks for Wickham's advice concerning the rights of the widow in the estate of John Ellis (December 21, 1815); in another letter, October 10, 1830, autograph signature excised, Wirt asks for his advice and support in the case of the Cherokee Nation versus the state of Georgia, argued by Wirt before the Supreme Court; and in a third undated letter, Wirt discusses a property case involving Colonel Byrd and Mr. Harrison of Berkeley and lots in Manchester and Richmond, Virginia.","Includes two letters mentioning visits by Yankees to Hickory Hill and the taking of her father as a prisoner (May 27, 1862; August 4, 1862); also includes a letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Miss Annie Wickham [later Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly], Lee promises to stop by \"Hickory Hill\" to visit if at all possible on his way back to Lexington, autograph signature excised from the letter (May 23, 1870).","Letters through March 1883 are written from Port Oratava to Henry T. Wickham but in April 1883 the Renshaw's began their journey home, settling in New Market and then Boyce, Virginia, by the turn of the century; In 1906, Annie writes from the University of Virginia about Robert H. Renshaw's poor health which continues until his death in 1910.","These letters are chiefly undated, but she appears to continue her correspondence with her uncle after the death of her Aunt Anne in1868, chiefly written from New York.","Leigh mentions the death of Lizzie Wickham (February 27, 1862); General Johnston and his prospects in the Tennessee area (March 25, 1863); and the death of Mrs. Carter, probably Mary B. Randolph Carter (August 6, 1864).","One letter, September 16, 1836, described a duel between her brother James and John Chapman, which ended in reconciliation between the two men.","Contains one letter, August 17, 1863, concerning the Civil War, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, shortly before his death following his wounding and capture.","Topics include the preparation to leave for France with her husband, William Cabell Rives, appointed minister to France (June 26, 1829); and their return to Paris, France (August 2, 1851).","One letter, written from the Warm Springs Hospital, discusses Taylor's health problems and the recent Battle of Cheat Mountain (October 2, 1861).","Two letters are written from China, one from Chefoo [present day Yantai] and the second from Tsingtao, while her husband, Captain Williams C. Wickham (1887-1985) was serving in the U.S. Asiatic Fleet.","One letter from Williams Carter Wickham expresses his pleasure at her engagement to his son, Henry Taylor Wickham (August 26, 1885).","These letters are chiefly to her husband, Henry, while staying at the Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, (1911) and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1913) for her health but two letters are to her son, Captain Williams Carter Wickham during his journey to join the Asiastic fleet (1924).","Early letters are chiefly from his grandparents, William F. and Anne Wickham, and the letters in 1864 are between Henry and his parents, Williams C. and Lucy Wickham","One letter mentions the death of his grandmother, Anne B. Carter Wickham (February 26, 1868); four letters were written as a University of Virginia student (October 17, 24, and 31, 1869; and May 8, 1870); and one letter from Henry to his son, Captain Williams C. Wickham, congratulating him on his engagement to Credilla Miller (October 2, 1911).","John Wickham writes concerning land in Franklin County, Missouri, belonging to the estate of John Wickham (July 11, 1850).","During the Civil War, Leigh Wickham received an appointment in the Confederate Quartermaster department at Memphis, Tennessee (September 13 and 19, and December 8, 1861); reports that the people of Mississippi were frightened of General Grant's army (December 23, 1862); and mentions the hanging of Colonel Lawrence Orton Williams as a Confederate spy by the Federals (June 14, 1863).","Correspondence includes one letter from Williams Carter Wickham while at the University of Virginia concerning the results of Professor Rogers' analysis of Edmund's specimens of marl (January 16, 1838).","Contains two letters from W.F. Wickham, Jr. as a student at the University of Virginia (December 19, 1848 and January 12, 1849).","Includes letters written as a student at the Episcopal High School of Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia (1874-1878) and the University of Virginia (1878-1883).","While his father is away in New York and Boston, Williams Carter Wickham sends reports on the activities and condition of the plantation, including illness and death among the enslaved laborers (September 7, 1845; September 15, 1848). Williams Carter Wickham writes with further reports to his father hoping to catch him still at Bowling Green (August 30, 1849); and Williams describes a trip with his wife Lucy to New York and on to Quebec (August 27, 1855).