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Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n                  a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n                  since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                   [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n                  that the president's actions have alienated many of\n                  his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n                  paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n                   Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n                  Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n                   Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n                  get him connected with the \n                   New York Staatszeitung; will also\n                  write to a German paper in the West on his\n                  behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n                  for \n                   Germany ; intends to stay until\n                  September unless the Republicans nominate \n                   [James G.] Blaine again; would\n                  return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n                  about the \n                   Treasury Department in the matter\n                  of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n                   Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n                  Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n                  oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n                  written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n                  financial transactions during the presidential\n                  campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n                  has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland 's\n                  administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n                   Indiana politician; praises\n                  Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n                  President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n                  political office.]","[Doubts whether \n                   [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n                  be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n                  him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n                  guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n                   [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n                  Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n                  conference in \n                   Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n                  1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n                  Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n                  position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                   [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n                   Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n                  should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. 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Mentions letter from\n                  Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n                  of \n                   [Grover] Cleveland in \n                   Boston ; informs him that\n                  Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n                  contest.]","[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n                  change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n                  that Curtis will give the document its final\n                  shape.]","[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n                   Joseph Jefferson , the\n                  actor.]","[with printed note from \n                   George W. Childs requesting\n                  information for the \n                   National Almanac . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n                  commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n                  mercenary adventurer to be published in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n                  hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n                  defends his loyalty to \n                   America . ]","[Called at \n                   Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n                  admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n                  him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n                  of wife \n                   Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n                  friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n                  esteem in \n                   Washington ; believes that there\n                  are no plans in the \n                   Department of the Interior to\n                  remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n                  him that the President [ \n                   Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; 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Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                   [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n                   Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n                  should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n                  letter to Rogers.]","[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n                  because of prior commitment.]","[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n                  paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; expects to be in \n                   Buffalo at the meeting of the \n                   National League . ]","[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n                  \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n                  with it whatever is necessary. 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The material\n         relates to the \n          Smith family of \n          Staunton , the \n          Lewis family of \n          Sweet Springs (now \n          West Virginia ) and the \n          Cochran family of \n          Charlottesville and \n          Staunton .","Folly Farm was founded by \n          Joseph Smith in 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n          Staunton on Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n          Thomas Jefferson .","Correspondence of the \n          Cochran family is mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n          Staunton women. In a letter to \n          Maggie Cochran (July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n          Frasyers Farm is described. A letter to \n          Mittie Cochran (September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n          Fairfax . \n          Joseph S. Cochran attended the \n          University of Virginia and a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n          [Albert Henry] Tuttle and \n          [John William] Mallet .","Letters between \n          John Lewis Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran deals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n          Nannie Cochran 's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran are about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's attendance of the \n          Hanover Academy where he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n          Richmond . Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n          Howe Peyton Cochran left the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n          Monticello hospital being condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n          Nannie Cohran and \n          Maggie Cochran .","Letters between \n          Willie Lynn Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran were written\n         while \n          Willie Lynn Cochran attended school in \n          Brownsburg and mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his wife \n          Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran (married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment ( \n          1st regiment Virginia Artillery ) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n          Tom Cobb , \n          Howell Cobb , Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n          Yorktown . The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n          Yorktown . The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n          Williamsburg which \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n          Randolph Macon , becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n          James Cochran 's unit. A son ( \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , named for \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n          Nannie Cochran died, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran 's application for a \n          University of Missouri chemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n          University of Virginia and \n          College of Richmond . The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n          [John William] Mallet , \n          [Francis Perry] Dunnington , \n          [George Frederick] Holmes , and \n          [Ormond] Stone of the \n          University of Virginia , Professor Puryear\n         of the \n          College of Richmond , and his present\n         congressman \n          [Henry St. George] Tucker .","In Letters to \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n          Nannie Cochran and her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n          Henry Cochran family affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n          Maggie Cochran from Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n          Culpepper . A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n          Howe Peyton Cochran contain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n          Randolph Macon and the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n          Campbell Carrington ( \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother) after the\n         battle of \n          Cournif on April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n          James C. Cochran include correspondence\n         between their sons \n          John L. Cochran , \n          Joseph D. Cochran , and daughter \n          Anne Cochran who went to \n          Gainesville, Florida because of \n          John Cochran 's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n          John Cochran 's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n          Staunton .","Letters to \n          John Cochran contains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran contain\n         letters from her brother \n          Thomas Preston Lewis who served with the \n          War Department in the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n          Congress who apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n          Napoleon Bonaparte who was coming to power\n         in \n          France ; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n          Nannie (Carrington) Cochran are from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n          John Lewis Cochran and contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis have been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received the right to\n         practice law in \n          Virginia on September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n          census bureau (October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n          War Department based on recommendations by\n          Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (November 15,\n         1850.) \n          Thomas Preston Lewis ' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n          Point Pleasant and an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n          Thomas Preston Lewis has at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n          John Buchanan Floyd . October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n          William Sparrow . March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n          Thomas Preston Lewis lost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n          Thomas Preston Lewis trying to collect on\n         his debts. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis attempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received help from \n          John F. Lewis in getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n          John F. Lewis had assisted \n          Thomas Preston Lewis before getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n          B. F. Ballard and mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n          West Virginia constitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n          Iowa which \n          Thomas Preston Lewis got from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n          Thomas Preston Lewis to bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n          Rawley Springs in \n          Rockingham County, Virginia . Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis starting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis . On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n          Florida school system.","Letters to \n          Ann M. Peyton from her sister \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran mention the \n          Cochran family 's move from \n          Staunton to \n          Charlottesville (October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith contain many applications for\n         loans. \n          Joseph Smith served in the \n          General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n          R. S. Brooke which concerns the debate in\n         the \n          General Assembly over slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n          Joseph Smith to be $74,900.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith from \n          William Widdifield are mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n          David Paul Brown . A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n          Joseph Smith 's brothers \n          Abraham Smith and \n          Silas H. Smith .","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n          James Cochran was appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n          Augusta county in 1798. There are \n          Joseph Smith 's military promotions while\n         a member of \n          Virginia's 32nd militia . \n          James Cochran was appointed Postmaster of \n          Folly Mills in 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n          Joseph Smith to the \n          United States for determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n          Augusta county ; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n          Joseph Smith was a life member of the \n          Virginia Agricultural Society (October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n          South Carolina bonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n          Elizabeth Battaile Smith (November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n          Boston (March 1830), an obituary of \n          Magdalene Crawford (May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n          United States , however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n          Federal government should pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n          Joseph Smith contain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n          Joseph Smith money. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n          Joseph Smith and are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n          Ann (Price) Smith (June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran (1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n          Joseph Smith and Dr. \n          Henry Cochran .","index at back of second folder","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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The material\n         relates to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSweet Springs\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e) and the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Farm\u003c/corpname\u003ewas founded by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ein 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eon Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eis mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003ewomen. In a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFrasyers Farm\u003c/corpname\u003eis described. A letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMittie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph S. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Albert Henry] Tuttle\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edeals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's attendance of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHanover Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e. Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026amp; 20, 1861. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eleft the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMonticello hospital\u003c/corpname\u003ebeing condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cohran\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewere written\n         while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrownsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie L. (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e1st regiment Virginia Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTom Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowell Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026amp; 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003e, becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's unit. A son ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, named for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edied, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's application for a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Missouri\u003c/corpname\u003echemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e. The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Francis Perry] Dunnington\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[George Frederick] Holmes\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Ormond] Stone\u003c/persname\u003eof the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, Professor Puryear\n         of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e, and his present\n         congressman \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry St. George] Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, July 31,\n         1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efamily affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efrom Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCulpepper\u003c/geogname\u003e. A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003eand the letters of November\n         20, \u0026amp; 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother) after the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCournif\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 11, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Colonel and Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003einclude correspondence\n         between their sons \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, and daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewho went to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainesville, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003ebecause of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain\n         letters from her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ewho served with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ewho apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte\u003c/persname\u003ewho was coming to power\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first few letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehave been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived the right to\n         practice law in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eon September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ecensus bureau\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ebased on recommendations by\n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Hugh Holmes Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e(November 15,\n         1850.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePoint Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003eand an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehas at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e. October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Sparrow\u003c/persname\u003e. March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003elost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003etrying to collect on\n         his debts. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eattempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived help from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ein getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehad assisted \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ebefore getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. Ballard\u003c/persname\u003eand mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econstitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003egot from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRawley Springs\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRockingham County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003estarting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e. On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003eschool system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn M. Peyton\u003c/persname\u003efrom her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003emention the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003e's move from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain many applications for\n         loans. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003efrom December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. S. Brooke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich concerns the debate in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003eover slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto be $74,900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Widdifield\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Paul Brown\u003c/persname\u003e. A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's brothers \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas H. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1798. There are \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's military promotions while\n         a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia's 32nd militia\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Postmaster of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Mills\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003efor determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003e; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ewas a life member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agricultural Society\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003ebonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEssays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Battaile Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 1830), an obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMagdalene Crawford\u003c/persname\u003e(May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrench Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e, however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal government\u003c/corpname\u003eshould pay the\n         damages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventories of Debts due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003emoney. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn (Price) Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eindex at back of second folder\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 842 items, 1774-1891, n.d., consists of\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, account books and a\n         survey book belonging to various families. The material\n         relates to the \n          Smith family of \n          Staunton , the \n          Lewis family of \n          Sweet Springs (now \n          West Virginia ) and the \n          Cochran family of \n          Charlottesville and \n          Staunton .","Folly Farm was founded by \n          Joseph Smith in 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n          Staunton on Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n          Thomas Jefferson .","Correspondence of the \n          Cochran family is mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n          Staunton women. In a letter to \n          Maggie Cochran (July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n          Frasyers Farm is described. A letter to \n          Mittie Cochran (September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n          Fairfax . \n          Joseph S. Cochran attended the \n          University of Virginia and a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n          [Albert Henry] Tuttle and \n          [John William] Mallet .","Letters between \n          John Lewis Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran deals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n          Nannie Cochran 's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran are about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's attendance of the \n          Hanover Academy where he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n          Richmond . Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n          Howe Peyton Cochran left the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n          Monticello hospital being condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n          Nannie Cohran and \n          Maggie Cochran .","Letters between \n          Willie Lynn Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran were written\n         while \n          Willie Lynn Cochran attended school in \n          Brownsburg and mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his wife \n          Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran (married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment ( \n          1st regiment Virginia Artillery ) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n          Tom Cobb , \n          Howell Cobb , Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n          Yorktown . The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n          Yorktown . The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n          Williamsburg which \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n          Randolph Macon , becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n          James Cochran 's unit. A son ( \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , named for \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n          Nannie Cochran died, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran 's application for a \n          University of Missouri chemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n          University of Virginia and \n          College of Richmond . The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n          [John William] Mallet , \n          [Francis Perry] Dunnington , \n          [George Frederick] Holmes , and \n          [Ormond] Stone of the \n          University of Virginia , Professor Puryear\n         of the \n          College of Richmond , and his present\n         congressman \n          [Henry St. George] Tucker .","In Letters to \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n          Nannie Cochran and her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n          Henry Cochran family affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n          Maggie Cochran from Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n          Culpepper . A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n          Howe Peyton Cochran contain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n          Randolph Macon and the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n          Campbell Carrington ( \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother) after the\n         battle of \n          Cournif on April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n          James C. Cochran include correspondence\n         between their sons \n          John L. Cochran , \n          Joseph D. Cochran , and daughter \n          Anne Cochran who went to \n          Gainesville, Florida because of \n          John Cochran 's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n          John Cochran 's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n          Staunton .","Letters to \n          John Cochran contains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran contain\n         letters from her brother \n          Thomas Preston Lewis who served with the \n          War Department in the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n          Congress who apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n          Napoleon Bonaparte who was coming to power\n         in \n          France ; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n          Nannie (Carrington) Cochran are from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n          John Lewis Cochran and contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis have been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received the right to\n         practice law in \n          Virginia on September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n          census bureau (October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n          War Department based on recommendations by\n          Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (November 15,\n         1850.) \n          Thomas Preston Lewis ' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n          Point Pleasant and an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n          Thomas Preston Lewis has at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n          John Buchanan Floyd . October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n          William Sparrow . March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n          Thomas Preston Lewis lost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n          Thomas Preston Lewis trying to collect on\n         his debts. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis attempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received help from \n          John F. Lewis in getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n          John F. Lewis had assisted \n          Thomas Preston Lewis before getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n          B. F. Ballard and mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n          West Virginia constitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n          Iowa which \n          Thomas Preston Lewis got from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n          Thomas Preston Lewis to bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n          Rawley Springs in \n          Rockingham County, Virginia . Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis starting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis . On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n          Florida school system.","Letters to \n          Ann M. Peyton from her sister \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran mention the \n          Cochran family 's move from \n          Staunton to \n          Charlottesville (October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith contain many applications for\n         loans. \n          Joseph Smith served in the \n          General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n          R. S. Brooke which concerns the debate in\n         the \n          General Assembly over slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n          Joseph Smith to be $74,900.