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Cosby to Thomas Jefferson Randolph, \n1863 August 28"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"physdesc_tesim":["ALS, 1 p.; with address on verso; docketed."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":83,"containers_ssim":["box-folder 1:78"],"_nest_path_":"/components#82","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:53:13.360Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03984","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03984","_root_":"viu_viu03984","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03984","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03984.xml","title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6225\n"],"text":["6225\n","Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909","This collection consists of ca. 190 items.","There are no restrictions.\n","Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["6225\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Mary Walker Randolph, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960 February 23.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 190 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRandolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ea very valuable mineral on his land,\u003c/title\u003e has any veracity.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. 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Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. 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Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["6225\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Mary Walker Randolph, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960 February 23.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 190 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRandolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ea very valuable mineral on his land,\u003c/title\u003e has any veracity.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["6225\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Mary Walker Randolph, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960 February 23.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 190 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRandolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ea very valuable mineral on his land,\u003c/title\u003e has any veracity.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["6225\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Mary Walker Randolph, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960 February 23.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 190 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRandolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ea very valuable mineral on his land,\u003c/title\u003e has any veracity.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n"],"_nest_path_":"/components#98","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:53:13.360Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu03984","ead_ssi":"viu_viu03984","_root_":"viu_viu03984","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu03984","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu03984.xml","title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["6225\n"],"text":["6225\n","Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909","This collection consists of ca. 190 items.","There are no restrictions.\n","Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","English\n"],"unitid_tesim":["6225\n"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_title_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"collection_ssim":["Randolph Family Papers\n1783-1909, 1791-1909"],"repository_ssm":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"acqinfo_ssim":["This collection was purchased from Mary Walker Randolph, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960 February 23.\n"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["This collection consists of ca. 190 items."],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions.\n"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRandolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Randolph Family Papers, Accession #6225, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eChiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLatin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ea very valuable mineral on his land,\u003c/title\u003e has any veracity.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDesiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his decision \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003enot to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,\u003c/title\u003e and the possible sale of a bust to the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eLegislature of Louisiana.\u003c/title\u003e  Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003eto see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,\u003c/title\u003e and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n","Concerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n","Concerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n","Concerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n","Concerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n","Sending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n","Writing on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n","Informing him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n","Concerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n","Concerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n","Concerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n","Relating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n","A note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n","Concerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the  Recorder  and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the  New York Review  are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026 injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n","A letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n","Containing his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n","Lamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n","Regarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n","A bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n","Concerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n","Sending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n","Possibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n","With additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n","Endorsed on verso.\n","Concerning George Wythe Randolph.\n","Re death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n","Concerning the movement of property. 