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 24, 1861, and August 1861); rumors of possible attacks on Arlington and Alexandria and Norfolk (September 2, 1861); discussion about the ramifications of the seizure of James Murray Mason and John Slidell on board the RMS Trent by Union Captain Charles Wilkes (December 8, 1861); and W. Leigh Wickham's commission as assistant quartermaster with rank of captain (December 20, 1861). During the recent visit of William F. Wickham with General Robert E. Lee, Lee reported on the sufferings of the army in the west [1861].","Williams Carter Wickham shares his weariness of the war and announces himself as a candidate for Congress (May 15, 1863); William F. Wickham voices his concern over scarcity of food in Richmond and near Charlottesville to Lucy Penn Taylor Wickham (January 19, 1864); and William F. Wickham fears that Lee cannot maintain communications to the south and wishes he had nothing more to do with land or enslaved laborers if only his son were home in peace (June 28, [1864]).","This folder contains references to the participation of Williams Carter Wickham in the First Battle of Bull Run (July 22-23, 27, and 31, 1861).","Wickham is in Cavalry Camp, 5th Brigade and attached to Colonel Cocke's Brigade and has a complete blacksmith shop and blacksmith fixed up with his company but requires clothes for his [enslaved?] personal attendant, Robin (September 1, 1861); Many letters discuss conditions of camp life for an officer in the Confederate forces and the efforts of family at home to supply the needs and wants of their own family members in the forces but also those of other soldiers, such as clothing. The letters also show a desire to establish a local hospital for the troops like the ones run by the ladies in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 4, 1861); Wickham writes from his camp at Fairfax Courthouse about opportunities for drilling the troops, his resignation of his seat in the Convention and in the Virginia Senate, his increasing concerns over the conduct of the war in the last two months, and the injurious effect of the capture of Fort Hatteras in North Carolina to the South (September 6, 1861); news that his son, Henry T. Taylor, is intensely reading the novels of Sir Walter Scott to the detriment of his studies (September 26, 1861); clothing made by the ladies of the community shipped off to the troops (October 12, 1861); Wickham currently at Union Mills (October 22, 1861); the difficulties of Lizzie Fry in getting a permit to leave to go home (October 24, 1861); and Wickham's meeting with General [Jeb] Stuart with whom he is very pleased (October 27, 1861).","Wickham writes a very detailed letter about the detrimental effects of fighting the Civil War on their own home soil, his dinner with General Cocke, whose ardor for the war has cooled considerably, the wasting of their best resources in an unnatural strife, and the devastation wrought by both occupying armies (November 3, 1861); and mention of Colonel Robertson and General Stuart (November 7, 13, and 29, 1861). \nWriting from Camp Frontier after an absence of three days, he describes a plan for a force of  nine companies of cavalry and three regiments of infantry, all under General Stuart, to cut off an enemy encampment near Alexandria, but this was prevented by the arrival of more Federal forces in the area near Pohick Church and describes his activities as a member of the scouting party (November 13, 1861); furnishes a description of his strategy when in new territory (November 21, 1861); shares his belief that the Yankees will advance along the Evansport line, chiefly by water, but with a land force on the telegraph road, otherwise believes that they will go into winter quarters (November 24, 1861); and repeats a report from Mr. Porcher [of South Carolina?] that some of the coloured people had been shot by the Confederates and that some of the people offered to work on the entrenchments for the Yankees for pay (November 28, 1861). \nWickham is still waiting for word on any advancement against the enemy and a describes the Federal forces arrayed against Virginia (December 4, 1861); Wickham shares his wish to command a full regiment of cavalry if he cannot have his first  preference to be at home with Lucy, his shock at hearing about the death of Mr. [Cooke?] and his efforts to secure a furlough for Church to go home for the funeral (December 14, 1861).","Wickham writes about the following topics, a story about Lt. Colonel Thomas L. Kane, commander of the Bucktail Rifles of Northern Pennsylvania and a relative (January 2, 1862); General Johnston likes Wickham's bill for the better organization of the army (January 8, 1862); Wickham's [enslaved?], attendant, Robin, has built a wonderful shelter for the horses in their winter camp (January 8, 1862); Wickham's return to Camp Ewell after his furlough (January 29, 1862); his disapproval of the bill in the Senate concerning the Virginia forces (February 4, 1862); and his concerns over the reorganization of his regiment (February 15, 1862).","Topics include the alarm of the people in the area north of the Rappahannock where people are abandoning their homes and \"Negroes\" or enslaved laborers are going northward by the hundreds (March 14, 1862); bivouacking comfortably near Brandy