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Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.","Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. 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Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00085.frame","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988),","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents."," See:  Southern Women and their Families in the 19 th  Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87"," Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois.","Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.","There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman)."," \nIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988)."," \nSee also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19 th  Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","\nBlenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","\nWell my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","\n[Page 3]","\nthe rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of ","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","\n[sideways across page 2]","\nThe Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","\nMonday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","\n[Sideways on page 3]","\nious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.","Scope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.","Scope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Scope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..","Physical Location: See medium oversize file.","Scope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..","Scope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. Manuscript Volume 1.","Scope and Contents Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell by Major Burr Powell son: a description of the battle at Manassas Junction on 1861 July 21in a letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's Brigade, to his Mother (Copy); Civil War Journal (May 1 - May 27); list of names: dead? under Civil War battles; Civil War Journal 1862 December 18 -1863 March 28; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally Sarah Powell,1776 January 27, (Copy). Manuscript Volume 2.","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth. Manuscript Volume 3.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation lists, and marriages performed, accounts and prayers. included of pages concerning members of Powell Family. Manuscript Volume 4.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)","English"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 65 P875","/repositories/2/resources/8863"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Powell Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Powell Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Powell Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creator_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creators_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 682 items and 2 MsV., 1952."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Women--United States--History--19th century","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Women--United States--History--19th century","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["684.00 items"],"extent_ssm":["3.25 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["3.25 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[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],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.\u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. 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The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. 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Collection number: Mss. 65 P87"," Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. 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Congressman).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \nIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \nSee also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003eth\u003c/emph\u003e Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by B. Cottinger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore instructions about the claim being made against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrivate financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions Laura's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBriefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWar's effects on postal service; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of L. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails about progress of the war; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses her pay for tutoring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives information on job prospects; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFound a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his house and surroundings; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his teaching position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; much town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a letter from Kate?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on news of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses teacher's pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTranscription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nBlenheim  October 24th\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSunday morning [1864]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWell my lady-love do you know\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethat it has been almost three weeks\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003esince the arrival of your last letter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eto me, and two weeks since I answered\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eit, and not a line have I had from\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou since, no nor a word from either\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePa or Sis since the 9th of the month.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou all must think I am dead, buried,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eand forgotten, at least you quite forget\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethat I get the blues horribly shut up here\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ein the country when none of you write\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eto me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003elast the very first letter I had had from\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eanyone for 10 days, or from anybody\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebut her for 16.  I have no correspondents this\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyear at all except you all \u0026amp; you ought to\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewrite to me often.  And pray miss what are\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou so occupied with that you can't find\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003etime to write, friend Markoe or your\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epoor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ea letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehave spent the day with her, \u0026amp; thro' Mrs\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStewart that John Tabb was at church\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewith you and [?] Powell. I suppose\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou have not been so quiet that you\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e[Page 2]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehad nothing to write about and I\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eam just disposed to be charitable\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003etowards you at all, so if you want to\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eget into my good graces you had better\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eset yourself right down \u0026amp; write me\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003etwo or three good long letters.  Mother\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewrites me that Willie Dupuy is at\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehome wounded in the shoulder \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt Watkins in the hand but neither\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eof them dangerously, however.  I suppose\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou have heard all about them, tis not\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eworth while for me to tell you, and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI reckon Willie will manage to see\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMiss Nina before he returns to the army.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHave you ever heard anything from\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMr. Markoe since you went down\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ein the cars with him, Sis seemed to\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethink you are decidedly smitten.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWell I suppose as you are so long writing\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eto me you hardly care to hear what I\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehave been doing, so I have a great mind\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003enot to tell you, and in fact I hardly\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003equite know where to begin it has been\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eso long but just for my own gratification\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSouth Carolinians at his house, sent from\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethe hospital, they have been there a long\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003etime very sick \u0026amp; are just now getting\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewell enough to visit about. One of them\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eis a Col Dogan, without exception\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n[Page 3]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nthe rudest, most boisterous, vulgar\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eman I ever saw, well yesterday week\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI heard his voice down stairs \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eknew he had come to stay all day\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eso I dressed myself, slipped out the\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eback way and went over to old\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003every pleasant day indeed, I found\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eher [?] an exceedingly intelligent\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eagreeable girl, I took to her very much\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eindeed \u0026amp; I think she did to me, but\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eshe has just lost her father so the vis-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eiting will have to be all on my side\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003efor a while.  When I get back in the even-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eing here was Col D still \u0026amp; he staid until\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026amp; Cordi-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eal as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026amp; says\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eshe is coming up for me soon some Fri-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eday evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMarylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003estaid here all night.  I found him a\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003every agreeable gentleman I forgot to\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003esay that Sunday while we were at din-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ener Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026amp; brought\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eher Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e[Page 4]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMcGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eand Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ely to see me and I enjoyed their visit\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003every much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e18 but he is six feet tall very handsome\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eand very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eand is a quiet gentlemanly widower but\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003enothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eH sent a horse for me \u0026amp; I went over there \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003estaid all night, and then saw the third\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eS.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eone of the most accomplished elegant\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003egentlemen I have ever met with. I\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ecame home on horseback Wednesday morning\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ein time for school \u0026amp; when I came out of school\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003efound Cousin John here.  He says if it is good\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eweather next Friday he is coming up to take\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eme down to his house to stay until Sun-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eday where I will come home with the Dr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003efrom church.  Thursday all the gentlemen\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003efrom Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eday Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eprisoner and if he is not exchanged soon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewill come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026amp; my-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eself walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eour nearest neighbors \u0026amp; I paid my first\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003evisit there, and her son who went down\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ein the cars the day you did with Bell\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eStewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehonest, good, solider, but not over burdened\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e[sideways on page 1]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewith intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eand going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebut I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eto get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eget some for me, \u0026amp; if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003efor you \u0026amp; me too, I have only two \u0026amp; I want some very much.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnd now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eto Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethis letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewill be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026amp; I shall send\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026amp; [shirt sleeves?] for your\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003esilk dress \u0026amp; a little of my perfume but it did not turn\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eout well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n[sideways across page 2]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nThe Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eso if you have gotten cartridges \u0026amp; have a chance I wish\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eyou would send me some by him.  Have you made your\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ealpaca dress yet \u0026amp; how did you make it particularly\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ethe sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ewhat to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e4th of next month \u0026amp; I think I must make it by that\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003etime. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eof unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003enothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026amp; knit\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eon my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003emind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003every anxious to know what Mother will do, and\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003erather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003elike her to be near you, or I think we could go to\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003esee her there.  Write soon to your own loving\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSister Hattie\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nMonday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebe able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ehe will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003egot an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eday week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ebid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n[Sideways on page 3]\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003edress \u0026amp; shall have to set to work immediately to make\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eit, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003email at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eH.L.P.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; discusses Union troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSend the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily life and schedule; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of people she has seen or heard from.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePleads with her to visit them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses tuition for Mildred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a check for Mildred's tuition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. 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Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send socks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious matters; lists social events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. 