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However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginal in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDrawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIntroducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. 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Stearns.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003every dull prospect of a school,\u003c/title\u003e her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking her for her letter, her intentions to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003equit the state\u003c/title\u003e [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ethe outcry of hard times,\u003c/title\u003e and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting the loss of her \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003elittle jar,\u003c/title\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewhich was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.\u003c/title\u003e Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003emanager\u003c/title\u003e for this plan \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"doublequote\" href=\"\"\u003ewho can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning family matters.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLaments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026amp; deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026amp; I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's] \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003ePeter Simple\u003c/title\u003e. He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegisters her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of his mother. Mentions [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph's] inability to return home, and his inclination to join Lewis in Arkansas the next fall to engage in land speculation, and other family matters.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the unexpected death of a child of her cousin's, and their family's sadness.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a visit for \"that stranger from the South,\" and his engagement to a \"horrid bad old hag who has taken him in and persuaded him to marry her in her old days,\" and inquiring about the conditions of various family members including the rumored engagement of Cary Ann.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her safe return to Baltimore, detailing her journey there, and relating the conditions of various people she met along the way.   \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his work as a copier, and suggesting that he also make a frame for the item.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending copies of \"Cousin Beverly's letter,\" and says that her mother \"begs that [Thomas Jefferson Randolph] will think again before [he] allows [him]self to be nominated for Governor, that she cannot get along possibly without [him].\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting on behalf of her mother, rebuking him for not writing them sooner, and claiming that they \"[we]re all delighted to hear that [he] w[as] not governor.\"  They are all anxiously awaiting his return.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforming him that one of their tobacco houses burned to the ground, and suggesting that it was arson.  Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026amp; [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026amp; also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. He continues, \"what a terrible state the country is in. Every body failing. To day we received word that all the banks to the northward have stopped paying specie, and the banks here [in Portsmouth] have done the same.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the death of her Uncle [Meriwether] Lewis [Randolph], and claims that his death will not alter his intention to move to Arkansas.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a gift of a barrel of oranges, and their recent family loss.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning her father's improving health, and several deaths of acquaintances, with religious consolation for the same.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelating that he will soon be leaving for New Orleans, and apologizing for not having seen more of her during his time at port.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA note from her physician expressing his joy at her recovered health, and requesting that she and her children visit him.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a theological dispute between them, and claiming that Thomas Jefferson Randolph is nearly an atheist. Francis mentions two controversial religious figures from the period, and after reprimanding Thomas for his views says, \"But I do not mean to defend the individuals to whom I plainly understand you to allude. The papers of Dr. Tyng in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRecorder\u003c/title\u003e and Dr. [Francis] Hawks in the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eNew York Review\u003c/title\u003e are condemned by every Minister of the Gospel that I have heard speak on the subject. Assuredly they will meet their reward. But shld the cruelty \u0026amp; injustice of two men, or of a hundred wolves in sheepsclothing, set you against the whole Church of Christ.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter of introduction and recommendation for Mr. J. Guillet for his application for the professorship of Modern Languages at the University [of Virginia].\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining his report card for March 1842, on the same sheet as his letter to his mother concerning life at school.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLamenting their separation, claiming that on a visit she was happy not to have had to speak with Archy Cary, and that she does not care ever to see him again.  Providing advice on handling when \"dear Maria\" could think about an engagement.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding Thomas Jefferson's papers, their arrangement, and housing.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA bill of sale for blasting powder, and fuse.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning preparations for his arrival at Edge Hill.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSending money, concerning a lawsuit, and relating other family matters.  \n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibly from copybook. Letter in disrepair and difficult to read.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith additional letter written 1864 September 30 by R. H. Stratton to \"Dear Sir.\" With enclosure.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEndorsed on verso.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning George Wythe Randolph.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRe death of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Jr.