Station (April 4, 1862); and reports that their new location is twelve miles below Williamsburg and five miles from Yorktown at \"Blows Mill\" and that they are short on provisions (April 18, 22 and 24, 1862).","Topics include writing from Sudley Mills describes recent events that have greatly reduced his regiment and prevented his communicating with his family, noting that with 200 men Wickham charged the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry 800 strong, routing them and capturing a large number, mentioning that General Ewell has lost a leg [during the battle of Groveton] (August 30, 1862); currently near Frederick, Maryland (September 7, 1862); yesterday at Sharpsburg, Maryland, \"fought probably the most desperate battle of the war\" [Battle of Antietam], Wickham lost twenty  men killed, wounded or missing, W.H.F. Lee's horse fell with him, Lt. Colonel Thornton of the 3rd had his arm torn by a shell and died of shock, Hill Carter received two severe wounds at Boonsborough and was left in the hands of the enemy, very difficult to find anything to eat, as local people will not sell them anything, and Thomas L. Kane was just made a Brigadier General in the Union army (September 18 and 21, 1862).\nReports on his safe return from an expedition to Pennsylvania with 1800 men (October 14 and 19, 1862); details of the cavalry raid to collect horses from Mercersburg, Chambersburg, and Emmitsburg (October 19, 1862); troops destroying the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (October 21, 1862);  his participation recently in a serious battle with losses of 1500 killed or wounded [Battle of Fredericksburg], with the town of Fredericksburg totally devastated and mentions activities of Major General Ambrose Burnside (December 15 and 18, 1862).","Topics include the rejection of his resignation by the Secretary of War (January 15, 1863); staying with General Robert E. Lee at Culpeper Courthouse (March 1, 1863); discussion of the [Battle of Chancellorsville] (May 8, 1863 copy); spent the day with Lee who was in good spirits but without any hope of quick termination of the war and who would not allow his resignation, and General Jackson said to be dangerously ill with pleurisy (May 10, 1863); mentions the death of General Jackson and his fears for the safety of General Lee who he describes in appreciative terms (May 11, 1863); and describes his visit to General Lee's headquarters and assesses the results of recent battles (May 31, 1863).","Topics include Wickham's approval of the generals James Longstreet, A.P. Hill, and Richard S. Ewell (June 3, 1863); Lucy relates their losses during visits of the Yankees to \"Hickory Hill\" and \"North Wales\" plantations and the capture of Fitzhugh Lee out of his sick bed (July 25, 1863); Wickham writes from the headquarters of Wickham's Brigade, following his commission as Brigadier General (September 12, 1863); news of Julius Theodore Porcher being mortally wounded from members of the 10th South Carolina Regiment (December 1863); Lucy Wickham's visit with General Wickham near Charlottesville, Virginia (January 17, 21, 31, 1864); General Lee has issued the first order that has not received Wickham's admiration (February 8, 1864); and draft of a letter from Wickham to Captain J.E. Cook, describing his actions beginning on October 28, 1862 until November 3, 1862 (February 26, 1864).","Topics include accompanying General Robert E. Lee to the anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Poney's Brigade to hear a talk on the character of General [Stonewall?] Jackson (March 29, 1864); description of the pillaging of \"Hickory Hill\" by the Yankees and their threatening Uncle Hill Carter (June 5, 1864, June 1864, August 1, 1864); mention of General Sheridan (July 25, 1864); description of the devastation in the area around Culpeper and mention of [Jubal] Early (August 12, 1864); and Wickham, while stationed in Winchester, Virginia, describing the broad valley just prior to the Battle of Winchester (September 5, 8, and 10, 1864).","Wickham attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1904 until 1909 and most of the letters from this period were to his parents. There are also a few dating from his service aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota (1911) and the U.S.S. Smith (1913) addressed to them. Letters dated 1924 from Captain Wickham to his wife, Credilla Miller Wickham, were written while serving in the U.S. Asiastic Fleet aboard the U.S.S. Pillsbury when the navy summered at Chefoo [present day Yantai], China.","Correspondents include: J.S.B. Alleyne (resolutions concerning the death of Dr. William F. Wickham in 1851); John B. Baldwin; L.M. Baldwin; Nannie P. Ballard; A.P. Bankhead; B. Johnson Barbour, John L. Barbour; Greta du Pont Barksdale (1891-1965); Phoebe [Barksdale?]; Marianna Elizabeth Barksdale (1796-1856) and her husband, William Jones Barksdale (1794-1859); Ann B. Berkeley; Letitia Glenn Biddle (1864-1950); John Minor Botts (1802-1869); Mary G. Braxton; Mary Carter Brickner; G. Thompson Brown; Alfred H. Byrd; E.H. Byrd and L.C. Byrd.