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith from \n          William Widdifield are mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n          David Paul Brown . A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n          Joseph Smith 's brothers \n          Abraham Smith and \n          Silas H. Smith .","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n          James Cochran was appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n          Augusta county in 1798. There are \n          Joseph Smith 's military promotions while\n         a member of \n          Virginia's 32nd militia . \n          James Cochran was appointed Postmaster of \n          Folly Mills in 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n          Joseph Smith to the \n          United States for determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n          Augusta county ; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n          Joseph Smith was a life member of the \n          Virginia Agricultural Society (October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n          South Carolina bonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n          Elizabeth Battaile Smith (November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n          Boston (March 1830), an obituary of \n          Magdalene Crawford (May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n          United States , however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n          Federal government should pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n          Joseph Smith contain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n          Joseph Smith money. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n          Joseph Smith and are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n          Ann (Price) Smith (June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran (1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n          Joseph Smith and Dr. \n          Henry Cochran .","index at back of second folder"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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The material\n         relates to the \n          Smith family of \n          Staunton , the \n          Lewis family of \n          Sweet Springs (now \n          West Virginia ) and the \n          Cochran family of \n          Charlottesville and \n          Staunton .","Folly Farm was founded by \n          Joseph Smith in 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n          Staunton on Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n          Thomas Jefferson .","Correspondence of the \n          Cochran family is mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n          Staunton women. In a letter to \n          Maggie Cochran (July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n          Frasyers Farm is described. A letter to \n          Mittie Cochran (September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n          Fairfax . \n          Joseph S. Cochran attended the \n          University of Virginia and a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n          [Albert Henry] Tuttle and \n          [John William] Mallet .","Letters between \n          John Lewis Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran deals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n          Nannie Cochran 's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran are about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's attendance of the \n          Hanover Academy where he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n          Richmond . Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n          Howe Peyton Cochran left the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n          Monticello hospital being condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n          Nannie Cohran and \n          Maggie Cochran .","Letters between \n          Willie Lynn Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran were written\n         while \n          Willie Lynn Cochran attended school in \n          Brownsburg and mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his wife \n          Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran (married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment ( \n          1st regiment Virginia Artillery ) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n          Tom Cobb , \n          Howell Cobb , Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n          Yorktown . The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n          Yorktown . The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n          Williamsburg which \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n          Randolph Macon , becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n          James Cochran 's unit. A son ( \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , named for \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n          Nannie Cochran died, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran 's application for a \n          University of Missouri chemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n          University of Virginia and \n          College of Richmond . The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n          [John William] Mallet , \n          [Francis Perry] Dunnington , \n          [George Frederick] Holmes , and \n          [Ormond] Stone of the \n          University of Virginia , Professor Puryear\n         of the \n          College of Richmond , and his present\n         congressman \n          [Henry St. George] Tucker .","In Letters to \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n          Nannie Cochran and her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n          Henry Cochran family affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n          Maggie Cochran from Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n          Culpepper . A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n          Howe Peyton Cochran contain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n          Randolph Macon and the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n          Campbell Carrington ( \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother) after the\n         battle of \n          Cournif on April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n          James C. Cochran include correspondence\n         between their sons \n          John L. Cochran , \n          Joseph D. Cochran , and daughter \n          Anne Cochran who went to \n          Gainesville, Florida because of \n          John Cochran 's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n          John Cochran 's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n          Staunton .","Letters to \n          John Cochran contains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran contain\n         letters from her brother \n          Thomas Preston Lewis who served with the \n          War Department in the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n          Congress who apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n          Napoleon Bonaparte who was coming to power\n         in \n          France ; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n          Nannie (Carrington) Cochran are from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n          John Lewis Cochran and contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis have been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received the right to\n         practice law in \n          Virginia on September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n          census bureau (October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n          War Department based on recommendations by\n          Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (November 15,\n         1850.) \n          Thomas Preston Lewis ' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n          Point Pleasant and an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n          Thomas Preston Lewis has at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n          John Buchanan Floyd . October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n          William Sparrow . March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n          Thomas Preston Lewis lost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n          Thomas Preston Lewis trying to collect on\n         his debts. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis attempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received help from \n          John F. Lewis in getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n          John F. Lewis had assisted \n          Thomas Preston Lewis before getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n          B. F. Ballard and mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n          West Virginia constitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n          Iowa which \n          Thomas Preston Lewis got from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n          Thomas Preston Lewis to bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n          Rawley Springs in \n          Rockingham County, Virginia . Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis starting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis . On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n          Florida school system.","Letters to \n          Ann M. Peyton from her sister \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran mention the \n          Cochran family 's move from \n          Staunton to \n          Charlottesville (October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith contain many applications for\n         loans. \n          Joseph Smith served in the \n          General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n          R. S. Brooke which concerns the debate in\n         the \n          General Assembly over slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n          Joseph Smith to be $74,900.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith from \n          William Widdifield are mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n          David Paul Brown . A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n          Joseph Smith 's brothers \n          Abraham Smith and \n          Silas H. Smith .","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n          James Cochran was appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n          Augusta county in 1798. There are \n          Joseph Smith 's military promotions while\n         a member of \n          Virginia's 32nd militia . \n          James Cochran was appointed Postmaster of \n          Folly Mills in 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n          Joseph Smith to the \n          United States for determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n          Augusta county ; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n          Joseph Smith was a life member of the \n          Virginia Agricultural Society (October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n          South Carolina bonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n          Elizabeth Battaile Smith (November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n          Boston (March 1830), an obituary of \n          Magdalene Crawford (May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n          United States , however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n          Federal government should pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n          Joseph Smith contain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n          Joseph Smith money. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n          Joseph Smith and are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n          Ann (Price) Smith (June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran (1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n          Joseph Smith and Dr. \n          Henry Cochran .","index at back of second folder","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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The material\n         relates to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e, the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSweet Springs\u003c/geogname\u003e(now \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e) and the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Farm\u003c/corpname\u003ewas founded by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ein 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eon Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003eis mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003ewomen. In a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFrasyers Farm\u003c/corpname\u003eis described. A letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMittie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFairfax\u003c/geogname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph S. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Albert Henry] Tuttle\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edeals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's attendance of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHanover Academy\u003c/corpname\u003ewhere he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond\u003c/geogname\u003e. Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026amp; 20, 1861. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eleft the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eMonticello hospital\u003c/corpname\u003ebeing condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cohran\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his mother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewere written\n         while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWillie Lynn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eattended school in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrownsburg\u003c/geogname\u003eand mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand his wife \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie L. (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment ( \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e1st regiment Virginia Artillery\u003c/corpname\u003e) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eTom Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowell Cobb\u003c/persname\u003e, Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026amp; 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYorktown\u003c/geogname\u003e. The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWilliamsburg\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003e, becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's unit. A son ( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, named for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003edied, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's application for a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Missouri\u003c/corpname\u003echemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003eand \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e. The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[John William] Mallet\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Francis Perry] Dunnington\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[George Frederick] Holmes\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Ormond] Stone\u003c/persname\u003eof the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003e, Professor Puryear\n         of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCollege of Richmond\u003c/corpname\u003e, and his present\n         congressman \n         \u003cpersname\u003e[Henry St. George] Tucker\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, July 31,\n         1864.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn Letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efamily affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMaggie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003efrom Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCulpepper\u003c/geogname\u003e. A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eRandolph Macon\u003c/corpname\u003eand the letters of November\n         20, \u0026amp; 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington\u003c/persname\u003e( \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's brother) after the\n         battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCournif\u003c/geogname\u003eon April 11, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Colonel and Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames C. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003einclude correspondence\n         between their sons \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph D. Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e, and daughter \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnne Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewho went to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eGainesville, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003ebecause of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003econtain\n         letters from her brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ewho served with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ewho apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte\u003c/persname\u003ewho was coming to power\n         in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFrance\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe first few letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNannie (Carrington) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eare from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHowe Peyton Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Lewis Cochran\u003c/persname\u003eand contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehave been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived the right to\n         practice law in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eVirginia\u003c/geogname\u003eon September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ecensus bureau\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003ebased on recommendations by\n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Hugh Holmes Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e(November 15,\n         1850.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePoint Pleasant\u003c/geogname\u003eand an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehas at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e. October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Sparrow\u003c/persname\u003e. March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003elost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003etrying to collect on\n         his debts. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eattempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ereceived help from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ein getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn F. Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ehad assisted \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003ebefore getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eB. F. Ballard\u003c/persname\u003eand mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWest Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econstitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIowa\u003c/geogname\u003ewhich \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003egot from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRawley Springs\u003c/geogname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRockingham County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003estarting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Preston Lewis\u003c/persname\u003e. On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFlorida\u003c/geogname\u003eschool system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn M. Peyton\u003c/persname\u003efrom her sister \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran\u003c/persname\u003emention the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eCochran family\u003c/famname\u003e's move from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStaunton\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCharlottesville\u003c/geogname\u003e(October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain many applications for\n         loans. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eserved in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003efrom December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR. S. Brooke\u003c/persname\u003ewhich concerns the debate in\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeneral Assembly\u003c/corpname\u003eover slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto be $74,900.