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Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman)."," \nIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988)."," \nSee also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19 th  Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","\nBlenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","\nWell my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","\n[Page 3]","\nthe rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of ","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","\n[sideways across page 2]","\nThe Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","\nMonday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","\n[Sideways on page 3]","\nious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.","Scope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.","Scope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Scope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..","Physical Location: See medium oversize file.","Scope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..","Scope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. Manuscript Volume 1.","Scope and Contents Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell by Major Burr Powell son: a description of the battle at Manassas Junction on 1861 July 21in a letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's Brigade, to his Mother (Copy); Civil War Journal (May 1 - May 27); list of names: dead? under Civil War battles; Civil War Journal 1862 December 18 -1863 March 28; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally Sarah Powell,1776 January 27, (Copy). Manuscript Volume 2.","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth. Manuscript Volume 3.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation lists, and marriages performed, accounts and prayers. included of pages concerning members of Powell Family. 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MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.","The collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","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","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","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","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","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","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","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","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","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","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","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","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","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","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note.","A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_ssim":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"creators_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","Skipwith Family"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated to Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1947 and 1983 by Dr. and Mrs. John W. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Skipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of a slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of slaves\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £130,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of some tobacco, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for £795, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of some oats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding some horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not intend to sell his mare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for horse breeding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of some bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast delivery of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of some sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntertaining expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEscape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for a wardrobe chest and a case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for linens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of money with interest due since 1773.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProcurement of two ship's carpenters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnded the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of his Negro Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their joint bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHealth of the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout credit for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFailure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome corn and paints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpare scythe stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending case for the settlement of a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of some bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of various letters and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOpening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStray steer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcquaints him of his arrival in America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of his surveying equipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due to Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to stay at Beauford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of exchange for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecurity for some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThread and butter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £1009..10..0.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of his work horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his taxes and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation regarding some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDischarging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot undertake to prosecute his case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMust delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of some land and a court case pending.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of various legal costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCattle he expects for North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas plotted the mill pond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScantling and plank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods on board the ship Robert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for some prunes, raisins and currants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrices of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVerdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInjunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs willing to sell his land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer of a horse for £45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Green will view the road next Thursday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIngram's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of five grindstones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are some for her brother, Hugh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits pending that day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of the certificate tax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBad weather and its interruption of various projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown's ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA suit; advises caution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some clover and grass seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of turnip seeds, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaddle for a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of three hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping some tobacco to Bristol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of some grass seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis \"agreeable passage\" back to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of their accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his account with Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis failure to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstruction of some ditches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and settlement of some debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt to Colonel William Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the debt for the horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsefulness of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInability to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026amp; Co. which has been returned to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bonds which he took care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLicense for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some grass seed for his orchard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis recent illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of his tobacco sold in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for a wagon and slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAre sending him a hamper of London port wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis attendance at the Court House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis borrowing money on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly delivery of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a plot of tobacco land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of the Holt estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account since December 1785.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a packet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some nails and buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles requested by him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout some money due to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHop roots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumber of his slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitle to a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco, and related business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the balance outstanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his suit against Mr. Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawes, Stephenson, \u0026amp; Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis decision to be of service to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchandise contracted for, being ready.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis title to some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutstanding taxes for 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir tobacco account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026amp; Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill attend to his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased, including linen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Christmas box and other small matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe goods purchased by her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plan of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePort wine and Irish beef tongue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement and receipt for the balance of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill \u0026amp; receipt for bridge tolls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for some articles furnished for his daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight on board a ship bound for London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney oustanding on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the power of an attorney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of three stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mill stone business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudgement and execution for debt against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for shipping his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning legal business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court and legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account with Messrs. J. \u0026amp; A. Freeland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis collection of books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublic auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeal for the sale and possession of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills on Glasgow and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his land in Halifax County .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis order for Imperial Tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome property near Washington and also business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax returns on his still.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe law concerning the possession of stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money he owes him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious correspondence and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt and other legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe price of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaleb Johnston eight pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJob that Robson was not able to perform as expected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Peter Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed as miscellaneous note paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment for Baird Judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Peyton and Bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of certification by John Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt for payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's financial and legal transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHome remedy and treatment for yellow fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two thousand five hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erequesting the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026amp; Duncan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding looking glasses and brass andirons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInterests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026amp; Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request for $4800.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown writer's daughter Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026amp; Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026amp; other restrictions on commerce.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirection along the main road to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026amp; Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for books, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eError in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormer business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEach bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $15000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $100.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003einvoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriter's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and invoice of books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrection of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $10.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for lodging and other services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for one piece of web.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHumberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for cotillion party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for planking and scathing purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for mending plastering round the doors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for financial aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of wool.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Baily taking his slaves away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $3000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $2000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of money and bonds given John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for loan to John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat prices and wine prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDenies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCameron is lending money to Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning notices delivered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sales of flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to buy crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver goods bought.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to provide good security for his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill supply him with a sulky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for $7500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for loan of $3500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on tobacco sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends items from their store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to purchase corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad his wife and child are now well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $1000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer health better; hopes to have another child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $5000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's tax problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganization of The Exchange Bank of Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $30,000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLiquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to pay his bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCelia's divorce went through.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia census of 1890.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFerry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eincluding a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with no obvious Skipwith connection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee also Medium Oversize File.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSee Manuscript Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndexed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndexed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. 