\nTopics include a very detailed letter from John Minor Botts to General Williams Carter Wickham about the Civil War, particularly the requested transfer of Colonel Charles H. Wager from the infantry service to the cavalry, rumors about General Lee evacuating Virginia, complaints about the press stimulating the prejudices of the people, and rumors of a proposal to arm enslaved laborers to help fight against the Northern forces (January 8, 1865).","Correspondents include: Ellen J. Cackie; J.R. Campbell (damaged postal card only); B.B. Claike; George Colton; A. Coolidge; O.A. Crenshaw; M.W.T. Cumberland; John B. Custis; Laura G. Custis; Raleigh T. Daniel; J.S. Davis; Enid Deem; Martha Lee Doughty \"To the Women of the Confederacy\" (undated); Fanny Duncan; Georgina L. Featherstonhaugh; and Mary J. Foster.\nTopics include: a discussion of several books read by Laura G. Custis of Boston (May 25, no year) and a description of the past few months the Custis family were forced to stay in Versailles, France, due to illness and the onset of the Franco-Prussian War (March 30, [1871]).","Correspondents include: Ellen Carter, Lizzie Carter, L.W. Carter, Mary Carter, and W[illiams?] Carter, Jr.\nTopics include: the concern of W[illiams] Carter, Jr. that his father make a will immediately so that the Confederacy will not get any of [his brother?] Charles' portion of the estate.  He writes emphatically \"I don't wish the South to get a cent – no country in the history of the world has so worked out its own destruction as the Southern portion of the U.S. America, and all Christendom will in history say, Amen – next to Sodom and Gomorrah\" (February 3, 1862); W[illiams?] Carter, Jr. also asks that the enslaved laborers on both the North Wales and South Wales plantations be sent to Charlotte or some safe place so they will not be sold like cattle, mentioning all of the Tom and Sarah Fox family, Ben Napper and family, the Tom Brown and Harry Brown families, and other enslaved laborers by first name only (March 1, 1862).","Correspondents include: A.W. Carter; Agnes M. Carter; Annie Carter; Betty Carter; E.H. Carter; Emily Carter; Fanny N. Carter; L.H. Carter, Louise Carter, Pauline Carter, Susan Roy Carter, Thomas B. Carter, Thomas H. Carter (1831-1908), and Williams Carter.\nTopics include: the death of Julia Wickham (Thomas H. Carter, July 19, 1873); an expression of hope that the nation will mend following the Civil War, saying \"my hatred for Davis is only equaled by that for Charles Sumner,\" and mention of balloon flights and France's position of strength in Europe (Thomas B. Carter, Paris, May 22, 1866).","Topics of note include two references to the Civil War, including the \"suffering northern soldiers\" and the sentiment \"the same God made us all\" (August 10, 1861); and a second letter about the Civil War concerning shelling of the area near Shirley along the river by northern gunboats and comments about [General John] Pope (August 28, 1862).","Topics include a condolence letter (July 12, 1873) concerning the death of Julia Leiper Wickham (1859-1873).","Correspondents include: Peter J. Chevallie to his wife, Elizabeth Gilliam Chevallie; Sarah Magee \"Sally\" Chevallie Warwick (1816-1846) to her mother, Elizabeth Green Gilliam Chevallie (1796-1865); Joseph Gallego to his nephew, Peter J. Chevallie;  Henry Chevallie to his sister, Mary G. Chevallie; and Abraham Warwick (1794-1874) to his daughter-in-law, Elise F. Warwick.","Correspondents include: Robert Gamble; S.P. Gregory; Gene and [George?] Griffin; A.G. Grinnan; Evelyn Hale; Hetty Cary Harrison; Ella Havisham; Jane R. Haxall; Rosalie Haxall; Eva Mary Anna Mason Heth (1836-1915); Mary Heywood (with a photograph of her on her 78th birthday);  E.[L.] Holmes; R.R. Howison; J. Johns, Jr.; S. Harvey Johnson; William T. Joyner; W.M. Justis; Bessie D. Kane; J.D.L. Kane; Sallie G. Kean; and Ethel Kilburn.\nTopics include the Civil War (Robert Gamble, June 19, 1863); reminiscences about the Civil War and General Stuart, and a discussion about genealogy (A.G. Grinnan, 1892-1893); family reading (R.R. Howison, January 30, 1878); discussion of Reuben Lindsay Walker (1827-1890), commander of the Third Corps artillery, and his opposition to the peace commission, known as the [Hampton Roads Conference] during the Civil War and political issues that will arise at the conclusion of the war (William T. Joyner, February 3, 1865); and the poor state of the Confederate army, due in part to desertions (William T. Joyner, February 25, 1865).","Correspondents include: Frances Wickham Graham; [Hartley] Graham; James Duncan Graham; Salva Graham; and William F. Wickham.