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam Widdifield\u003c/persname\u003eare mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDavid Paul Brown\u003c/persname\u003e. A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's brothers \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAbraham Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSilas H. Smith\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAppointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003ein 1798. There are \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003e's military promotions while\n         a member of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia's 32nd militia\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJames Cochran\u003c/persname\u003ewas appointed Postmaster of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFolly Mills\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBusiness Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eto the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003efor determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAugusta county\u003c/geogname\u003e; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003ewas a life member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eVirginia Agricultural Society\u003c/corpname\u003e(October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003ebonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEssays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Battaile Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e(March 1830), an obituary of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMagdalene Crawford\u003c/persname\u003e(May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrench Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003e, however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eFederal government\u003c/corpname\u003eshould pay the\n         damages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventories of Debts due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003econtain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003emoney. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLegal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn (Price) Smith\u003c/persname\u003e(June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCampbell Carrington Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e(1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Smith\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Cochran\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eindex at back of second folder\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection of 842 items, 1774-1891, n.d., consists of\n         correspondence, business and legal papers, account books and a\n         survey book belonging to various families. The material\n         relates to the \n          Smith family of \n          Staunton , the \n          Lewis family of \n          Sweet Springs (now \n          West Virginia ) and the \n          Cochran family of \n          Charlottesville and \n          Staunton .","Folly Farm was founded by \n          Joseph Smith in 1818 and is located about\n         two miles south of \n          Staunton on Route 11. It has a serpentine\n         wall which was designed by \n          Thomas Jefferson .","Correspondence of the \n          Cochran family is mainly concerned with\n         family relationships. A few letters relate events in the Civil\n         War. An October 17, 1861 letter speaks of an overcoat factory\n         founded by \n          Staunton women. In a letter to \n          Maggie Cochran (July 1, 1862) the victory\n         over McClellan at \n          Frasyers Farm is described. A letter to \n          Mittie Cochran (September 2, 1861)\n         mentions an engagement near \n          Fairfax . \n          Joseph S. Cochran attended the \n          University of Virginia and a letter from\n         him (October 7, 1890) mentions his impressions of Professors \n          [Albert Henry] Tuttle and \n          [John William] Mallet .","Letters between \n          John Lewis Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran deals\n         chiefly with family matters. The letter of September 7, 1857\n         mentions the status of their business operations. An\n         interesting letter (June 27, 1848) gives a view of slavery and\n         abolitionists. \n          Nannie Cochran 's death and its effects is\n         mentioned in August 20, 1863.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran are about\n         personal affairs and the Civil War. The early letters concern \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's attendance of the \n          Hanover Academy where he was very bored\n         and often homesick except when he traveled to \n          Richmond . Some interesting Civil War\n         letters are July 27, Sept 5, 14, \u0026 20, 1861. \n          Howe Peyton Cochran left the active\n         service when a substitute was bought for him (May 23, 1862). A\n         n.d. letter mentions \n          Monticello hospital being condemned due to\n         Typhoid fever. The letter of August 16, 1863 mentions the\n         deaths of \n          Nannie Cohran and \n          Maggie Cochran .","Letters between \n          Willie Lynn Cochran and his mother \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran were written\n         while \n          Willie Lynn Cochran attended school in \n          Brownsburg and mostly contain pleas for\n         more letters from home.","Letters between \n          Howe Peyton Cochran and his wife \n          Nannie L. (Carrington) Cochran (married\n         December 18, 1860), written during the Civil War, are chiefly\n         personal in nature but many contain a little information about\n         the war. Some of the more important letters are as follows.\n         His letter of January 5, 1861 describes the commanding\n         officers of \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment ( \n          1st regiment Virginia Artillery ) which\n         included General Magruder, Colonels Sulakowski, \n          Tom Cobb , \n          Howell Cobb , Montagne, Ward, and Major\n         Brown. Letters of December 8, 11, 13, \u0026 16 detail\n         preparations for an attack that never occurred. Letters of\n         February 24, 25 discuss the problems in the company and an\n         expedition that did not start. The letters of March 1862 also\n         give the problems of the company and preparations for a large\n         battle near \n          Yorktown . The letters of April 1862\n         contain references to the skirmishes occurring at \n          Yorktown . The letters of May 9 and 14,\n         1862 gives a sketch of the battle of \n          Williamsburg which \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's regiment did not\n         participate in. Nearly every letter also contains a plan to\n         get out of the service or at least out of his present company\n         and into an office job: Some of the schemes include becoming a\n         teacher at \n          Randolph Macon , becoming a clerk in the\n         war department, or joining his brother \n          James Cochran 's unit. A son ( \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , named for \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother who died during\n         the war) was born on July 31, 1863, and \n          Nannie Cochran died, apparently as a\n         result of complications from childbirth, on August 11,\n         1863.","Joseph D. Cochran 's application for a \n          University of Missouri chemistry chair\n         mentions his teachers (August 8, 1890) while at the \n          University of Virginia and \n          College of Richmond . The letter of August\n         21, 1890 states he received references from Professors \n          [John William] Mallet , \n          [Francis Perry] Dunnington , \n          [George Frederick] Holmes , and \n          [Ormond] Stone of the \n          University of Virginia , Professor Puryear\n         of the \n          College of Richmond , and his present\n         congressman \n          [Henry St. George] Tucker .","In Letters to \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , two stirring\n         accounts of the virtue of \n          Nannie Cochran and her death are given on\n         the first birthday of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran , July 31,\n         1864.","In Letters to \n          Henry Cochran family affairs are\n         discussed. An October 11, 1862 letter mentions prices of basic\n         foods and how the state is covered with blood, \"Turn whichever\n         way you may nothing meets your eye, but maimed and bleeding\n         soldiers.\" A January 15, 1863 letter mentions the death of \n          Maggie Cochran from Typhoid Fever and\n         pneumonia. On March 18, 1863, there is a reference to the\n         battle of \n          Culpepper . A March 31, 1863 letter\n         mentions houses and hospitals being destroyed to use the wood\n         for fuel. An April 16, 1863 letter mentions the prices of\n         food.","Letters to \n          Howe Peyton Cochran contain more letters\n         about family affairs. Howe was perusing a teaching job at \n          Randolph Macon and the letters of November\n         20, \u0026 27, 1861 mention the peculiarity of the trustees who\n         wished for their teachers to be Methodist and in the military.\n         A letter of April 14, 1862 mentions the death of \n          Campbell Carrington ( \n          Nannie Cochran 's brother) after the\n         battle of \n          Cournif on April 11, 1862.","Letters to Colonel and Mrs. \n          James C. Cochran include correspondence\n         between their sons \n          John L. Cochran , \n          Joseph D. Cochran , and daughter \n          Anne Cochran who went to \n          Gainesville, Florida because of \n          John Cochran 's ill health in 1886. The\n         letters give the progression of \n          John Cochran 's sickness which did not\n         improve substantially and eventually caused his death in\n         February 1887 after his return to \n          Staunton .","Letters to \n          John Cochran contains an interesting\n         letter (February 17, 1830) on the price and selling of\n         hogs.","Letters to \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran contain\n         letters from her brother \n          Thomas Preston Lewis who served with the \n          War Department in the 1850's. There are\n         two interesting letters: January 5, 1852 which mentions the\n         visit of a Magyar to \n          Congress who apparently impressed\n         everyone, and the concern of the American government over \n          Napoleon Bonaparte who was coming to power\n         in \n          France ; and, March 6, 1859 which mentions\n         the factional wars going on in congress and the affect it had\n         on the treasury.","The first few letters to \n          Nannie (Carrington) Cochran are from\n         relations and friends unable to attend her and \n          Howe Peyton Cochran 's wedding. The letter\n         of June 10, 1861 is from \n          John Lewis Cochran and contains very\n         interesting Civil War information, including the Union's\n         treatment of prisoners.","The letters to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis have been removed\n         from a letter book containing mostly business letters. There\n         is an index which has been placed at the back of the second\n         folder. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received the right to\n         practice law in \n          Virginia on September 3, 1847. He received\n         appointments in the \n          census bureau (October 8, 1850 -#48), and\n         later the \n          War Department based on recommendations by\n          Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (November 15,\n         1850.) \n          Thomas Preston Lewis ' ancestors fought in\n         the battle of \n          Point Pleasant and an attempt had been\n         made to have that battle declared the first of the\n         revolutionary war (August 24, 1858 -#1). A no date letter (#8)\n         contains an inventory of debts \n          Thomas Preston Lewis has at a store and\n         gives prices. Letters of December 29, 1853 (#16 and #20) are\n         introduction letters written by \n          John Buchanan Floyd . October 21, 1851\n         (#48) is a letter from \n          William Sparrow . March 6, 1866 (#159)\n         states that \n          Thomas Preston Lewis lost all land in the\n         war and is now broke. Letters of February 14, 1866 (#161),\n         January 21, 1867 (#162) concern \n          Thomas Preston Lewis trying to collect on\n         his debts. \n          Thomas Preston Lewis attempted to have his\n         political disability resulting from service with the\n         confederacy removed (February 25, 1869 -#166, January 24, 1870\n         -#174, January 29, 1870 -#175.) Apparently this attempt was\n         successful because \n          Thomas Preston Lewis received help from \n          John F. Lewis in getting an appointment\n         (October 6, 1869 -#169, March 29, 1870 -#183.) \n          John F. Lewis had assisted \n          Thomas Preston Lewis before getting him\n         appointed as an assistant to the registrar in 1867 (September\n         28, 1867 -#189.) December 23, 1869 (#168) is from \n          B. F. Ballard and mentions that he will\n         call for a new \n          West Virginia constitution. Three letters\n         concern the sale of land held in \n          Iowa which \n          Thomas Preston Lewis got from his debt\n         collection (July 13, 1869 -#171, May 12, 1868 -#173, and July\n         25, 1869 -#174.) An item dated April 20, 1871 (#180) is a\n         notice placed by \n          Thomas Preston Lewis to bring all claims\n         for the pensions of veterans of the War of 1812. An August 21,\n         1871 (#196) letter contains an analysis of \n          Rawley Springs in \n          Rockingham County, Virginia . Letters of\n         December 7, 1870 (#204,) February 4, 1873 (#204,) and December\n         18, 1874 (#206) refer to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis starting and running\n         a school for boys. The school must not have been too\n         successful because the letters of November 12, 1873 and\n         December 1874 (both #207) mention relatives sending what money\n         they can to \n          Thomas Preston Lewis . On September 10,\n         1874 (#209) there is an interesting letter on the \n          Florida school system.","Letters to \n          Ann M. Peyton from her sister \n          Margaret Lynn (Lewis) Cochran mention the \n          Cochran family 's move from \n          Staunton to \n          Charlottesville (October 24, 1826.) A\n         letter in June 1836 mentions the death of their sister\n         Mary.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith contain many applications for\n         loans. \n          Joseph Smith served in the \n          General Assembly from December 1, 1817 to\n         February 26, 1818 (December 2, 1817.) There is a letter dated\n         January 26, 1832 from \n          R. S. Brooke which concerns the debate in\n         the \n          General Assembly over slavery and the\n         conflict abolition has with personal property and\n         compensation. An item of January 13, 1860 values the land held\n         by \n          Joseph Smith to be $74,900.","Letters to \n          Joseph Smith from \n          William Widdifield are mainly concerned\n         with the collection of a debt from \n          David Paul Brown . A letter of March 3,\n         1862 mentions \n          Joseph Smith 's brothers \n          Abraham Smith and \n          Silas H. Smith .","Appointments contain some of the appointments and\n         promotions of the families. \n          James Cochran was appointed justice of the\n         peace in \n          Augusta county in 1798. There are \n          Joseph Smith 's military promotions while\n         a member of \n          Virginia's 32nd militia . \n          James Cochran was appointed Postmaster of \n          Folly Mills in 1874.","Business Papers contain bills, receipts and promissory\n         notes. One bill of June 15, 1815 is from \n          Joseph Smith to the \n          United States for determining the number\n         of taxable people and taxable items in \n          Augusta county ; the total number of\n         taxable people was 589. \n          Joseph Smith was a life member of the \n          Virginia Agricultural Society (October 11,\n         1854.) Also there are five \n          South Carolina bonds issued after the\n         Civil War, but never cashed in.","Essays and Poetry include a poem lamenting the death of \n          Elizabeth Battaile Smith (November 17,\n         1810), a poem about an insane hospital in \n          Boston (March 1830), an obituary of \n          Magdalene Crawford (May 21, 1849), and\n         lecture notes to teach Physics (n.d.)","French Spoliation claims represent the attempt to get money\n         for the damages done by the French before 1800. The \n          United States , however, had exonerated\n         the French from having to pay so many felt the \n          Federal government should pay the\n         damages.","Inventories of Debts due \n          Joseph Smith contain detailed lists of\n         everyone and every business which owed \n          Joseph Smith money. The amounts were\n         considerable, some reaching as high as $134,000.","Legal documents contain mostly deeds and a few court case\n         decisions.","Slave Lists list all the slaves owned by \n          Joseph Smith and are divided into those\n         which are hired out and those which remain at home. A n.d.\n         item lists the amount spent on some of the slaves for\n         Christmas gifts.","Miscellaneous material includes a confirmation certificate\n         of \n          Ann (Price) Smith (June 5, 1811), lottery\n         tickets (1812), report cards of \n          Campbell Carrington Cochran (1872), a\n         survey attempting to promote the new South (1894), and\n         business cards of \n          Joseph Smith and Dr. \n          Henry Cochran .","index at back of second folder"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. 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Johnston (Joseph Eggleston), James Longstreet, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, John Singleton Mosby, Alfred Magill Randolph.","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_viw00041","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00041.xml","title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"text":["Mss. 39.2 H87","Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","\n            Railroads--Virginia.","Canals--United\n            States.","Harbors--United\n            States.","Horses--Virginia.","United States--Politics and\n            government-- 1865-1900.","United States--\n            History--Civil War, 1861-1865.","\n            Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence.","Practice of\n            law--Virginia--History.","103 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","Arrangement This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n                Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va., the son of \n                Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n                Hughes was raised by \n                Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n               wife, \n                Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n                Halifax Co., Va. (family\n               relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n                Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n                Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n                Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n                Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n                Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n                Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n               niece of \n                Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n                John Buchanan and \n                Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n                Richmond\n               Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n                Richmond Examiner while\n               regular editor in \n                Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n                Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n                Washington Union, and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n                John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n                Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n               young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n                Abingdon, Va., where \n                General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n               the \n                Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n                Richmond Examiner, showing\n               hostility toward \n                Jefferson Davis'\n               administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n                Richmond Republic, and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n                National Democratic\n               Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n                Richmond State\n               Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n                William E. Cameron in a\n               duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n                Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n                Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n                Governor of Virginia but did not\n               win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n                Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n                Abingdon, Va. Source: \n          Dictionary of American\n         Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n            and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n            to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n            located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n             John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n             1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n             1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n             1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n            political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n            legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n            activities in support of education, longtime association\n            with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n            State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n            Norfolk Public Library.