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Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","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","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","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","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","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","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","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","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","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","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","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","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","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","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eA portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials:"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":1562,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T10:55:13.419Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c64"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85","type":"File","attributes":{"title":"Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85","ref_ssm":["viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85"],"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09_c85","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09","parent_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09","parent_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_9004","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01","viw_repositories_2_resources_9004_c01_c01_c09"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers","Series 1: Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, Map","Skipwith correspondence, map, and other dated papers","1811-1820"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers","Series 1: Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, Map","Skipwith correspondence, map, and other dated papers","1811-1820"],"text":["Skipwith Family papers","Series 1: Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, Map","Skipwith correspondence, map, and other dated papers","1811-1820","Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware","Box 9","Folder 85a","Scope and Contents"],"title_filing_ssi":"Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware","title_ssm":["Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware"],"title_tesim":["Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1819 July 20"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1819"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Account of Mr Humberstone Skipwith with James Woodward for furniture and silverware"],"component_level_isim":[4],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["File"],"level_ssim":["File"],"sort_isi":993,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.","See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.","The collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","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","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","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","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","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","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","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","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","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","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","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","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","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","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. Acc. 2011.438.","Acc. 2011.591 transferred from College Papers a 2-page letter from Kate Skipwith with Vellum Card Trick note and letter from EG Swem explaining the note.","A portion of the library of Lady Jean Skipwith is in the Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 Sk3","/repositories/2/resources/9004"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_title_tesim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"collection_ssim":["Skipwith Family papers"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"geogname_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"creator_ssm":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_ssim":["Skipwith Family","Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Skipwith Family"],"creators_ssim":["Skipwith, Fulwar, 1836-1900","Skipwith, Humberston, 1791-1863","Skipwith, Jean Miller, 1748-1826","Skipwith Family"],"places_ssim":["Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775"],"access_terms_ssm":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Donated to Special Collections Research Center in batches between 1947 and 1983 by Dr. and Mrs. John W. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access:"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Skipwith Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eProcessed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information:"],"processinfo_tesim":["Processed by Anne Lewis and Deborah W. Smith during 1977-1978."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection.\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["See also the manuscript volume of Peyton Horatio Skipwith, Jr.  (Mss. MsV Skipwith); Robert Skipwith Papers (Mss. 74s Sk3); Robert Skipwith Diaries (Mss. 65 Sk4).  A picture of the Skipwith Pianoforte is in the University Archives Photograph Collection (P2000.49)."," 2008.257 Lady Jean Skipwith Collection."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains, business papers, correspondence, accounts and the farm notes of Sir Peyton Skipwith of Mecklenburg Co., Va., son Humberstone Skipwith and Humberstone Skipwith's wives and children, especially Fulwar Skipwith. Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of a slave.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture for the sale of slaves\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirections for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £130,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of some tobacco, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for £795, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of some oats.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInspection and sale of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreeding some horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoes not intend to sell his mare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for horse breeding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of some bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Bacon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLast delivery of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of some sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntertaining expenses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEscape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for a wardrobe chest and a case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBarley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for linens.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of money with interest due since 1773.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProcurement of two ship's carpenters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnded the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the return of his Negro Stewart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their joint bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHealth of the recipient.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of some corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout credit for £300.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFailure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome corn and paints.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpare scythe stones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending case for the settlement of a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of some bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of various letters and newspapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOpening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStray steer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcquaints him of his arrival in America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of his surveying equipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due to Sir Peyton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to stay at Beauford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of exchange for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecurity for some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThread and butter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnderstands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £1009..10..0.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of his work horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his taxes and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation regarding some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDischarging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCannot undertake to prosecute his case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMust delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of some land and a court case pending.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of various legal costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCattle he expects for North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas plotted the mill pond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScantling and plank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods on board the ship Robert.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for some prunes, raisins and currants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrices of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVerdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInjunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs willing to sell his land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer of a horse for £45.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eColonel Green will view the road next Thursday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIngram's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForwarding of five grindstones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are some for her brother, Hugh.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral suits pending that day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSummoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOverpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the payment of the certificate tax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBad weather and its interruption of various projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Brown's ticket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA suit; advises caution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some clover and grass seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of turnip seeds, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaddle for a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of three hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipping some tobacco to Bristol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of some grass seeds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis \"agreeable passage\" back to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of their accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of his account with Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis failure to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConstruction of some ditches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and settlement of some debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt to Colonel William Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTestimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the debt for the horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsefulness of his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInability to see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026amp; Co. which has been returned to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bonds which he took care of.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some lime.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLicense for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for some grass seed for his orchard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis recent illness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of his tobacco sold in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account for a wagon and slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAre sending him a hamper of London port wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis attendance at the Court House.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis borrowing money on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEarly delivery of some tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of a plot of tobacco land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for the sale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of the Holt estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account since December 1785.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a packet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some nails and buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCollection of some fees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles requested by him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some wine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout some money due to his wife.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePersonal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAbout the purchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDoctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePresentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHop roots.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSupply of various goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNumber of his slaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account for buttons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitle to a deed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco, and related business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of their account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the balance outstanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of his tobacco to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his suit against Mr. Robinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDawes, Stephenson, \u0026amp; Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis decision to be of service to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchandise contracted for, being ready.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis title to some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for forty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and eighty pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOutstanding taxes for 1783.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir tobacco account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight for his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026amp; Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReport on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill attend to his interests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods purchased, including linen.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Christmas box and other small matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe goods purchased by her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey and plan of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePort wine and Irish beef tongue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeclaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDomestic matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement and receipt for the balance of his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for some money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill \u0026amp; receipt for bridge tolls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for some articles furnished for his daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suits pending in the Brunswick district court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFreight on board a ship bound for London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney oustanding on his account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the power of an attorney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of three stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis consignment of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe mill stone business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudgement and execution for debt against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for shipping his tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning legal business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court and legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of some cash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account with Messrs. J. \u0026amp; A. Freeland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis collection of books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublic auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeal for the sale and possession of some land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills on Glasgow and London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his land in Halifax County .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis order for Imperial Tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a pair of shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome property near Washington and also business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTax returns on his still.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe purchase of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe delivery of a letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe law concerning the possession of stills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe payment of some money he owes him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious correspondence and other business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt and other legal matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVarious business matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe price of some pork.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCaleb Johnston eight pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConsignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImpending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDebts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWarns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJob that Robson was not able to perform as expected.