\nTopics include chiefly family news but also some references to the work of James Duncan Graham as a member of the United States Engineer Corps (April 13, 1862; April 9, 1865; May 9, 1865); the condition of the South at the conclusion of the Civil War (June 2, 1865); and papers concerning the pension of James Duncan Graham (1867-1871).","Correspondents include: E.W. Hubard and J.L. Hubard.","Correspondents include: Robert B. Lancaster; Elizabeth W. Lay; R. Bruce Lockhart; A.C. Leigh; William Leigh; Ellen McCaw; Rose M. MacDonald; F. Mark; Captain G. [Marvel]; Dido Mason; E.K.N. Massie; Alice W. Meade; Susan W. Miller; Edgar Miller; F.B. Minor; Mary W. Minor;  and M.M. Morris. \nTopics include work on the book about old homes of Hanover (Robert B. Lancaster, January 8, 1984); the fire at Hickory Hill (Elizabeth W. Lay, February 17, 1875); and notification of an ankle injury of Captain W. Leigh Wickham in Chattanooga, Tennessee while serving as paymaster for the Confederate army (Edgar Miller, May 2, 1863).","Correspondents include: Agnes Lee, Annie C. Lee, Ann H. Lee, C.C. Lee; Mary Custis Lee; Richard Henry Lee (1794-1865) concerning the state literary fund and his proposed memoir of Richard A. Lee; Robert E. Lee, Jr. concerning the death of William F. Wickham (July 16, 1873); and William H.F. \"Rooney\"  Lee (1837-1891).","Correspondents include: Elizabeth B. Nicholas, concerning the fall of New Orleans to Federal forces (April 30, 1862); Helen N. Patterson; Lt. Colonel William H. Payne; Virginia Porcher; Lucy Carter Renshaw (1838-1965) concerning damages suffered by the \"Shirley\" plantation during the Civil War battles (July 4, 1862); Amelie Louise Rives Troubetzkoy (1863-1945); and M.C. Rives.","Correspondents include: Carrie P. Nelson; F. Nelson; F.P. Nelson; Jane E. Nelson; Jenny Nelson concerning the capture of Confederate George Washington \"Wash\" Nelson near Smithfield (November 6, 1863) and the raids of the Yankee soldiers in the neighborhood against the local residents (undated Civil War letter); Judith? Nelson; M.W. Nelson concerning the death of Lucy Carter Wickham (January 17, 1835); Mary C. Nelson; Robert Nelson on board the ship Oriental with his friend John Lewis [Points?] (August 29, 1851); Rose Nelson; Virginia L. Nelson; and W. Nelson.","Correspondents include: Anne Rose Page; Elizabeth Burwell Page; John Page; Judith Nelson Page; Leila Page; and Thomas Nelson Page concerning his book about Italy and his visit to England (January 9, 1920).","Correspondents include: George William Shelton; Amelie Louise Sigourney; M.M. Smith; Walter N. Sprinkel; A.M. Stearns; Alexander H.H. Stuart writes of his fear of the future, suggests that Williams Carter Wickham and himself travel to Washington on business to meet with some of the Yankee magnates and discuss ways to end the Civil War and expresses his sorrow over the sundering of the Union (January 23, 1865); Alta E. Stumpf concerning the awakening of Russia and its development (June 29, 1931); J.V. Swearingen; Louisa Nivison Tazewell (1804-1873) describing the death of her father, former Virginia governor, Littleton Waller Tazewell (1774-1860) in her letter (May 16, 1860); Fannie W. Toler; and C. Vanderbilt, Jr.","Correspondents include: Belle Taylor; Bertie Taylor; Edmund P. Taylor; Elizabeth Taylor; Henry Taylor; Henry Taylor, Jr., John Taylor; Julianna Dunlap Leiper Taylor (1801-1883); R.I. Taylor; and Susan W. Taylor.\nOne letter from Henry Taylor, Jr., July 31, 1877, includes a very detailed discussion about Professor Colonel Peters at the University of Virginia.","Correspondents include: Davy Wallace; S. Gardner Waller; Louisa Webb; C.E. Wellford; Mary T. Williams; Captain W.L. Wingfield; Alice B. Winston; Philip B. Winston; and Beulah H.J. Woolston.","Correspondents include: A.C.L. Wickham; Elizabeth S. Wickham; Fanny Wickham concerning the death of Ella Wickham (March 27, 1851); George Wickham; Julia L. Wickham; J.L. Wickham; L.A.C. Wickham; [L.V.] Wickham; M.F. Wickham; and Sarah Wickham.","Topics include a description of the meeting of the trustees of the Peabody Fund for Education in the South, particularly Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple of Minnesota and his life among the indigenous native Americans, who he referred to as \"Indians\" (August 12, 1876).","Topics include climate change (January 31, 1872); details of the career of his friend Custis, who died in 1872 and was a water commissioner in Boston (February 8, 1872); the influence of John C. Calhoun in ruining the whole South and his own state by men following his \"evil counsel\" (January 1, 1875); discussions of reading and current politics (January 8, 1875); description of Wickham's losses during the fire in February (March 13, 1875); mentions of Lord Byron, Charles Lamb, William Cullen Bryant and other literary figures (March 22, 1875); description of the Bunker Hill centennial (June 7, 1875); detailed discussion of the career of Patrick Henry (January 1, 1878); religious reading (March 13, 1878); and Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (December 11, 1878).","The letters are chiefly social or agricultural but one, May 30, 1867, touches upon politics and international events and mentions Rives reading the biography of James Madison.","Topics include the perils of travel by stage to Norfolk, Virginia, in winter (March 3, 1817); condolence letter upon the death of his friend, John Wickham, and reflections upon Wickham's importance in his own life as a mentor and friend and his singular character (January 26, 1839); the mention of Tazewell in the will of John Wickham (March 17 and April 1, 1839); ten inch snowfall in March and the economic difficulties of the country (March 21, 1843); discussion on the political issue on \"our title to Oregon\" (February 26, 1846); and Tazewell thanking William F. Wickham for his translations of Italian comedies, but does not think they merit the efforts of someone of Wickham's ability in the Italian language (July 15, 1849).","Correspondents include: William B. Bowers; E.E. Cooke; E.S. Holmes; E. Laurens; Robert E. Lee; L.M. Mason; N.W. Massie; Catharine H. Myers; [J.] R. Ritchie; E.R. Simons; Sue R. Simons; and Sallie P. Winston.