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee monument.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Robert E. Lee memorial.\n\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the movement of property. Mentions disposing of Jefferson works \"to the best advantage.\"\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Chiefly family correspondence of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Agnes (Dillon) Randolph and Margaret Smith (Randolph) Randolph. However, there are letters from Dabney Carr, Ellen Wayles (Randolph) Coolidge, Francis Wayles Eppes, Robert Garlick Kean Hill, James J. Monroe, Nicholas Philip Trist, Bernard Peyton, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Sully and William Henry Roane.\n","\nIncludes letters, 1802 March 3, 1803 February 24, Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson and, various memoranda, designs and sketches, and calling cards.\n","\nIn addition there are the following: land grant, 1798 February 5, to W.C. Nicholas for property in Amherst County, Virginia; survey, 1791 July 2, by Elliot Lacy of land in Goochland County, Virginia; letters and invoices, 1863-1864, to Major T. J. Randolph of the Confederate States of America Quartermaster Corp. for army supplies; letters, 1884-1888, from Paul Otto and F. Otto Schulze to Sarah Nicholas Randolph, secretary of the Lee Monument Association, re the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia.\n","Original in Thomas Jefferson Architectural Drawings, Box 1.\n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Drawing of the land surveyed by Elliot Lacy.\n","Introducing Thornton Gilmer, who will act as his representative in the cavalry under Randolph's command.\n","Lists Monticello, Thornton Gap, Ruffner's, Cunningham's Mill, Rockfish Gap, Kennerley's, Madison's Cove, Jones's, Gilbert's, Narrow Passage, Rappidan, Robinson River, Brown's Culpeper Court House, Hedgeman River, Fauquier Court House, Germantown, [Pa.?], Widow Nevill's, West's Ordinary, Leesburg, Knowland's Ferry, Zane's, Winchester, Threetons, McCormack's, Harper's Ferry, Frederictown, [Md.?], Bentley's. Taverns listed, Leesburg: McEntire's, Indian King; Frederictown: Crush's, Sycamore Tree; Tawney Town: Mrs. Charlton's, Caleb's, Bacchus and Threetons; Petersburg: Kurtz's, The Swan; McAllister's Town: Rhenegher's; Yorktown: White's, Sign of the Lemon; Lancaster: Rickhart's, The Bear. Other towns: Alexandria, Colchester, Dumfries, Lansdowne, Elkrun Church, Piscotaway, Port Tobacco, Howe's Ferry, Port Royal, Bowling Green, Hanover Court House, Goodall's, Richmond. \n","Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Latin improves. Goes in spring to Latin school with Beverly Randolph. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Requesting Randolph's assistance in ascertaining whether the claim of the bearer of the letter, John Gardner, that he has discovered  a very valuable mineral on his land,  has any veracity.\n","No measles. Virginia speaks well. Ellen learns French. Cornelia sends love. Wants geography book. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","For 5 ¾ yards lace muslin for Mrs. Madison. Original in Papers of Thomas Jefferson.\n","Desiring Randolph's return as a result of the illness of his wife, Jane [Hollins (Nicholas) Randolph], following the birth of their daughter, [Margaret Smith Randolph].\n","Accounts for various household items, and one containing medical expenses for slaves.\n","Concerning a student's dinner at her home, a time for Margaret to practice on the harpsichord, and desiring a visit.\n","Concerning his decision  not to publish the memoir, but the whole works by subscription,  and the possible sale of a bust to the  Legislature of Louisiana.   Randolph also mentions the reason for his visit to Washington was  to see if any thing would be done by Congress for [their] relief more from a sense of duty than any hope of success,  and that they must rely on their own resources for succor during their time of financial distress.\n","Informing her cousin about various family matters, her studies, and her upcoming attendance at a dancing school.  \n","A majority of these grade reports are written and signed by her instructor, H. C. Stearns.\n","Concerning her  very dull prospect of a school,  her sole remaining boarder, Ann Jeffress, and providing them with information about past students at her school.    \n","Thanking her for her letter, her intentions to  quit the state  [of Virginia] because of her school's lack of success and the closing of many schools in the area due to  the outcry of hard times,  and her optimism about conditions in Florida.  \n","Lamenting the loss of her  little jar, which was the last thing given [her] by her poor Mammy whom [she] shall never cease to think of without the deepest regret [she] had but little idea when last [she] saw her, that [they] shall never again meet in this world of trouble and care, it is selfish to wish to have her back for she is now happy, far better off than [she is]. [Septimia] wish[es] that [Margaret] would keep a look out for the little thing. [Septimia] got a letter from [her] Daddy in which he sent [them] some hair of hers.  Septimia also inquires about a squirrel that Margaret has named after her.  \n","Relating her possible return to Virginia from Washington, and her sister Ellen [Wayles Randolph Coolidge] and brother Lewis [Randolph]'s visit.\n","Relating his fondness for and recollections of Edgehill, concerning his first patient, and laments a dearth of young available women near him. He goes on to relate an anecdote about a marriage lottery that he had heard from an old gentleman acquaintance of his, but laments being unable to find a  manager  for this plan  who can be trusted with all the love secrets of the county.","Concerning family matters.\n","Concerning Brother L[ewis Randolph]'s reception in Washington, and relating that a member of congress would request her brother [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph]'s appearance with \"a bust of grandpapa\" [Thomas Jefferson]. Also mentions the subsiding of a cholera outbreak in Washington, although their brother Lewis [Randolph]'s \"favorite physician\" Dr. Thomas is possibly ill with it, and that she has refrained for going out for fear of it.  She also describes \"Little Jeffy's\" illness, and asks whether Margaret can inquire whether or not Evelina Garret is yet living.\n","Concerning recent rainfall and flooding, ruined tobacco and corn crops as well as damaged bridges and roads near Edgehill.\n","Requesting that the misses Randolph bring Septimia Randolph [Meikleham] to visit if she is with them. Desiring a waltzing party, and describes the waltzing skills of several of their acquaintances.  \n","Relating that she tires of the city life, and longs to return to her \"own dear Mountains.\" She also relates her fondness for the young physician who has just treated her, and provides a description of her dress for the wedding of Miss Harriet Watson.   \n","Deploring her propensity for going to parties, and claims that he does not have the time \"to race about the country to every little kick up of a parade.\" Inquiring about the frequency of Cousin William's visits to Edgehill.  Also requests that Margaret tell her mother that there are no peaches to be found, but that he will send her some of his preserved apples as soon as they are ready.  \n","Requesting that the family at Edgehill break their two year long silence since her removal to Florida, and describes the advantages of Florida over Virginia.  Also relates the elopement of a fifteen year old former pupil of hers, Attaway Willis with Sam Duval.  \n","Written in crosshatch, this letter is difficult to read. Concerning her arrival in Boston, and her interactions with acquaintances there, and the customs and conversation of the \"Yankees.\"   \n","Concerning her difficulty in opening a school in Boston, her discussing the situation of her competitors there, and congratulates her former pupil, Margaret, on \"the prospect a school.\"\n","Apologizing for her lack of correspondence since her marriage five weeks prior to writing the letter, and concerning her affairs and acquaintances in Florida.\n","Laments his separation from his family due to the [debate in the Virginia Legislature concerning the abolition of slavery]. Randolph claims, \"this is a busy time for all those who take an interest in the business going on, subject to be acted on every day. I have been sitting for my portrait at the request of a painter who is taking the portraits of a few of the distinguished orators on the abolition question.  He is making a good job of it. He has endeavored to give it the expression of stern \u0026 deep feeling which I certainly felt in replying to my opponents \u0026 I think has succeeded. My friends tell me that in some of our debates give my adversaries some very fierce looks. I have not given them hard words.\"  He also mentions the payment of several loans that are due, and his desire to return after the legislature ends.  \n","Concerning dress making, and explanations of several patterns that she has sent previously. Expressing her thanks for sister Jane's gift of \"real Virginia ham.\"  Mentions Nicolas [P. Trist] and Virginia [Jefferson Randolph Trist's] plan to go to Cuba.  The author also claims that \"I wish the Virginians would get into the way of importing germans to take the place of slaves; they are hardworking, hon[orable] creatures, [that] work for very low wages.\"  \n","Concerning her travels from Norfolk to Old Point, to Key West, and mentions seeing a ship on its way to Liberia, where \"the blacks accompanied by six missionaries and their wives came down in the Steam boat with us today. I saw them go on board, and ere this time suppose they are out of sight of their native land- Oh what a situation is theirs- I never saw more dejected countenances than the females had, and could not help feeling a great deal for them. I trust they may be enabled to do much good in that heathen land.\"  \n","Concerning a visit to Richmond, and her plans to visit Edgehill when time affords.  \n","Concerning his life at sea, and mentions [Frederick Marryat's]  Peter Simple . He also states that his \"Commodore is an old dotard,\" but praises his Captain, and speculates on his ship's destination.  George says that \"it is thought that we are to sail for Jamaica to protect the American property as a revolt of the negroes is constantly expected or perhaps we may sail to Vera Cruz in the Gulf of Mexico\" to pick up stranded members of the recently sunk Schooner Porpoise.  \n","Registers her uneasiness at their long silence during turbulent times, and states, \"I have been trembling for poor [Thomas] Jefferson [Randolph] in these sad times of pressure, and justly fear that half the country will be ruined before Congress decides which is to blame, the President [Andrew Jackson], or the Bank,\" and continues to relate the conditions of various family members.\n","Concerning making shirts, and bonnets, concerning mourning protocol, and requesting that after her own death that others do not dress in mourning clothes. She also mentions [Thomas Jefferson Randolph's] election, and that she \"do[es]n't wish him success,\" because she claims that a man in debt should not enter a public life.  \n","Concerning her acquaintances in Tallahassee, and asking to be remembered to a variety of family members. \n","Mentions meeting with Mr. [Nicholas P.] Trist, and the broken engagement between Lewis [Randolph] and the sister of Richard Meade. He claims that soon Miss Meade will be worth $80000, \"and a man is a fool in [his] humble opinion that wouldn't marry any hag upon earth for that fortune.\" He also mentions his life as a midshipman.\n","Chastising her for her extravagant fashion choices, providing her with fashion advice, and asking about what kind of wedding she is to have.  \n","Concerning the illness of Miss Henrietta Smith, and her visits to Cambridge, and Boston. She also inquires about several of Margaret's relations, and whether Margaret has read Spark's American Biography where she has \"in it a life of Capt. Smith which throws great luster upon the character of Pocahontas.\"\n","Concerning Margaret's meeting with Patsy and Mr. Taylor, and laments \"the resurrection of the ghost of [Margaret's] dyspepsia.\" She also mentions her sister's outbreak of mumps, and her solitude in New Hampshire.\n","Concerning life aboard the U.S. Frigate Constitution, and outbreaks of illness on board. He also relates an anecdote about missing his mother's visit in Boston.  \n","Concerning fashions, and dancing, including her desire to learn how to waltz, \"but not to waltz with a gentleman for [she] do[es] not approve of it.\"  \n","Concerning very cold weather in Boston, with some comparison to the weather in Virginia.  \n","Concerning the death of his mother. 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Jane relates that Mr. Garrison's \"suspicions rest on 'big Buck' \u0026 [she] believe[s] Edmond. [She] think[s] most of the negroes think it must have been set on fire.\"  She later provides him with Nicholas P. Trist's address in Havana, Cuba.      \n","Cleaning instructions written on the same leaf as a \"promise to deliver\" \"one box [of] merchandise.\"\n","Concerning his difficulty engaging in letter writing, and informing her of his plans to visit Edge Hill that May.  \n","Concerning \"Papa's long attack,\" Willie's \"spell,\" and the near completion of their Church. She later states, \"I saw in a late paper that Cousin [Thomas] Jeff[erson Randolph] had received an appointment \u0026 also that he had declined it,\" and asks whether several of her letters have been received by family members.    \n","Concerning his upcoming examination for the military, declining cotton prices, and economic trouble for members of his family. 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