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAs the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePetition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis suit against Peter Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUsed as miscellaneous note paper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment for Baird Judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Peyton and Bell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter of certification by John Holloway.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTaxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Including receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt of payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding receipt for payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMap caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMatters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's financial and legal transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHome remedy and treatment for yellow fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for two thousand five hundred pounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erequesting the use of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026amp; Duncan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding looking glasses and brass andirons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInterests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026amp; Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request for $4800.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFulwar Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026amp; Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown writer's daughter Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026amp; Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eState of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026amp; other restrictions on commerce.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDirection along the main road to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026amp; Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGiving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDate of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble, London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026amp; Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAvailability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBaskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder for books, including an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMare.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased, including cloth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eError in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026amp; Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDisposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrder of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFormer business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEach bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $15000\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eObligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $100.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003einvoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDivison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriter's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGuardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBalance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and invoice of books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrection of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrice of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $10.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note for $50.00\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for lodging and other services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for one piece of web.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for goods purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoice and bill for books purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHumberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for cotillion party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for planking and scathing purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBooks purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for mending plastering round the doors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for financial aid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of wool.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Baily taking his slaves away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $3000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for a loan of $2000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStatement of money and bonds given John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePurchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFarmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequest for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrangements for loan to John Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat prices and wine prices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Mr. Boyd's flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDenies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLoan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCameron is lending money to Buford.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning notices delivered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sales of flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to buy crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill deliver goods bought.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to provide good security for his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill supply him with a sulky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote for $7500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for loan of $3500.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eData on tobacco sales.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends items from their store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWants to purchase corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGlad his wife and child are now well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $1000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer health better; hopes to have another child.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $5000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSkipwith's tax problems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrganization of The Exchange Bank of Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNational economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $4000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks to borrow $30,000.00.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLiquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to pay his bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCelia's divorce went through.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia census of 1890.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFerry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and 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Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eincluding a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? 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He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBegins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. 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Papers are primarily business in nature and reflect the management of \"Prestwould.\""," Papers also concern the development of Lady Skipwith's library, the education of Fulwar Skipwith and his brother Grey Skipwith. Manuscript volumes concern farm accounts, gardening, the study of French and Fulwar Skipwith's lists of books.","Oversize Folder 1: Formerly Box VII, folder 5a oversize file: Feb 1, 1798 manuscript map entitled Sir Peyton Skipwith's land A.D. 1798, Joh Hill Cartographer.\nOBox XXI, Folder 33 medium oversize file, House Plans including photostat."," Skipwith Family Papers in Swem Library's microform area, 14 reels, call number HD 1471 .U5 R43 ser. L part 3","Skipwith Correspondence, Manuscripts, Manuscript Volumes, Fulwar Skipwith Notebooks, dated and undated. Boxes I-XX.","Indenture for the sale of a slave.","Deed of conveyance for 390 acres of land in Lunenburg County","Payment of twelve pounds to Mr. Sterling Thonton","Receipt for five pounds, nineteen shillings.","Account for one pound, nineteen shillings, and eleven pence. Also some rough accounts.","Receipt for the sale of a large, bay horse.","Deed.","Directions to pay Sterling Thornton five pounds, seven shillings, and four pence.","Indenture for the sale of slaves","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for five pounds, ten shillings in payment for a pair of mill stones.","Payment of three pounds, twelve shillings which he is in need of. Letter was returned and endorsed by Harris as a receipt for the money, dated August 8, 1769.","Directions for the payment to Mr. James Yancey of eight pounds, seven shillings, and six pence. Letter endorsed on April 4, 1770 by James Yancey and returned as a receipt.","Receipt for eleven pounds for two years of mill stones.","Promissory note for sixty-seven pounds, six shillings, and nine pence.","Receipt for two pair of shoes.","Bond for seventy pounds.","About a horse.","Bond for £200 for the building of three mills by September next.","Payment of some money.","Scope and Contents","Sale of some bacon and other provisions. The people in Richmond are in great want.","Receipt for nine guineas. 2 pages. Autograph document.","Bond for eighty pounds.","Bond for £130,000.","Breeding horses.","Notes on land deed and a deed of trust for 12 Negroes from Sir Peyton? Skipwith to? Ferril and? Ferril to ? Moss, and ? Holmes.","A blank indenture for payment of an unspecified account to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","The mating of several mares with his horse, Black and All Black.","Deed for title to some lands in consideration of £300.","Receipt two pounds, two shillings, and two pence.","Price of some tobacco, etc.","Bill for £795, fifteen shillings.","Transportation of some oats.","Barley.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Inspection and sale of some tobacco.","Payment for some bacon sold to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Delivery of 5000 pounds of tobacco to Mr. John C. Littlepage. Endorsed by J.C. Littlepage.","Breeding some horses.","Does not intend to sell his mare.","Payment for horse breeding.","The purchase of some bacon.","Account with Sir Peyton Skipwith, Slott?, and Donaldson, and Henry Sandifer.","Delivery of some bacon to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents Bacon.","Last delivery of some corn.","Supply of some sugar.","Tobacco.","Entertaining expenses.","Conveying the Brunswick District Court order to pay some money and tobacco to David Apperson.","Sale of some tobacco. Confusion in Harwood's estate following the death of his father. A large sum of money \"for the purpose of raising a soldier.\"","Escape of a prisoner who has fled to the enemy.","Bill for a wardrobe chest and a case.","Barley. Is anxious to meet Sir Peyton.","Delivery of sugar.","Sugar.","Receipt for two hundred and five pounds, ten shillings.","About Col. Eastleigh, Miss Skipwith, etc. \"This cursed invasion has thrown everything into confusion.\"","Bond for 160,000 pounds of tobacco.","Copy of a bond for a hundred and sixty thousand pounds of crop tobacco between Robert Tucker of Sussex County and William Burge of Prince George County and Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt.","Account of estate of Dr. John Ravenscroft, Cairnsmoore, Scotland, with Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft.","Bond for £300.","Notations of a lease by Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Various bills. receipts, etc. for spices, wine, and mutton.","Statement of their account for linens.","Payment of money with interest due since 1773.","Procurement of two ship's carpenters.","Statement of his account for salt. signed in Beall's behalf by B. Holmes.","Ended the bargain he made with Mr. Smith.","Requests the return of his Negro Stewart.","Payment for 203 head of cattle delivered for the use of the French Army.","Has been ill, but will send him his money in a few days. Also the offer of an old dog - \"very slow,\" but \"is very true and good for a fox.\"","Has spent all his available money in the purchase of a horse, but will pay him shortly.","Two cows which were left in her care. Both died, but she may keep the hides.","Cannot attend his sale. Also requests payment for some bacon","Imprisonment and sale of a person who was enslaved by Sir Peyton.","Survey of land bought by Sir Peyton Skipwith from William Natchell, together with Armistead's fee for surveying the land.","Various bills, receipts, etc., for shingles, shoes, wool, and spices.","Payment of their joint bond.","Offer to defend him in his suit against Mr. Hooper.","Health of the recipient.","Death of thirty-five head of Sir Peyton's cattle, and recompense for looking after the remainder.","Disposal of some corn.","Order for corn and meal. Hears news \"that there is a certain general peace--a happy event to us.\"","About credit for £300.","Failure to pay for some salt. Threatens to take him to court.","Some corn and paints.","Spare scythe stones.","Contract.","Impending case for the settlement of a deed.","Receipt for the payment of some bonds.","Forwarding of various letters and newspapers.","Bond for the sale of some lands and Negro slaves in part settlement of a previous bond for tobacco. Also part of a fuller bond, dated October 9, 1786 entered into between Robert Turnbull, Petersburg, and Robert Tucker.","Tobacco business. \"The great advances my late partnership is in for our friends abroad, has laid me under very great and disagreeable inconveniences.\"","Various accounts, receipts, etc., for spices, shoe boots, buttons, and hinges.","Reestablishment of their correspondence, disrupted during \"the last unhappy war.\" Mr. Thomas Main will give further details in person.","Is sending his partner and nephew, Mr. Main, to settle their account, a more expedient method of settling their claims than by the use of attorneys.","Opening of correspondence with Messers. Berth and Sigrist, Amsterdam, for the consignment of tobacco.","Stray steer.","Order to pay the expenses of two witnesses testifying at the suit of James Hooper.","Tobacco.","Acquaints him of his arrival in America.","Requests the use of his surveying equipment.","Money due to Sir Peyton.","Has inquired for reliable purchasers for his goods which many will fetch eighty guineas.","Invitation to stay at Beauford.","Sale of some Negroes. All the three potential purchasers were of substance.","Mr. Hutchinson and Colonel Skirving would like to see him in person.","Bill of exchange for some cattle.","Mr. Campbell wishes to settle the matter in an English court.","Introducing himself on behalf of his firm Dawes, Stephenson, and Co., tobacco merchants.","Payment of their tobacco account. Hopes he will spare him any further trouble.","Sale of his tobacco. Hopes to meet him before he returns to England.","Security for some tobacco.","Business matters.","Mr. Ruffin's bond.","Mr. Ruffin's case to pay his bond. \"The most speedy and vigorous methods shall be pursued.\"","Mr. Fiveash's affair. Appended a statement of his account with Thomas Fiveash.","Memorandum of a bargain entered into for some cattle.","Thread and butter","Statement of Sir Peyton's account with the General Court for various suits, etc.","Tax account.","Understands he is a lenient creditor. Requests that he may pay part of the bond that he is security to for Robert Connell.","Offer to sell his land. Requests a quick determination.","Letter from Mr. Nelson concerning the price of tobacco.","Receipt for £1009..10..0.","Notifying him of his appointment as Surveyor of the road in place of Thomas Vaughan.","Bankruptcy suit filed by Mr. Murray's executors. Major portion of his debt is Mr. Allen's rather than Sir Peyton's.","Purchase of his work horse.","A blank summons to call a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his dispute with J. Harmanson?","Payment of his taxes and other business.","Payment for a Negro he has had since August 1782.","Is sorry but he has already sold the horse, but will try to procure him back. Thinks the horse is destined for New York. \"He is an excellent covering horse and well calculated to get colts for the turf.\" Remarks on the severity of the laws against racing in his state.","Some of his tobacco sold in 1775. Is glad to hear he wishes to renew his correspondence with their firm. Will do everything to protct his interests.","His letter came too late; had already sold the horse. However he expects to buy it back next season when he will have first preference. Further details about some of its colts - \"I veryyly believe him to be as pure a blooded horse as any in America or England.\"","Information regarding some cattle.","Receipt for one large packing trunk purchased of Edmund Wells, trunk and case maker.","Scope and Contents The payment of one of his notes. Has sent Captain Matthew Gibb to see him and hopes he \"will consider the disadvantage I labour under by being so long kept out of the money.\"","Discharging his bond for a tract fo land he had bought of Mr. Machary?","Cannot undertake to prosecute his case.","Mr. Ingram is doing his best to replevy his debt to him, but his scheme to do so must, by law, be approved by Sir Peyton his creditor. Also, the sale of some Negroes will not be permitted except with his approval.","Freight to England. Will remain in America till next spring.","His dismissal as surveyor, but is wishing to survey their land as a private surveyor.","His chartering of \"a fine British butt vessel\" to take his tobacco.","Will shortly be going to Richmond and desires to know what business, if any, he would like him to transact there for him.","Purchase of some cattle. 1 page. Autograph letter signed.","Must delay his visit to Richmond to attend the court where Mrs. Humphries, wife of John Humphries, is to be examined for the murder of one of her negro girls.","Requests the use of a small lumber cart to take home a box of glass.","Purchase of some cattle.","Shipment of his tobacco.","His tobacco--no offers as yet. Mr. Main will obtain freight for the goods he has ordered.","Dispatch of his notes to Colonel Joseph Green of Wayne County, N. C. for the purchase of his cattle.","His tobacco which is now on board a ship ready to sail.","Deed for the sale of some land to Bigelow on the Roanoke River.","Survey of some land and a court case pending.","Agreement to serve as overseer at Bugs Farm or on one of his plantations.","His progress at school in England. Describes a visit with Mayor Grymes to see the palace of Windsor.","Account of various legal costs.","Cattle he expects for North Carolina.","Is pleased to hear of his intention to deal in tobacco with his friends Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson and Co., London. Presents low price of tobacco and how prospects for the present growing crop are--\"which added to the restless and uneasy situation of the Northern and Eastern states will probably cause some amendment in the European market.