\nThe letter from Robert E. Lee to his cousin, Anne B. Carter Wickham, November 11, 1862, hand-written copy, expresses his regret that her son, Williams Carter Wickham, has again been wounded but explains that he cannot spare Wickham from returning to duty in the army.","Among the numerous correspondents are George Washington Custis Lee; Mildred Lee; W.H.F. Lee; General William Mahone; Francis H. Smith; and George D. Wise.","Correspondents include: John Minor discussing the two engravings, of General Marion and \"the Artist's Dream,\" sent by the Apollo Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in the United States and the current relations of the United States and England, especially as affected by the affair of the \"Creole\" (March 18 and October 12, 1842); Henry Clay declines an invitation to visit (February 22, 1848); John S. Mosby, concerning the service of the late Dr. James McClurg as a surgeon in the Revolutionary War (July 16 and August 6, 1849); Francis Robert Rives (1822-1891); Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) concerning politics and enslavement (February 15, 1850) and a visit (July 20, 1854); John R. Thompson, editor of the  \"Messenger,\" refusing an essay by Wickham defending the Mormons (December 4, 1850);  Edward Vernon Childe (1804-1861) writes concerning the peace negotiations during the Crimean War (December 18, 1855); and two drafts of a letter from Wickham to Robert E. Lee concerning the arrival of the Yankee cavalry at \"Hickory Hill,\" who carried off General W.H. F. Lee as a prisoner in Wickham's carriage as well as horses and enslaved laborers, and includes the report that Charlotte Lee's health is not good and that she is much distressed at her husband's capture (June 28, 1863).","Topics include financial inquiry about Virginia's non-payment of the interest on state stock (January 17, 1872); the fire at Hickory Hill, Hanover County, Virginia (February 15, 1875); the voyage of William D. Shipman to England and his assessment of Thomas Jefferson's life and career (July 4, 1876); Wickham's analysis of State Trials of the United States by Francis Wharton, including his own memories of the James T. Callendar trial (June 19, 1876); and William D. Shipman's mention of seeing the effigy of ancestor William of Wykeham in Winchester, England and information about him (November 6, 1876).","Topics include advice for Henry T. Wickham on entering the legal profession and the study of law (July 24, 1868); Robinson's work with a case in the Supreme Court concerning Allen T. Caperton (1810-1876) and his acts in West Virginia as Provost Marshal (April 15, 1872).","Topics include the declaration of [William B.] Preston for the immediate secession of Virginia from the Union and Wickham's fear that \"the dogs of war will be let loose\" (April 16, 1861); two letters from Colonel [Beverly Holcombe] Robertson about missing and absent soldiers and his efforts to round them up (May 13 and 14, 1862); request for Wickham's support and vote for Robert H. Wynne as doorkeeper of the Confederate House of Representatives (December 24, 1863); John B. Baldwin informs Williams Carter Wickham that his nomination has not been acted upon (February 5, 1864) and two letters from John Taylor about family and home events during the Civil War (February 2 and 8, 1864).","Topics include a letter from Robert E. Lee about Henry T. Wickham's attendance at Washington College in Lexington and Lee's plan to write a history about military campaigns in Virginia during the Civil War (October 3, 1865) and a draft of Wickham's reply to Lee in the hand of Lucy Wickham [October 13, 1865];  a draft of Wickham's letter to General W.H.F. Lee about contemporary politics (April 16, 1868); the formation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (September 17, 1868); Horace Greeley's comments on the progress of the railroads in Virginia (November 15, 1868); request and recommendation from Alexander H.H. Stuart on behalf of two job seekers in the railroad business (May 5, 1873); efforts of C.T. Smith to get Wickham elected (August 19, 1883); two congratulatory letters on the recent election of Wickham to the Virginia Senate from B. Johnson Barbour and John T. Harris (November 19, 1883); and a request for a donation towards a University of Virginia chapel from Schele de Vere (November 21, 1883).","The diary begins with an entry about the secession of South Carolina from the Union and continues with entries about the evacuation of Fort Moultrie and the removal of troops to Fort Sumter in South Carolina; each state that secedes from the Union is noted and mention made of the firing upon the steamer Star of the West at Charleston, South Carolina; Intermixed with news of the impending war are notes about building a henhouse, nests, the receipt of toys, and weather; his father [Williams Carter Wickham] as a candidate for the Virginia Secession Convention from Henrico (January 29, 1861); and ends with an entry for February 12, 1861.","The diary mentions the following topics: the loan of a sharps rifle from George W. Randolph, supposedly owned before by John Brown and presented to the 1st [Virginia?] Regiment at Harper's Ferry; a four mile drive on the Petersburg Road to \"Strawberry Hill\" owned by Robert Edmond;  Judge and Mrs. Robertson leaving for \"Mount Athos\" their place in the country near Lynchburg, Virginia; double guard on \"the mills\" [Gallego Mills?]; the arrival of 1,000 men from Tennessee who went to the old fairgrounds; a drill by the \"Richland Rifles\" at the South Carolina camp; occupation of Alexandria by President Lincoln's troops; news of a battle at Bethel Church between Yorktown and Hampton; the departure of 2,000 troops for Manassas on June 13th; a visit to Camp Lee; examination of the fortifications below the city with locations noted; note that business is very slow since the commencement of the war; the meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Macfarland and General Lee at Mr. Lyon's [home?]; birth of a daughter [Elise Warwick Barksdale Wickham (1861-1952)] on August 28, 1861; note that he spent the last month with the 16th Virginia Regiment as Quartermaster at \"Camp Withers\" six miles from Norfolk; his orders to transfer to Colonel L. Smith's office as paymaster, September 13, 1861; and the death of cousin Fanny Townes, September 20, 1861.","Subjects include: lists of books purchased from Peter Cotton (October 20, 1816-January 27, 1817 and September 22, 1817); purchases of quills, paper, ink, chessmen, etc. (October 15, 1817); hires of enslaved laborers (January 25 and 27, 1817 and February 21, 1817); and a bill of sale for enslaved laborers (September 17, 1817).","Subjects include: medical care for enslaved laborers from Dr. W.P. Jones (January 12, February 24 and 26, March 24, and June 24, 1818); a hire of an enslaved laborer (April 2, 1819); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men (January 19, 1820).","Subjects include: the return of a little boy, Joe Lewis, and little girl, Lucy, the property of William F. Wickham (September 28, 1821); payment to overseer William Lizer on \"South Wales\" plantation (January 26, 1821); and purchase of paper, ink, and books (July 7, 1821).","Subjects include: the hire of an enslaved girl, Jenny (January 11, 1823).","Subjects include: hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1834-1835; 1837-1838, 1840); and a list of books and magazines, quills, pencils, and paper purchased (1836-1838).","Subjects include: hiring of Samuel Bumpass as overseer (1842); the sale of an enslaved boy, Washington (January 6, 1843); hiring of Nathaniel B. Priddy as overseer (1843); sale of the enslaved woman, Nancy Wylde, and her two youngest children (May 23, 1843); and the sale of an enslaved man, Ned Davis (June 27, 1843).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (July 20, 1846; March 22 and April 16, 1847).","Subjects include: lists of books and writing supplies purchased (February 1848; July 14, 1848; and October 4, 1849).","Subjects include: lists of books purchased (January and November 1850); memoranda book containing the names of enslaved laborers (May 12, 1850); and the hire of enslaved men, Giles, Frank, and John from J.H. Wickham (1851).","Subjects include: list of taxable property for William F. Wickham in 1853, includes 96 enslaved laborers over 16 years old and 116 enslaved laborers over twelve years old.","Subjects include: partners listed for Warwick and Barksdale at the \"Gallego Mills\" following the death of William J. Barksdale (February 15 and July 2, 1860).","Subjects include: theft of stock certificates, bank book, and checks from Williams Carter at the \"North Wales\" plantation during a Yankee raid (May 31, 1864); copy of the last will and testament of Williams Carter with a codicil dated July 30, 1864, freeing his two enslaved women, Margaret and Sally, with any offspring that they have as soon as peace shall be established in the country (July 17, 1864); an enslaved mulatto girl named Sally was lent to Anne Butler Berkeley by Williams Carter (August 10, 1864); indenture concerning the former plantations and property of Williams Carter, Sr. including \"North Wales\" and \"Broad Neck\" (May 16, 1867); and payroll lists (April 1, 1868).","Subjects include: receipts for work in the coal banks, Clifton, West Virginia (1873).","Subjects include: a valuation of personal property at \"North Wales\" plantation; valuation of real estate of Mr. [Abraham] Warwick made by commissioners, including factories, blacksmith shop, houses, lots, and a Brookfield farm; and a list of the names of enslaved laborers, with their evaluations.","These three oversize items include an indenture between Betty Littlepage and Charles Carter of Corotoman (May 5, 1768); a deed of trust from Carter B. Page and