\"","Has plotted the mill pond.","Scope and Contents Just arrived in London; bad season for visiting the city, as all fashionable people have left for \"watering places;\" will leave in a day or two for the Hague, then for Paris by way of Flanders; Eng. in a state of chaos; Irish propositions uncertain; necessity of learning French to do business not only in France but everywhere on the continent; his son Gray should learn French, and Italian too perhaps; Jefferson, already a year in France, is obliged to speak much English, so his French does not improve; Col. David Humphries, legation secretary, the same; have tried harder than any American ever to learn French; has heard of his possible visit to Europe; hopes to see him; can send letters to Col. Forrest or Fulwar Skipwith; hopes he received papers left for him in Virginia; Hog Island gave concern, and hopes he got rid of it; his kind offer of assistance may be taken up, as have not heard from Mr. Benjamin Harrison, who agreed to handle affairs; ask for a letter of credit, to be used only in an emergency; has written in this vein before, but think letters miscarried; sends this through Col. Forrest and Fulwar Skipwith.","Is loading a ship for Bristol and reminds him of his promise to send twenty hogshead of tobacco ?","Business matters.","Scantling and plank.","Goods on board the ship Robert.","Shipment of goods to him, including various types of seeds.","Order for some prunes, raisins and currants.","Prices of tobacco.","Receipt for puchase of some books including four volumes of Rabelais' books--\"very scare.\"","Loading of his tobacco on board the vessel Tweed.","Verdict and judgement of the General Court in favor of Skipwith in his suit against Ferrell. Damages of one penny plus cost.","Injunction granted to Pineas Ingram staying the proceedings in his suit with Sir Peyton over the sale of some Negroes.","Is willing to sell his land.","Fifty-five pounds, Virginia money, received of Thomas Vaughan.","Acknowledges his letter of 10 October. He is now second boy at Mr. Cotton's school where Major Grymes proposes he stays until August when he can go to Eton. Has had a letter from Uncle Miller.","Financial matters.","Bills, etc. on John Hyndman and Co.","Shoes, stockings, boots, salt, flour, spices, and bridles for horses.","List of horses delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Receipt of some money.","To meet his commitments, he will sell some land, and hopes to be allowed to \"set up at your shop or mill.\"","Has been appointed by the Court as one of the gentlement to act as executor to an estate in which Hepburn has a third interest.","Offer of a horse for £45.","His business in court and various other business matters. 2 pages.","Disposal of a South Carolina Negro, etc.","Order to impound part of the estate of Robert Harrison in payment for debts owed to Thomas Vaughan; Harrison being absconded.","Sale of 3000 lbs. of sugar on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Colonel Green will view the road next Thursday.","Ingram's tobacco.","Forwarding of five grindstones.","Breaking in of his horse to harness before his journey to Richmond.","Collection of some apple and pear trees at Shrosburys.","Letter regarding Colonel Green's report on the road.","Many favors which he acknowledges he has done for him.","Included are some for her brother, Hugh.","Receipt for £12 and five barrels of Indian corn in payment for a dark bay horse.","Warrant in the case of Downes vs. Brown. The county of residence is left blank until it is found out \"where the (delinquent) does live.\"","Bills of loading for three hogs heads of his tobacco.","Payment of some money to Sir Peyton Skipwith and other financial business.","Several suits pending that day.","Scope and Contents","Request for some rye grass seed. Also notice that the General Court is ready to take depositions in the recipients suit.","Account of the sale of twenty hogs heads of tobacco.","Summoning of Sir Peyton Skipwith to appear as a witness on behalf of Hugh Miller in his suit with James Belsches.","His invitation to settle in Liverpool where he will be pleased to settle tobacco or transact any other business for Skipwith.","Legal matters.","Receipt for seven shillings and six pence, and for fifteen shillings for seven tithes due in Surry County from Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Shipping costs to England. \"The late sales of tobacco in Britain are very far from being pleasant ones.\"","Invoice of goods shipped aboard the Helena by Hugh Miller, merchant. Insured to the value of £100 by Archibald Govan.","Overpayment of tax by Sir Peyton Skipwith for the year 1783.","Scope and Contents","Sale of his tobacco.","Sale of eighteen barrels of Indian corn to Thomas Vaughan. Sale of the Indian corn by Francis Lewis.","Receipt for the payment of the certificate tax.","Dispatch of some of his tobacco on board their vessel. \"It is said that a difference in Insurance of from 2 to 5 Guineas is made between British and American bottoms.\"","His departure for England. Hopes he may see him there shortly.","Advises him to make other arrangements for shipping his goods to England.","Bad weather and its interruption of various projects.","Is sorry his letter caused him so much distress, especially at the time of his illness. In his suit against Wills, he was awarded only £5 as against £50-60 which he ought to have received. Testimony of Collin Wills was that he struck his father with a sword. The jury was biased and he thought it best to let the matter alone rather than order a new trial.","Mr. Brown's ticket.","Payment of his debt. Had been made difficult by the \"blowing up\" of his mill.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for payment for some linen and other household goods.","A suit; advises caution.","Provision of shipping and freight rates for his tobacco.","Shipping of his tobacco.","Delivery of some clover and grass seed.","Delivery of turnip seeds, etc.","Scope and Contents Shipping and sale of his tobacco.","Freight for his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Shipping and insurance arrangements for his tobacco.","Saddle for a horse.","Requests twenty dollars to balance his tax account.","Sale of three hogsheads of tobacco.","Shipping some tobacco to Bristol.","Sale of some lands in Lunenburg County belonging to Mr. Upshaw.","Exchange of some grass seeds.","Offers to act as overseer on Mr. Perier's plantation which he understands he intends to purchase.","Cure of his \"fellow Sam.\" Hopes he can perform a reasonable cure on his jaw.","Freight rates for tobacco on board the British vessel, Mary.","Copy of the judgement in the case of Downes vs. Mr. Brown","Subpoena served on Mr. Miles \"who I have some reason to think will be a very beneficial witness in your favour.\"","Requests that he will not insist on payment of his debt until his crop is harvested.","Scope and Contents Business for the house of Dawes Stephenson, and Co., of London. There is a \"fine new British built vessel\" in the River.","His \"agreeable passage\" back to England.","Lack of comments from him or Messers. Donaldson and Stotts regarding his tobacco.","State of twenty hogsheads of tobacco.","State of their accounts.","Tobacco and other business. \"Our crop this year will be uncommonly short and I fear but undifferent in quality, owing to the wet weather.\"","Apologizes for not seeing him regarding the indents, but was detained by the ill health of his family.","Shipment of his tobacco.","Sale of some oxen. Not possible for the moment, since he does nto care to be paid in paper money, the only currency at present available in Va.","Has viewed the land belonging to Mr. Bigelow and values it at two hundred pounds, Va currency.","Bill for the sale of twenty-one horses and colts.","Delivery of some letters, and his readiness to see him the following morning.","His bond for fifteen hundred pounds for lands on the Roanoke River, Warren County, N. C. , and also for some dwellings on the south side of Old Street, Petersburg.","A bond for fifteen hundred pounds, Virginia currency, for the title of certain lands in Warren County, N. C. , and certain buildings and land in Petersburg,","Will do all he can to raise the money and pay him that evening. Does not blame him. \"I acknowledge I have forfeited my trust.\"","His expectation of a meeting between them. Hopes to be able to set out soon for America.","Settlement of a bond.","Payment of his account with Skipwith.","His failure to see him.","Will be happy to see him when he comes down for the races.","Bond for £1220-17 for the purchase of some lands.","Invoice and statement of Sir Peyton's account with Panock, Nicolson, and Skipwith.","Mr. Taylor has been so busy that he has not had time to write.","Construction of some ditches.","Receipt and settlement of some debts.","Expects soon to have a balance of £130 in favor of Messers. Pinnock and Skipwith.","Has measured the great ditch and finds it 2260 yards long. Also includes ? to ?. Regarding the purchase of some land.","Is making up a large shipment of tobacco with difficulty and would be glad to receive any tobacco collected on his account. Also includes George Craghead, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mill Farm. December 14, 1786. Explains why he has not yet collected any of his tobacco.","John Ballard, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the purchase of some tobacco.","Payment of some money outstanding to him, which he does not like to press for but now needs.","Debt to Colonel William Randolph.","Scarcity of cash, the high discount on bills, and other business concerning the tobacco trade.","Various bills and receipts for clothing items, including a cap, bonnet, velvet, silk, and buttons, furnishings, including a skillet, spoons, fans, and forks, salt, sewing tools, and a wagon.","Scope and Contents","Testimony regarding his suit against Pines Ingram, William Smith, John Smith, Thomas Ingram, and John Ingram.","His suit against Mattart. Unlikely to obtain judgement within less than two years; \"The evil is in the law.\"","Payment of the debt for the horse.","His brother Henry's estate and debts which he has now taken responsibility for.","Settlement of his debt. Begs him to give him till July and not seize his securities.","Usefulness of his tobacco.","Invoice of sundry goods shipped on board the Bridget.","Tobacco sales, etc.","About the purchase of some land.","Illness of Mr. Archibald who on doctor's advice is returning to Europe. In the future, his business in America will be confined to the collection of debts.","Suit against W. Pool. Has obtained a judgement against him, and also in his suit against John Cox.","Inability to see him.","Sale of some of Mr. Poole's property and the settlement of his debts.","Statement of their account for mustard, thread, buttons, stockinette, and silk.","Bond for thirty pounds for the construction of two chimneys and hearths.","Price of lime.","Sale of his tobacco. The proceeds to be entrusted to John R. Grymes who has the care and management of his son.","Bill of his on J. Hyndman \u0026 Co. which has been returned to him.","Invoice of tobacco sales from the ship Montgomery.","Two bonds which he took care of.","Sale of some lime.","Debt for £8-2-6. Also includes Alexander Boyd, to Sir Peyton Skipwith, June 9, 1787.","A list of men using the ferry and the sums due from them.","License for a tavern and the purchase of some nails.","Business matters.","Request for some grass seed for his orchard.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received by George Edward Henderson.","Tobacco business. Is sorry that any part of his conduct could have caused ill feeling between them.","Suit by Skipwith against Royster. Also miscellaneous notes by Skipwith regarding some slaves and other items.","Receipt for settlement of debts owed to him by Jacob Mettart and James Swinton, of Petersburg.","Payment for his tobacco.","His recent illness.","Account of his tobacco sold in London.","Statement of his account for a wagon and slaves.","Rights and title to a bond. Also other jottings regarding business accounts, etc.","Are sending him a hamper of London port wine.","His attendance at the Court House.","His borrowing money on his account.","Scope and Contents","Early delivery of some tobacco.","Survey of a plot of tobacco land.","Deed for the sale of some land.","Price of tobacco in Petersburg, he requests to know.","Settlement of John Holt's estate and the provision of money for the education of his orphans--hopes he will befriend them.","Bill for various goods.","Legal provisions of an ejectment, \"an action, commonly used for the trying of titles, and recovery of lands, etc., illegally withheld from the right owner.\"","Disposal of the Holt estate.","Money for the purchase of corn. Had prevented the suit brought by Murray's prosecutors against him from being heard this court.","Court matters. Advises him to discuss the suit against Billy Heale, because of the cost of witnesses, etc.","Sir Peyton Skipwith, Mecklenburg County, to Philip Moody. Bond for a hundred and twenty pounds, Virginia currency","Scope and Contents","Statement of his account since December 1785.","Delivery of some corn or money. \"I hope you will not fail to send me one or the other.\"","Tobacco bond. Is to deliver it up to Colonel Penn.","Sheep shearing and other farming matters. Has spoken to Major Boyce \"on account of your enormous tax in Surrey.\"","Bond for thirty five pounds, ten shillings, the balance due on the purchase of two Negro slaves.","Delivery of some iron and a pair of gloves.","Statement of his account.","Their lack of several of the articles he ordered, including a weeding hoe.","Bill for various goods, including a table cloth and drapes.","Receipt of a packet.","Tax account.","Statement of his account.","Bond for forty seven pounds, fifteen shillings.","Bond for seven hundred pounds, seven shillings and eight pence. The bond endorsed on the back as having been discharged is signed, William Allen, 3 August 1789.","Delivery of some goods, including some osnaburg fabric and nails, and the state of their account.","Bill for various goods, including thread, cloth, linen, buttons, buckles, and nails.","Purchase of some nails and buttons.","Tobacco and the disposal of other goods of his.","The Reverend Mr. John Scot and his desire \"to complete a union on which my future happiness so much and so immediately depends.\"","Collection of some fees.","Bond for two hundred pounds.","Articles requested by him.","His marriage, legal difficulties, in the laws of Virginia.","Court matters.","Bond for some Negroes he made with Mr. Peyton? Short.","Miscellaneous bill receipts for slaves, clothing and spices, and other business documents.","Purchase of some land on Butchers Creek. The plantation is in bad repair.","Debt due to Colonel Edward Harwood, payment in money or tobacco as he pleases.","Bond of one hundred pounds for the delivery of four slaves.","Purchase of some wine.","Sum of money due from him to the esate of Colonel William Harwood.","His illness since arriving in Louisville. \"Your land is started in a most growing part of the country...faster than any other part of Kentucky.\" High price of uncultivated land \"owing to the astonishing migration to the Western Country.\" General export of tobacco down the Mississippi.","Bond for thirteen pounds, ten shillings, and nine pence.","About some money due to his wife.","Personal matters.","Scope and Contents","About the purchase of some land.","Doctor Olwer; wishes he could help \"but we seem quite full of gentlemen of his profession in this part of the country.\"","Presentation of some of hsi bills to Messers Stott and Donaldson.","Accepts their offer after school ends in April; mentions his mother's Lillias (Miller) Ravenscroft marriage to Mr. Patrick Steward in Scotland.","Account of tobacco received and sold from on board the vessel Termagant.","Hop roots.","Invoice for buttons, cambrick, flannel, pepper, ginger, mustard, nutmeg, cinnamon, raisins, and salt.","Payment of thirteen pounds to Mr. William Richards. Also includes Sir Peyton Skipwith, to Thomas Vaughan,, 1789 April 20","Supply of various goods.","Receipt for two bonds on which he is bringing suits in the District Court of Petersburg.","Lease for his storehouse and lumber house at the ferry.","Invoice of goods sent to him, including salt, wine, brass knobs, a hat, flannel, and diapers.","Bond for 5,692 lbs. of tobacco.","Invoice of goods purchased.","Sale of some land.","Invoice for goods purchased, including wine and butter.","Number of his slaves.","Statement of their account for buttons.","Asks about her pregnancy; gives news of relatives and friends in Scotland; discusses mental attitudes toward the loss of a child; is preparing to give a speech at the College on August 1.","Title to a deed.","Invoice for goods purchased, including sugar and tea.","Purchase of a horse.","Goods purchased, including nails, and the state of his account.","Shipment of tobacco, and related business.","Invoice of goods purchased by him, including putty, knives, chalk, and shoes.","Statement of their account.","Their daughter Helen Skipwith, later Helen Coles and his need to attend to business.","Payment of the balance outstanding to him.","Shipment of his tobacco to London.","Pay the bearer of this letter, Mr. Allison, thirty shillings.","Agreement regarding the purchase of some land in Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Purchase of a colt. Also included Colonel William Johnson to Sir Peyton Skipwith. Regrets that he has sold the animal.","Lewis Payne, an \"industrious young man.\" Also would he pay the two hundred pounds oustanding to him.","Their account.","Purchase of some land.","Account of the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Lady St. John.","State of his suit against Mr. Robinson.","Dawes, Stephenson, \u0026 Co., London, to Sir Peyton Skipwith. About the sale of his tobacco received from on board the Hartley.","His decision to be of service to him.","Progress of his two suits in the Petersburg district court. Also enclosed is a receipt for two bonds dated March 10, 1790.","Legal matters.","Merchandise contracted for, being ready.","His title to some land.","Subpoenas for witnesses for his suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Tobacco sales and shipments, \"the markets in Europe are glutted with Tobaco...I think there must be a demand for France as soon as the Commotions have subsided.\"","Bond for forty pounds.","Bond for one hundred and eighty pounds.","The moving of rock from Mr. Ross's plantation.","Sale of his tobacco. \"Our house does not possess the talent of flattery.\"","Sale of his property. Demands secure terms and no bad or defective title.","Outstanding taxes for 1783.","Their tobacco account.","Freight for his tobacco.","The payment of his Revenue lent to Mr. Thomas Vaughan.","Receipt for some corn, Brown writing on behalf of Stott \u0026 Donaldson.","Report on the progress of the various tasks on the plantations.","Correspondence with Major P.L. Gryms. Has not heard from Sir Peyton's son since March when he was in good health.","Bond for twenty-three pounds, four shillings and nine pence.","Scope and Contents","The delivery of a carriage and horses. Will pay him in bank notes which \"pass as specie in every state in the Union,\" there being a shortage of specie.","Business and family matters. Is endeavoring \"to get several sums due from Colonel Washington and others.\"","Will attend to his interests.","Bond for seventy pounds with Thomas Greenwood, guardian to the orphans of Robert Greenwood.","Payment of Robert Atkinson for wagon freight.","Payment of some money to Robert Birchett. Receipt for payment on the back, signed Robert Birchett, dated1792 September 27.","Discusses some bills of exchange which are in litigation, and some land Skipwith inquired about.","Invoice of goods purchased, including linen.","Bill and receipt of varous expenses and services rendered, including some wine and ale.","A Christmas box and other small matters.","Scope and Contents","The goods purchased by her.","The payment of some money","Scope and Contents","Subpoenas and witnesses for his suits in the Brunswick District Court.","Survey and plan of some land.","Port wine and Irish beef tongue.","Declaration of his authority as a justice of the city of Charleston and a public notary.","State of his account.","State of his account.","Various business matters including his offer to purchase some land belonging to Mr. Price.","The sale of some land of Mr. Price in payment for taxes.","Domestic matters.","Scope and Contents","Statement and receipt for the balance of his account.","The disposal of some land in Kentucky belonging to the estate of John Hartwell","The best time to ship his tobacco. Some apprehension that the market \"will be glutted with stemmed Tob.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","His lack of a cart and the delivery of some pork.","The disposal of some land in the district of Kentucky.","A receipt for some money.","Bill \u0026 receipt for bridge tolls.","Bill for some articles furnished for his daughter.","His suits pending in the Brunswick district court.","Blank orders to summon a witness to testify on behalf of Sir Peyton Skipwith in his suit pending with the Executors for Edward Harward.","Several small business matters. Also his pending trip to Georgia.","Some Lusirn? Lucerne? seed.","Mr. Ruffin's injunction to the suit brought against him.","The delivery of a desk, shoes, and buckles.","Freight on board a ship bound for London.","The bad condition of the road and the desirability of a bridge over the creek near his house. .","Money oustanding on his account.","Information on the power of an attorney.","The construction of three stills.","Various business matters.","His consignment of tobacco.","The mill stone business.","Judgement and execution for debt against him.","The quantity of tobacco he wishes shipped.","Arrangements for shipping his tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","The \"Futility of the Deed\" granted for some land in Kentucky.","Tobacco business.","Concerning legal business.","The construction of a mill; also the employment of \"Pling.\"","Blank Order to summon a witness to attend the suit pending in the Brunswick district court between Sir Peyton Skipwith and the Executors for William Harwood.","Various court and legal matters.","Discusses his ill health and doctor's remedies; Mrs. McMurdo expected to die after the premature birth of a daughter, and distrust of the \"Gentlemen accoucheurs\"; mentions defunct \"Jermyn Bakeres\" ?.","The inspection of his tobacco and other business matters.","Payment of some cash.","His account with Messrs. J. \u0026 A. Freeland.","The payment of rent for the blacksmith's shop.","His collection of books.","Public auction of the Lawson Price estate (land), in Mecklenburg County. March 1794. Document concerns in the court case of James Belsches, Jr. U.S. \"Lawson price and Company\" brought before the Prince George County Court.","Deal for the sale and possession of some land.","Scope and Contents","Bills on Glasgow and London.","A visit to his sister to get her to make a pair of overalls.","Scope and Contents","Payment of the sum obtained in his suit against the Nicholas's.","Bond for two hundred and sixty-two pounds.","Note on Captain Hay in favor of Mr. Baker which he wishes presented to Sir Peyton","His readiness to advocate his claim against H. Carlton. Explains the history of the suit which began over default on a bond.","Scope and Contents","The sale of his land in Halifax County .","The settlement of their account. \"the war with France makes it necessary to prefer an American bottom,\" if payment is to be made in produce.","His order for Imperial Tea.","Request for a pair of shoes.","Some property near Washington and also business matters.","The sale of his tobacco and the granting of credit thereon.","His account.","His request for his horse to visit \"Uncle Greenwood.\"","The sale of his horse and the balance owing on the negro.","Various court matters. Also his alarm at the price of tobacco and his intention to sow more wheat in the fall.","Tax returns on his still.","The purchase of a horse.","The delivery of a letter.","Sends some \"Books of amusement or entertainment\"; mentions Mr. R his wife?; has heard nothing from Britain for a long time.","The law concerning the possession of stills.","Business from his suit against Colonel William Harwood.","The payment of some money he owes him.","Various correspondence and other business matters.","Bond for three hundred and seventy-five pounds.","Bond for one hundred and sixty-six pounds.","Various business matters.","His ague and fever; mentions his wife and Mr. Inge; the price of locally made goods is falling and the scarcity of money has affected the price of land.","Court and other legal matters.","Court business.","Various business matters.","Appointment of Short to be his attorney to sell lands claimed by him in the state of Kentucky.","The price of some pork.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Promissory note.","Scope and Contents","The Skipwith accounts; Sir Peyton's recent consignment of tobacco which did not get shipped to England; and a recent smallpox epidemic in Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Maury's receiving thirty-nine Hogs heads of Skipwith tobacco at what appeared to be an inconvenient time for market selling. Maury honors a draft of Skipwith for three hundred pounds.","Wonders why Skipwith did not send answer in case of Holts errs.","Scope and Contents","Note for two pounds, twelve shillings, and eleven pence.","Caleb Johnston eight pounds.","Concerns Skipwith's court involvements with one Mr. Baird.","Informing him of the high water level of several ponds on his property. Including memo informing Sir Skipwith of the leveling off of the water near Robert Birchett's store, Sept. 26, 1794. Reverse, a listing of various salt orders placed by Sir. Peyton in 1793.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Consignment of wheat sent by Skipwith to Campbell of Petersburg. Campbell discusses both the fluctuating prices of wheat and tobacco, and suggets that Skipwith might find a more favorable market for tobacco abroad.","Skipwith's legal entanglements with V. Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation involving tobacco, between Skipwith and W. Barberville.","Shalor's inability to pay a debt owed Skipwith.","Tobacco and the disposal of promissory notes.","Skipwith's latest consignment of tobacco sent to England.","Notes concern various financial transanctions of Lady Jean Skipwith.","Skipwith's contract with Shalor for masonry work, and his desire to have said work suspended due to bad weather.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Impending suit against Sir. Peyton Skipwith by Colonel Harwood. including: \"Fishing Days Here Disposed of, 1795\" and \"A list of the small boys that will be able to real tobacco down in the fall 1795.\"","Scope and Contents","Debts due from Jacob Bugg, holder of bond from Skipwith. Mentions intended removal to Kentucky, desires to make contacts via Skipwith among friends.","Invoice of goods to be shipped from Liverpool, including a diamond for cutting glass, putty, window glass, and salt.","Court litigation instituted by Clinch against Skipwith in the High Court of Chancery on behalf of the Holt heirs.","Warns Skipwith of the impending difficulties in the court proceedings instituted against him by the Holt heirs of Surry County.","Job that Robson was not able to perform as expected.","The disputed title of a Negro purchased fom the sheriff of Lunenburg County by Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","As Skipwith's lawyer, Munford advised his client on actions that were to be taken in the \"Donald Affair\" in which Skipwith is defendant. Munford also advised Skipwith on matters pertaining to two other court cases involving Skipwith.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Transactions made through Mr. James Maury of London, for goods in exchange for tobacco crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice of plan to take William Gray's disposition at Robert Armistead's Tavern, 1795 August 31, 1795.","Arrangements for the payment of taxes by Skipwith.","Notice of court proceeding against them. Concerns the confiscation of thirteen slaves from the Hardwood Estates for the nonpayment of bonds.","Scope and Contents","Court litigation between Sir Peyton Skipwith and Robert Birchett over wheat.","As the Skipwith London agent, Maury encourages Sir Peyton to abandon further shipment of tobacco to London \"earlier than the summer following its growth.\"","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Court litigation in which Skipwith was plaintiff.","Scope and Contents","Petition regarding their suit against John Martin involving a debt and the assignment of a bond of Sir Peyton Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's ferry operated by Hopkins and the necessity of improving roads leading to and from said ferry.","Problem of shipping and receiving goods from England, especially tobacco.","Goods ordered by Lady Skipwith.","His suit against Peter Holloway.","Goods shipped from Liverpool for Sir Peyton Skipwith and placed under the care of Mr. McCallum, including a leaf table.","Used as miscellaneous note paper.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of taxes in gold by Skipwith.","Skipwith's involvement in court litigation with Robert Birchett over a wheat contract. Skipwith wants to retain McCrocy as his lawyer.","Scope and Contents","States that Skipwith was to call witnesses to refute the previous testimony of Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Notice left at Robert Birchett's house on 16 Sept. 1796 by John Hill.","Receipt of payment for Baird Judgement.","Also contains a penned reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County noting receipt of taxes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Duties owed on goods delivered to Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Carleton's belated payment of debts to Skipwith.","Including reply by Thomas Vaughan, Deputy Sheriff of Mecklenburg County, noting recipt of taxes.","Mr. Carleton's repeated failure to pay a debt due in September and his desire to pay Skipwith in kind with horses and tobacco with an extension of the debt until December.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Business transactions between Peyton and Bell.","Scope and Contents","Bond for 181 pounds, 9 shillings, and 4 pence.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Payment of a bond.","Complaints by Skipwith over several grindstones purchased from Bell's brother.","Newspapers sent to Vaughan by Skipwith, and Skipwith's court litigation with Mssrs. Bugg and Birchett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Stone lime sent to Skipwith and the most recent tobacco prices.","Court litigations and the decrees of the court of appeals.","Letter of certification by John Holloway.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Land transaction, Singleton would like to pay with a horse.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Taxes due for previous year from various individuals, including William Davis, Sheriff of Mecklenburg.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Articles purchased by Skipwith, such as nails, hooks, springs, and hoes, including an itemized list.","Money owed Skipwith by Short and a request for Skipwith to procure \"about twenty likely negroes.\"","State of Skipwith's tobacco crop, and the prices it should fetch once on the market.","Enumerated list of Skipwith's taxes for 1797.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's account with them.","Scope and Contents Including receipt of payment.","Including receipt of payment.","Nathaniel Moss's receipt - October 9, 1797.","Business transaction.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including receipt for payment.","Scope and Contents","Account of Benjamin Harrison for taxes for the year 1792 with the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County.","Scope and Contents","Map caption: \"On the first day of February began, and on the 15th compleated a Survey of the within Tract of Sir Peyton Skipwith's Land A.D. 1798. Laid down by a Scale of 80 poles to an Inch by John Hill.\"","Mr. Cunningham's transaction with Vaughan dealing with corn and its receipt and transportation, and other business.","Scope and Contents","Matters relating to Skipwith's court litigations with Robert Birchett ?","Skipwith's financial and legal transactions.","Scope and Contents","\"Bag of money\" left at Mr. Vaughan's by Skipwith's agent, John Hill.","Skipwith's request of a 20 pound loan.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Home remedy and treatment for yellow fever.","Materials sent to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Bond for two thousand five hundred pounds.","requesting the use of a horse.","Scope and Contents Concerning T. Burnett.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's suit against King, Dinwiddie, Crawford, \u0026 Duncan.","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","Settling of accounts with Mr. Cunningham and Skipwith's future business.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bell's handling of a shipment of Skipwith's tobacco destined for London. including invoice for 60 hogs heads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Including looking glasses and brass andirons.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Interests and payments on a bond. Also mention of Skipwith's trip to England for the coming summer.","Bennett advises Skipwith not to ship his tobacco from Edenton to Norfolk for shipment to England. Instead he wants the tobacco brought to Petersburg, and placed in his care.","Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Shipment of Skipwith's tobacco to England and some personal papers which Skipwith also wanted to send.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Asking him to host Sir Peyton Skipwith during his stay in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Gracie agrees to dispose of Skipwith's bills on Messrs. Dawes \u0026 Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London.","Reporting sales of tobacco and accounts of land offered for sale.","1801 wheat market, esp. with the West Indies and abroad in Europe. Mentions Mr. Dawson, Tom Payne, Mr. Jefferson, in addition to a pending treaty between U.S. and ?. Also speaks of rumor that England and France had concluded peace.","Receipt to Alexander and James Fulton for Sir Peyton Skipwith, Esq.","Subject of court litigation between Skipwith and Samuel Bray of Hampshire County Ky.?","Skipwith's business with Messrs. Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co. of London. Also contains comment on a fever epidemic which had suspended business throughout New York City.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Requesting that they advance George Nicholas Skipwith $1,883.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request for $4800.00","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Invoice and receipt for goods purchased.","Fulwar Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Informs Skipwith of the dissolving of Dawes, Stephenson \u0026 Co.'s partnership with John Grayson, and Grayson's venture into business for himself.","Scope and Contents Seeks permission to carry a hogshead of tobacco across Skipwith's plantation to market.","Scope and Contents","Unknown writer's daughter Margaret.","Scope and Contents","Information relating to the dissolving of the business partnership of Dawes, Stephenson, Grayson \u0026 Co. Bennett informs Skipwith of his ship's departure for London via Falmouth.","State of England during the war with France, esp. in terms of their not being able to get American consignments of tobacco to England. Makes personal arrangement with Skipwith for the receipt of his crop.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Skipwith's interests in purchasing mules.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Purchase of some slaves, and \"grazing\" as a business; describes the soil in his area, and his grasses it supports; comments on his method of crop rotation.","Lady Skipwith's order for music books. Also contains information on the prices for tobacco in Europe \"notwithstanding the blockade of the Elbe \u0026 other restrictions on commerce.\"","Nine hogsheads of tobacco being transported from Suffolk to Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Direction along the main road to Richmond.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's request in his market investments; also discusses the New York market for tobacco.","Informing Skipwith of his plans to charter an American ship for the customers of Grayson \u0026 Noble. Also requests that Skipwith send along 1 1/2 dozen of \"good bacon hams.\"","Requesting that Skipwith decide whether or not he wants to ship his tobacco to England aboard the ship Alexander at City Point Hopewell.","Giving additional information concerning the ship Alexander, such as freight rates for the transporting of Skipwith's tobacco.","Date of departure of a ship from City Point Hopewell for England.","Bennet's receipt in Petersburg of 14 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for shipment to Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble, London.","Bennett's receipt of Skipwith's tobacco.","Sale of 4 hogsheads of Potson tobacco sent by Skipwith. Grayson complains of the inability to sell an additional 74 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco because of Skipwith's faulty methods of packing tobacco for shipment.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Suit against Dinwiddie Crawford \u0026 Co.","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Sale of 71 hogsheads of Rolla tobacco for Skipwith and their receipt of samples of Dumfries tobacco.","Goods ordered by Skipwith now arrived in Petersburg on board the Protectress.","Receipt and sale of four hogsheads of tobacco.","Availability of ships sailing to Liverpool able to carry Skipwith's tobacco.","Goods purchased by Skipwith and being forwarded to him in the care of Thomas Bennett of Petersburg.","Bills of loading for six hogsheads of tobacco shipped on the Good Intent for New York.