Rebecca Page to Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Harrison (June 17, 1817); and an indenture concerning Catherine Page, \"Broad Neck\" and Williams Carter (March 11, 1822).","The oversize deeds and indentures include those signed by Carter B. and Rebecca Page and Thomas Taylor (June 7, 1817); an indenture between John Wickham, Edward Carrington, Daniel Call, and Littleton Waller Tazewell (March 17, 1800); an indenture between Harry and Anna Terrell and Charles Carter (October 7, 1769); an indenture between James Littlepage and Joel Terrell (April 23, 1751); an indenture between John Littlepage and John Carter (March 2, 1735); and a bill of sale for two male enslaved men, Billy and Cyrus (January 15, 1820).","These include a list with the heading \"A List of My Slaves, such as I wish to keep, such as I may wish to sell and may wish to send to the West\" with names, ages, special skills or jobs, and their evaluations on the \"Rocky Mills\" and \"South Wales\" plantations belonging to Edmund Fanning Wickham in 1835; an account of the sale of land and enslaved laborers at \"Rocky Mills\" in November 1842 with the name of the purchaser, name of the enslaved laborer and the prices; a list of enslaved laborers treated by Dr. J.P. Harrison (April 24, 1844; July 1845; July 1848); list of William F. Wickham's enslaved laborers by age category (1843); the evaluation of an enslaved man, Tom Christian and his entire family (December 22, 1846); a list of named enslaved laborers with their ages belonging to the estate of Dr. James McClurg, Hanover County, Virginia, with evalutions by W. O. Winston (January 18, 1852); a list of 209 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1854); a list of 269 named enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] (January 1859); a list of enslaved laborers belonging to [William F. Wickham?] who were either carried off the plantation by Yankee forces or left of their own accord during the Civil War (1862-1864); and one list of enslaved men between the ages of 18 and 55 with the notation that two are in Confederate service, 14 remain on the plantation and 33 have left and gone to the enemy (January 31, 1865) and another list of enslaved laborers that went to the enemy by year, 120 in all [1865].","These six oversize items include four land grant certificates to Edmund F. Wickham and Edwin P. Crenshaw; a London Medical Society membership certificate for Dr. James Maclurg (1784); a letter from Lucy Nelson (1835).","The oversize plats include one for \"North Wales\" plantation belonging to Charles Carter, October 4, 1779; a plat of \"South Wales\" and Lane plantations, Hanover County, according to the division of January 1818, but updated on May 21, 1858; a plat showing the part of \"South Wales\" plantation allotted to Anne B. Carter, the purchase of land by W.F. Wickham from Thomas Carter, and \"Hickory Hill\" plantation purchased by W.F. Wickham from the estate of George W. Smith, November 27, 1825; plat of \"Verdon\" Hanover County, Virginia, belonging to the estate of John T. Anderson (December 1, 1865); and an undated plat showing parcels of land west of the Missouri River, apparently belonging to Thomas Gorham and a Wickham family member, 4 items.","These six oversize items include a survey of the Broad Neck or Big Neck tract for Thomas C. Nelson (September 8, 1818); survey of the Lane tract, part of the South Wales Estate (January 1818); plat of the Lane tract, South Wales and Hickory Hill (January 1818); fields laid off and numbered from a survey of W.F. Wickham's river fields (February 16, 1837); surveys no. 137 and no. 146 in Saline County, Missouri for Edmund F. Wickham (1841); diagram of land plots to the west of the Missouri River and the 5th principal meridian, presumably in Missouri [1841-1842?].","This material includes a recollection of George Wythe by William F. Wickham (1874); and the first recollection of General Robert E. Lee by Anne Carter Wickham Renshaw Byerly, written in a letter to her brother Henry (undated); biographical sketches of Captain William C. Wickham, U.S. Navy (April 19, 1962 and September 1985), John Wickham (undated), and General Williams Carter Wickham (undated); and history of \"Hickory Hill\" (undated).","Families discussed include Fanning, Leiper, Martian, Peyton, Pye, Tabb and Barksdale, Taylor, Warwick, and Wingfield.","This includes a report of [3rd (Wickham's) Virginia Cavalry Brigade] near Front Royal, Virginia (August 23, 1864).","This folder includes such items as the weather at Hickory Hill (1857); a prayer of Bishop Meade (1861); printed advertisement for a catalog of attorneys (1875); damaged circular from a Rochester nursery (1882); a horse pedigree (undated); and \"Notes on Planting Box at Williamsburg\" by Arthur A. Shurcliff (undated).","These include Wickham's notes concerning the \"Home Reminiscences of John Randolph, of Roanoke\" by Powhatan Bouldin, the benefits of lime and marl, and W.W. Mac Farland's address.","These include [Julia L. Wickham], \"Peliso\" Orange, Virginia, gardens in Rome, [Hickory Hill], Captain Williams C. 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