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents Two bills for 200 pounds and 300 pounds that Skipwith had deposited with them. Also discussion on the London tobacco market and the necessity of Skipwith's shipping only that tobacco fit for \"home consumption.\"","Business transactions including the purchasing of cotton materials for Skipwith and the prices of tobacco on the Liverpool market.","Baskervill's use of one of Skipwith's servants to transport some articles.","Receipt of Skipwith's shipment of six hogsheads of tobacco.","Scope and Contents","Some bound volumes of music purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Disposal of two bills of exchange drawn upon Messrs. Grayson \u0026 Noble of London by Sir Peyton Skipwith for 200 pounds a piece.","Their approval of transactions allowing James Maury of Liverpool to draw up the Skipwith account to cover purchases made in behalf of Sir Peyton. The high rate of insurance for shipping due to Spanish Privateers.","Order for books, including an itemized list.","Purchases made by Skipwith and the tobacco market in Liverpool; including invoice.","Transportation of Skipwith's tobacco crop to London.","Mare.","Goods purchased by Lady Skipwith, including shoemakers' pinchers and nippers, with an itemized list.","Goods purchased, including cloth.","Death of Sir Peyton Skipwith on October 11, 1805 and the death of his youngest son. Lady Skipwith as sole executor of her husband's Virginia estates asks Short to settle a court suit that had been pending between Short and Sir Peyton over some bonds of M. Fulwar Skipwith's.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's decision to sell his tobacco within the United States.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","\"A tract of land near this place belonging to late Sir Peyton Skipwith.\"","Cask of nails purchased by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Lady Skipwith's payment for a cask of nails, including receipt.","Payment for cask of nails, mentions the receipt of \"a bad dollar,\" including receipt.","Balance of the account with the estate of the late Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Error in business transactions between Maury and Grayson \u0026 Noble of London involving the Skipwith account.","Sir Peyton Skipwith's will in relation to a disagreement with Mr. ? Skipwith, and legacies to other children; warns her not to wear herself out in worrying over money matters; mentions his wife and daughter?","Concerns Lady Skipwith's inquiries as to the balance of payment in the Skipwith account.","Disposal and sale of wheat received from Cunningham and Lady Skipwith.","Statement of expenses and receipt for the building of a mill on Cox Creek.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: receipt for $500.00 paid by Lady Skipwith on December 28, 1808.","Bond for $525.00. Reverse: March 22, 1808. William Marshall, attorney for Francis Lockett assigns bond to Walter Alver, Orange Co., North Carolina.","Business transactions concerning a \"draft of the oven\" and a note for $134.25.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Order of books for Lady Skipwith, including an invoice.","Scope and Contents","Books ordered and paid for by Lady Skipwith including invoice and receipt.","Whether or not Cunningham wanted the timber on a tract of land that Williamson wants to cultivate.","Scope and Contents","Patterned material that Lady Skipwith ordered, but which could not be had. Potts sends substitution.","Merchantile company of Alexander and James Fulton of Petersburg, and the late Sir Peyton's heirs.","Former business transactions between Maitland and Christian, and Sir Peyton Skipwith, deceased.","Notice of payment for an order of grain. Also references to the shortage of fine salt.","Each bond for $525.00 and due at Christmas, 1807.","Commanding him to present a summons to Jean Skipwith to appear before Mecklenburg County Court for negligence as proprietress of a ferry across the Roanoke River.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt of two pounds and eight shillings and also six dollars for one year's subscription to the Portfolio.","Business transactions between Lady Skipwith, George Nicholas Skipwith and Peyton Skipwith. Bell claims money cannot be paid until the repeal of the embargo law.","Request that Lady Skipwith supply him with enough grape seeds to get him in stock.","Bell expresses his regrets that he cannot, due to the embargo, follow Lady Skipwith's wishes concerning the payment of his tobacco bond. Also mentions, in margin, the total lack of cotton to be had from Charleston or St. Mary's.","Scope and Contents","Concerning the receipt of Lady Skipwith's wheat, and the shipment of a quantity of salt to Prestwould, including invoice.","Receipt of a shipment of wheat from Lady Skipwith and the sale of butter sent earlier.","Receipt of a quantity of wheat and butter sent to Petersburg for sale.","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's pending orders for tea, almonds, raisins, and china.","Memo of Lady Skipwith's renting for one year the land of Abraham Lockett, orphan.","Promissory note for $15000","Obligation to Lady Skipwith for $50.00 unless they can settle disputed title of ownership of land (2 1/2 acres) sold to her.","Shipment of an order of \"cotton cards\" to Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop. Including receipt.","Promissory note for $100.00.","Receipt of two loads of wheat from Lady Skipwith. Including invoice of goods purchased by Lady Skipwith.","Lady Skipwith's wheat account. including receipt.","invoice of items purchased, including hinges, screws, and glue.","Receipt of Lady Skipwith's shipment of wheat.","Hick's recollections of Sir Peyton Skipwith's mill. Offers to send deposition to aid Lady Skipwith in her court suit with the Young family.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Memo of Lady Skipwith's transactions with Barns to rent a portion of Lockett's lands.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Divison of Sir Peyton Skipwith's estate (d. 1805) among his living relatives.","Cunningham's orders for sugar and cloth, and the change in previous prices.","Writer's travels on the lower peninsula, visiting friends and relatives. Comments on Williamsburg and Hampton, also life in naval Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Guardian of Abraham Lockett. Memo of agreement to rent from Barnes a tract of land. Made by Cunningham in Lady Skipwith's behalf.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Balance due Rowley? Grymes from the estate of Lady Skipwith's late husband, Sir Peyton Skipwith.","Promissory note for $50.00.","Bill and invoice of books purchased.","Goods purchased for Lady Skipwith. Reverse: invoice of goods purchased.","Suit against Lady Skipwith as executrix of her late husband's estates by Dinwiddie, Crawford and Co. of Petersburg.","Scope and Contents","Correction of a billing mistake on some books ordered by Lady Skipwith.","Apperson's proposed trip to Richmond and his promise to transact some business concerning Lady Skipwith.","Price of bar iron ordered by Lady Skipwith, including invoice.","Work done for Skipwith by Ogle, thanking Skipwith for his recommendations to others of Ogle's work.","Business transaction with Lady Skipwith, including list of bank notes.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for books.","Bill for two \"stock locks\" of $2.00.","Bill for $10.00.","Promissory note for $50.00","Scope and Contents","Lady Skipwith's book order and contains information concerning the types of books binding available.","Agreement for the rental of a tract of land for $25.00.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including muslin, binding, thimbles, pins, nutmeg, and rice.","Business transactions concerning the receipt and payment for bacon and hogs sent to Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Bill for lodging and other services.","Bill and receipt for purchase of \"3 spades.\"","Bill and receipt for goods purchased.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $180.00 for building and setting up a wheat machine upon Lady Skipwith's estate.","Invoice and bill with receipt for 11 books purchased.","Bill and receipt for one piece of web.","Invoice and bill with receipt for goods purchased, including plows.","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including cutting knives and a saw.","Bill and receipt for items purchased, including saws.","Bill and receipt for goods purchased, including muslin and chest locks.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for $150.00 yearly rent on lands of Abner Lockett.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill with receipt for purchases, including calico, buttons, thimble, and morocco shoes.","Shipment of goods from England to Lady Skipwith. Including, James Maury, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, June 27, 1816. Also including, James Maury and Latham, Liverpool, to Lady Jean Skipwith, Sept. 5, 1816.","Invoice and bill for Lady Skipwith's purchase of carpeting.","Concerns books which correspondent is sending Lady Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for the rent of land from Thomas Lockett's orphans.","Acting as trustee for William M. Puryear, Boyd informs Skipwith of the depositing of $424.00 in the exchange bank of Va which is to be credited to a bond due Skipwith from Puryear.","Scope and Contents","Invoice and bill for goods purchased.","Invoice and bill for books purchased.","Humberstone Skipwith's account current with his mother and Selina? Skipwith for drafts and cash advanced.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Bill for cotillion party.","Receipt for the rent of Abner Lockett's land for the year 1818.","Receipt for purchase of dimity and fringe.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchases at the carpet and linen warehouse.","Receipt for payment on the purchase of one sofa.","Receipt for items purchased, i.e., damask draperies and napkins.","Scope and Contents","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of curtain dimity.","Receipt for purchase of 21 yards of furniture dimity.","Bill for various purchases of nails, hinges, hooks, and staples.","Receipt for planking and scathing purchased.","Payment for shipping of one pair of snuffers.","Received of Captain Ferguson on account of glass service sent Mr. Skipwith at Norfolk.","Books purchased--Bachelor and Married Man, Women are Pour-et-Contre, Hawthorn Cottage, and New Tales…","Receipt for purchase of a quantity of nails.","Scope and Contents","Promissory note, Including note of receipt of payment by David Scott, May 14, 1819. Also including note of Humberstone Skipwith paying Mrs. Nivison, July 10, 1819.","Wickham's advice to Skipwith that he not bring suit against John Bell for a bond for $569.64 which was overdue","Bill for mending plastering round the doors.","Bill of sale for tobacco.","Receipt for purchase of goods, including broad top chairs.","Receipt for 12 1/4 yards of furniture dimity purchased.","Bill of sale for flower pots, a brass bell pull, and copper wire.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks for financial aid.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit of Skipwith and Murray.","Will pay $1000.00 for Col. Green at Mecklenburg Court.","Purchase of wool.","Mr. Baily taking his slaves away.","Concerning settlement in the case of Skipwith v. Murray.","Scope and Contents","Request for a loan of $3000.00.","Request for a loan of $2000.00.","Scope and Contents","Death of Sarah (Nivison) Skipwith and the \"prevailing Epidemick;\" and returning some books.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Information on the price of oil, also asks him to visit.","Information on prices of goods and statement of his account for sugar, coffee, and salt.","Scope and Contents","Request for more time to arrange paying off his debt to Boyd.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Statement of money and bonds given John Buford.","Legal notices which have been sent to parties in a lawsuit; will bring copies of the judgement.","Purchase of land in Norfolk by Skipwith.","Farmer will manage Skipwith's Norfolk property.","Request for Cunningham to accept drafts written by John Buford on him.","Arrangements for loan to John Buford.","Wheat prices and wine prices.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Sale of Mr. Boyd's flour.","Denies that Lady Skipwith plans to help Mr. Ravesncroft.","Loan for his brother; explains why Col. Green wrote Lady Skipwith about Mr. Ravenscroft.","Will release his property if he pays his debt; if he pays the whole debt Lady Skipwith will make a loan to his brother.","Asks Cunningham to pay off some on Buford's debts.","Cameron is lending money to Buford.","Scope and Contents","Concerning notices delivered.","Account of sales of flour.","Wants to buy crops.","Wants tobacco crop sent to Richmond; price not settled.","Returns accounts with transfer from Lady Skipwith to Cunningham's account.","Will deliver goods bought.","Skipwith's lease to Lyon of proprerty in Norfolk.","Scope and Contents","Will try to sell Lady Skipwith's tobacco.","Hopes to provide good security for his debts.","Sale of Lady Skipwith's tobacco crop.","Had a safe journey; Cunningham in Petersburg may be in financial trouble; Mrs. Tazewell is sick because of birth of her child; asks H. S. to send Franky to help Mrs. Tazewell.","Drought killed his crop; asks for loan of $500.00.","Scope and Contents","Financial problems.","Will supply him with a sulky.","Scope and Contents","Note for $7500.","Scope and Contents","Attempts to settle his mother's estate's accounts.","Asks for loan of $3500.","Data on tobacco sales.","Sends items from their store.","Scope and Contents","Wants to purchase corn.","Scope and Contents","Sale of cotton.","Visited Baltimore; sympathy at death of her child.","Asks for Humberstone Skipwith's papers for lawsuit in New Orleans.","Scope and Contents","Lawsuit.","Glad his wife and child are now well.","Asks to borrow $1000.","Scope and Contents","Her health better; hopes to have another child.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $5000.00.","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Scope and Contents","Skipwith's tax problems.","Scope and Contents","Organization of The Exchange Bank of Va.","National economic difficulties and how they kept their business going; asks for his patronage.","Scope and Contents","Asks to borrow $4000.00.","Asks to borrow $30,000.00.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Liquidation of Tredegar Iron Works.","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","Family news.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Helen's husband detained in Washington.","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","County government.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents .","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Hopes to help him with his present troubles, i.e. bankruptcy and forced sale of his land.","Asks to buy his house.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay off his accounts.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Asks him to pay his bill.","Celia's divorce went through.","Virginia census of 1890.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Ferry","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","Postcard.","Correspondence and other material concerning the history of the Skipwith pianoforte and its acquisition and subsequent care and use by the College of William and Mary; includes 2 8\" x 10\" black and white photographs (P1 and P2) of the pianoforte, and xerox copies from the Broadwood Porters books, 16 July 1816, indicating the original sale and delivery of the pianoforte; printed auction catalogue, 1946, listing \"English Harpsichord (beautiful)\"; and the Silvery Jubilee Catalogue, 1969, of the Colt Clavier Collection. Also includes the 2003 Conservation Report of the pianoforte by John R. Watson and Louis Dolive of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. 48 items.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Includes one about a piano tuner from Cynthia Beverley (Tucker) Washington Coleman; and another from Lelia (Skipwith) Lee about their travels in Dresden and Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France.","Including a letter from \"cousin\" Mary Skipwith Roberts of New Orleans, a letter form Fulwar to his father, Humberstone Skipwith, and a memo on rebuilding the bridge across Bluestone Creek.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Mainly relating to farm and financial matters; including a letter from John W. Lewis on the estate of \"Major Nelson,\" and William B. R. on a mysterious door opening; financial matters of Lady Jean (Miller) Skipwith from William F. Wickham; and several from William Jeter and John B. Tunstall.","including a list of Negroes purchased at \"John? Bufords Sale,\" and an order for parts for a mill ?.","Scope and Contents","Including a letter to Sir Peyton Skipwith, one from Jean Feild inviting her to visit, a fragment of a poem in Lady Jean's handwriting, and an account.","Including letters from Peyton Short, Leila (Skipwith) Carter Tucker, Fulwar Skipwith (a cousin of Sir Peyton), and several from Richard Eggleston, as well as two letters from Sir Peyton to Lady Jean Skipwith.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","Items with no obvious Skipwith connection.","See also Medium Oversize File.","\"Rates of Transportation on the Petersburg, Va. Rail Road\" with extracts from an act of the General Assembly, 3 January 1833.","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","See Manuscripts Oversize Folder Map Case 40.6","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","See Manuscript Artifact Collection.","A visit; and letters of Claudia Stuart Coles to her uncle, Fulwar Skipwith, about a ferry.","Indexed.","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Indexed.","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","Notebook No. 10 1873 was not with the collection when it was received.","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","(Note: Map transferred to Map Collection).","Scope and Contents","250 pounds sent to Gray and an additional 200 pounds sent to Gray to serve as an allowance while he studies at Cambridge. He does not wish for Gray to borrow against his Newbold estate to finance his living, noting the dangers of becoming indebted and the value of a debt free life.","Confirms the sending of 200 pounds and expresses hope that the financial arrangements he established for Gray will be sufficient. Expresses desire for Gray to pursue a profession reflective of Gray's standing in society. He further suggests that Gray should study law as it might prove useful in the future for helping the family recover their ancestral lands in Leicestershire.","Scope and Contents Mentions that Gray did not receive earlier letter so he repeats the news he enclosed in previous letter. Notes the disastrous crop season this year. States that the weavils ruined the wheat crop and the tobacco plants were ruined by violent rains. Because he was unable to reap a profit from crop sales he recalls financial loans given to Peyton Short and Francis Ruffin. Informs Grey of the birth of a son named Humberston. Also mentions that Grey's sister, Leila has recently married St. George Tucker and that Grey's youngest sister, Maria, has died.","Begins letter with a complaint of unpaid debts and the fact that Virginia courts favor debtors over lenders. Notes that as a result, he will have to cancel Gray's allowance until finances improve.","Notes continuing financial difficulties and his success at surmounting them. Sending a letter of conveyance from Sir Thomas Skipwith to Gray, expresses the importance of the land conveyance to avoid the land from falling into a distant branch of the family.","His approaching voyage to England and his poor health. Believes that the sight of his son will give him great pleasure. His current financial condition and the sale of useless lands in Kentucky. Letter mentions a visit from one of Gray's old friends, Mr. Grymes Jr. of Brandon in Middlesex.","Discusses a meeting with Mr. Grymes and Edmund Randolph in Richmond. Also notes the state of his finances and his success with his tobacco and wheat crops. Notes that he cancelled his trip to England because he had regained his health.","Visit of William Bell to London. He notes that Mr. Bell will deliver this letter to him and take any letters from Grey and expresses hope that all is well. Also requests that Gray obtain a complete set of Sir Peyton's account from Rowles and Grymes to aid him in a financial dispute with Phillip Grymes of Brandon, Virginia. Mentions a visit from Wyndham Randolph, nephew of Edmund, and Wyndham's sisters. Also notes the purchase of Occoneechee, an estate for his brother, Peyton Jr. Further mentions the current state of his own home, Prestwould. He notes with pride that he has the most beautiful home in Virginia and also breeds the best horses in Virginia.","Begins with him expressing disappointment over Gray not writing him more often and for neglecting to tell him about his marriage and the birth of his grandchild. Informs Grey that there is no reason for letters not to reach him because there is now a post office in Marthasville from which he can send letters. Boasts about his financial lifestyle and his happiness with his life in Virginia. notes that Gray's sister Leila's children by Robert Carter stand to inherit equally from the Cortoman estate. Also mentions Peyton Jr., trip to Georgia and his engagement to Cornelia Greene, daughter of General Nathaniel Greene.","His hopes that Gray's wife, Harriet, has a son and that Gray choose him as grandchild's godfather. Birth of George Skipwith to Peyton Jr. and his wife. Selina's continuing studies in Baltimore.","Informs Gray of Sir Peyton's death after a long illness. Discusses finances with Gray, noting their father's estate was quite large and unencumbered at his death.","Responds to Gray's letter discussing outstanding debts of Sir Peyton in London. Lady Skipwith candidly details her discovery of Sir Peyton's poor financial condition prior to their marriage and his later struggle to pay off his debts. She notes the difficulty of collecting debts in America and the amount of labor that it takes to run a successful tobacco farm. Agrees to pay English debt which Gray mentioned in an earlier letter but inquires whether it is the only debt outstanding.","Informs Guy of the death of his brother, Peyton Jr. In addition to details of Peyton's death, she discusses the health of her children and the birth of Peyton's last child, Catharine. Comments on the distance between herself and Grey and speculates that she will never see him. Informs him of Humberton's, his half-brother, success at Princeton and his half-sisters, Selena and Helena's blossoming beauy. Also mentions that family friends of hers saw him in London. Concludes with her strong desire to keep in touch with him and his family. She uses the spelling \"Grey\" instead of \"Gray.\"","Brochures about the Virginia Women in History Awards, an oversize certificate given in honor of Lady Jean Skipwith, and a speech given by Susan Riggs about Lady Jean Skipwith.","Includes a poem written by Gray Skipwith and a letter written to Gray Skipwith by an unknown author.  Mss. 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However, outside of these census records, there is little other record of John White. Based on the papers, it is presumed that Jane Laura/ Laura Jane was the spouse of John White, but there is no marriage record between the two, or a record of his nor her death.","This collection was originally a part of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers.  It was separated and made its own collection in 2018.","This collection includes correspondence, personal and managed accounts, and legal papers of John White. Ranging in date from 1757-1843, with the bulk of the papers taking place from 1810-1830.  \nFrom these papers, it appears that John White was a lawyer who practiced in Northampton County, North Carolina and the surrounding area. The buying, selling, and loaning of enslaved persons is a pervasive theme in his personal papers. As a result of his work managing accounts, he has many warrants placed on him for his arrest as a result of the accounts that he managed. In addition to numerous small accounts, the largest accounts White managed were those of Thomas Deberry Hollamon and Etheldred Smith. Outside of managing the accounts of others, White was a farmer and ran, with the help of Ann Johnson, what appears to be an inn where alcohol was sold and individuals could obtain transportation. \nThis collection primarily occurs in the area surrounding Murfeesboro, North Carolina and Northampton County, North Carolina. More specifically, the location of Bryan's Cross Roads is referenced on multiple occasions and is confirmed to be a location in Northampton County, North Carolina during this time by the North Carolina Postal History Society.","Includes a letter detailing the arrangement of John White to pay for the medical expenses of an enslaved person as a result of White's actions.","Includes a document written by white where one Jane Laura is identified as his wife.","Includes an account with Aycock and Long.","The accounts of Thomas Deberry Hollamon were maintained by John White.","Johnson appears in Managed Accounts file entitled Account of Ann Johnson and in the Ledger entitled White and Johnson Cash Book.","Gary identifies himself as the husband of Rebecca R. Parker whose accounts were also managed by John White.","This ledger includes entries regarding cotton accounts, Rebecca Edwards and Charles Driver.","Parker is identified as the orphan of Richard Parker and  Etheldred Smith appointed as her guardian following her father's death. Parker is also the wife of Roderick B. Gary whose accounts were managed by John White.","Account of Leonard Purdy, Account of Roderick Gary, and the Ledger entitled Managed Accounts. Smith is the son of Etheldred and Sally Smith (Purdy) and the brother of Henry Smith.","This ledger includes entries for Williams Garner, John Garner, Morgan Edwin, Cobb Littleberry, Hailey Hollody, Mary Luten, Dicey Goodson, Joseph Park, Howard Dukes, Thomas Edwards, John J. Crump, Absalom P. Smith, Dorothy Doles, Estate of Richard Long, David Davies, John Luten, George Pollock, John Williams, George W. Binkley, Thomas E. Hollamon, Mary A. 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Newsome, James Boon. and Pennalope Daughtrey."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","White, John","Smith, Etheldred","Hollamon, Thomas Deberry"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"names_coll_ssim":["Smith, Etheldred","Hollamon, Thomas Deberry"],"persname_ssim":["White, John","Smith, Etheldred","Hollamon, Thomas Deberry"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":116,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T13:40:07.333Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8154_c02_c23"}},{"id":"viu_viu00088_c01_c02","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00088_c01_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00088_c01_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00088_c01_c02"],"id":"viu_viu00088_c01_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00088","_root_":"viu_viu00088","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00088_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00088_c01","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00088","viu_viu00088_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00088","viu_viu00088_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846","SERIES I: MEDICAL \u0026 PHARMACEUTICAL\n               MATERIAL"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846","SERIES I: MEDICAL \u0026 PHARMACEUTICAL\n               MATERIAL"],"text":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846","SERIES I: MEDICAL \u0026 PHARMACEUTICAL\n               MATERIAL","Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company","Box Box 1"],"title_filing_ssi":"Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company","title_ssm":["Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company"],"title_tesim":["Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1810-1822 \u0026 n.d."],"normalized_date_ssm":["1810/1822"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Account of Solomon Henkel with Bryan\n                  Hampson \u0026 Company"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":3,"date_range_isim":[1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 1"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#1","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:51:30.071Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00088","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00088","_root_":"viu_viu00088","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00088","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00088.xml","title_ssm":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846"],"title_tesim":["Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["8653-d"],"text":["8653-d","Henkel Family Papers \n         1800-1846","679 items","Collection is open to research","This collection has been arranged into four series: 1)\n         Medical and Pharmaceutical Material, 2) Henkel Printery and\n         Bookselling Business, 3) \n          Henkel Family Correspondence, and 4)\n         Miscellaneous Correspondence and Materials. It is in\n         chronological order.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","This collection of 679 items (3 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear\n         shelf foot), 1800-1846, and undated, consists chiefly of the\n         correspondence and business accounts of Dr. \n          Solomon Henkel (1777-1847) of \n          New Market, Virginia , who served as\n         physician, pharmacist, printer, and postmaster of \n          New Market and surrounding areas of the \n          Shenandoah Valley .","Letters relating primarily to \n          Solomon Henkel 's medical and\n         pharmaceutical practice have been grouped together, except for\n         his accounts and correspondence with \n          Bryan, Hampson \u0026 Company , \n          Henry Keerl and Sons , Druggists, G.W. and\n          John George Bottler , Druggists, and \n          Matthias Kin , plant and seed merchant,\n         who all have their own folders.","Items of note among \n          Solomon Henkel 's medical correspondence\n         include: two letters from Dr. \n          Henry Evans , one requesting instructions\n         on making an \"electrifying machine,\" perhaps used with\n         quicksilver as a medical treatment (March 29, 1810), and a\n         second asking for directions for fixing the \"notes\" on his new\n         guitar as there were no guitars close by (July 8, 1810);\n         another requests that Henkel pay his account with \n          Philadelphia paper notes as \"Southern\n         notes seldom pass at Northern banks\" (April 15, 1803); and\n         several persons writing to Henkel asking him to accept them as\n         medical students (August 18, 1813; August 9, 1815; \u0026\n         August 29, 1823).","Solomon Henkel 's medical correspondence\n         and accounts furnish insight into the diagnostic tools,\n         medicines, and treatment available for the use of the pioneer\n         physician.","Solomon Henkel also had a great deal of\n         correspondence concerning his printery and bookselling\n         business dealing with purchases, sales, printing arrangements,\n         book and pamphlet orders, subscriptions and accounts due. Two\n         correspondents, \n          Jacob Sherrer and \n          Daniel Sherer , write almost exclusively\n         about the book business, although \n          Jacob Sherrer also describes his travels\n         in \n          Virginia and the activities of the\n         communities he visits.","The \n          Henkel family members represented in this\n         collection include \n          Solomon Henkel 's Uncle \n          Moses Henkel , \n          Gideon Henkel , \n          Silas Henkel , \n          Jesse Henkel , \n          Ambrose Henkel , \n          Saul Henkel , \n          Moses Henkel, Jr. , and \n          David Henkel , \n          Solomon Henkel 's brother.","Topics of interest include: a discussion of a smallpox\n         vaccine and an heretical preacher, Mr. Willey (August 17,\n         1802); \n          Gideon Henkel offering his services to \n          Solomon Henkel in his proposed general\n         merchandise business and later to sell medicines on commission\n         (November 20, 1810; \u0026 February 15, 1816); \n          Joel Henkel 's involvement in the\n         commissary business for the \n          United States Army going to \n          Detroit and a description of the reaction\n         of the local people to General Hull's surrender of \n          Detroit in August (October 27, 1812);\n         competition from a new press in \n          Springfield wishing to reprint some of \n          Solomon Henkel 's own works, missionary\n         efforts among the Indians and the conversion of a noted Jewish\n         Rabbi, disagreement between \n          Paul Henkel and \n          Moses Henkel over Christian behavior and\n         doctrinal differences between Methodists and Lutherans\n         (February 21 \u0026 28; April 12 \u0026 December 25, 1819). \n          Moses Henkel generally writes concerning\n         religious topics, translations, and his articles written for \n          Solomon Henkel 's printery.","David Henkel 's correspondence describes\n         \"The Objections of \n          Tennessee of the Committee Against The\n         Constitution of the General Synod\" (December 21, 1821);\n         recounts his travels and expositions about doctrine (n.d.);\n         book sales (November 3, 1819); and discussion of the\n         Methodists (January 27, 1817); and includes expositions\n         regarding miracles and other religious topics (May 30,\n         1813).","The miscellaneous correspondence contains letters\n         concerning Lutheran theology, doctrine, conferences, meetings,\n         and other activities, and behavior. Many of these\n         correspondents are Lutheran ministers and three of them, \n          John Drehr , \n          J.K. Rebenack , and \n          George H. Riemenschneider , have been\n         foldered separately.","Individual topics of interest include: several letters\n         concerning \n          Solomon Henkel 's role as postmaster\n         (February 27, 1811; March 31, 1814; and March 23, 1815); the\n         possibility of the unification of the Lutheran denomination\n         with the Presbyterians through the adoption of a common\n         catechism (February 26, 1812) and the Episcopalians with the\n         resolution of differences over the priesthood and ordination\n         (July 16, September 16, and October 14, 1818); denominational\n         rivalry, especially between the Baptists and Lutherans\n         (December 3, 1815); \n          Daniel Bryan asking support for his\n         election to the \n          Virginia Legislature (March 25 \u0026 27,\n         1818); a request for help in securing type for a small\n         handpress to be used at \n          Union Seminary [ \n          Tennessee ] (April 17, 1819); a special\n         conference on provincial religion (June 19, 1810); the\n         visiting preacher Mr. Henkel (August 29, 1818); a printed\n         circular concerning charity (October 30, 1817); and family\n         behavior (October 30, 1816).","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. 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Two\n         correspondents, \n          Jacob Sherrer and \n          Daniel Sherer , write almost exclusively\n         about the book business, although \n          Jacob Sherrer also describes his travels\n         in \n          Virginia and the activities of the\n         communities he visits.","The \n          Henkel family members represented in this\n         collection include \n          Solomon Henkel 's Uncle \n          Moses Henkel , \n          Gideon Henkel , \n          Silas Henkel , \n          Jesse Henkel , \n          Ambrose Henkel , \n          Saul Henkel , \n          Moses Henkel, Jr. , and \n          David Henkel , \n          Solomon Henkel 's brother.","Topics of interest include: a discussion of a smallpox\n         vaccine and an heretical preacher, Mr. Willey (August 17,\n         1802); \n          Gideon Henkel offering his services to \n          Solomon Henkel in his proposed general\n         merchandise business and later to sell medicines on commission\n         (November 20, 1810; \u0026 February 15, 1816); \n          Joel Henkel 's involvement in the\n         commissary business for the \n          United States Army going to \n          Detroit and a description of the reaction\n         of the local people to General Hull's surrender of \n          Detroit in August (October 27, 1812);\n         competition from a new press in \n          Springfield wishing to reprint some of \n          Solomon Henkel 's own works, missionary\n         efforts among the Indians and the conversion of a noted Jewish\n         Rabbi, disagreement between \n          Paul Henkel and \n          Moses Henkel over Christian behavior and\n         doctrinal differences between Methodists and Lutherans\n         (February 21 \u0026 28; April 12 \u0026 December 25, 1819). \n          Moses Henkel generally writes concerning\n         religious topics, translations, and his articles written for \n          Solomon Henkel 's printery.","David Henkel 's correspondence describes\n         \"The Objections of \n          Tennessee of the Committee Against The\n         Constitution of the General Synod\" (December 21, 1821);\n         recounts his travels and expositions about doctrine (n.d.);\n         book sales (November 3, 1819); and discussion of the\n         Methodists (January 27, 1817); and includes expositions\n         regarding miracles and other religious topics (May 30,\n         1813).","The miscellaneous correspondence contains letters\n         concerning Lutheran theology, doctrine, conferences, meetings,\n         and other activities, and behavior. Many of these\n         correspondents are Lutheran ministers and three of them, \n          John Drehr , \n          J.K. Rebenack , and \n          George H. 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