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n            Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n            Norfolk, Virginia. \n             Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n             1767-1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n            Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                      Richmond\n                     Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                      DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                      Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                   Valley Virginian [not\n                  included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                   The State, Richmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz, Chester Alan Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin), Lewis Cass, Claudius Crozet, J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe), John Moncure Daniel, J.D.B. 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Johnston (Joseph Eggleston), James Longstreet, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, John Singleton Mosby, Alfred Magill Randolph."],"creator_persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph."],"creators_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. 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Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n                Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va., the son of \n                Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n                Hughes was raised by \n                Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n               wife, \n                Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n                Halifax Co., Va. (family\n               relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n                Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n                Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n                Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n                Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n                Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n                Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n               niece of \n                Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n                John Buchanan and \n                Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n                Richmond\n               Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n                Richmond Examiner while\n               regular editor in \n                Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n                Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n                Washington Union, and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n                John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n                Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n               young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n                Abingdon, Va., where \n                General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n               the \n                Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n                Richmond Examiner, showing\n               hostility toward \n                Jefferson Davis'\n               administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n                Richmond Republic, and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n                National Democratic\n               Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n                Richmond State\n               Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n                William E. Cameron in a\n               duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n                Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n                Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n                Governor of Virginia but did not\n               win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n                Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n                Abingdon, Va. Source: \n          Dictionary of American\n         Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n            and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n            to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n            located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJohn B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n            \u003cunittitle\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n            \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1831-1863, 1850- 1863.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e72 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 F59\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n        \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n            \u003cunittitle\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Collection, \n            \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1715-1933, 1871- 1933.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e238 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 65 H88\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n        \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n            \u003cunittitle\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, \n            \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1825-1891.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e264 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 39.1 J63\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n        \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n            political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n            legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n            activities in support of education, longtime association\n            with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n            State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n            Norfolk Public Library.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003carchref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n            Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n            Norfolk, Virginia. \n            \u003cunittitle\u003ePapers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n            \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1767-1959.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n            Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: MG-7\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n        \u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials at William And Mary","Related Materials at Old Dominion University"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n            and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n            to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n            located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n             John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n             1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n             1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n             1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n            political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n            legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n            activities in support of education, longtime association\n            with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n            State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n            Norfolk Public Library.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n            Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n            Norfolk, Virginia. \n             Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n             1767-1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n            Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a West Point ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n                     Examiner\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDeBow's Review\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia state finances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLife of Wise.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026amp; 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalled to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains drawing of proposed monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eValley Virginian\u003c/title\u003e[not\n                  included].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe State,\u003c/title\u003eRichmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted in a Richmond newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                      Richmond\n                     Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                      DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                      Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                   Valley Virginian [not\n                  included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                   The State, Richmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"corpname_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va."],"famname_ssim":[""],"persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":106,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T15:04:48.651Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00041","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00041.xml","title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"text":["Mss. 39.2 H87","Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","\n            Railroads--Virginia.","Canals--United\n            States.","Harbors--United\n            States.","Horses--Virginia.","United States--Politics and\n            government-- 1865-1900.","United States--\n            History--Civil War, 1861-1865.","\n            Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence.","Practice of\n            law--Virginia--History.","103 items.","Collection is open to all researchers.","Organization This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","Arrangement This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n                Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va., the son of \n                Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n                Hughes was raised by \n                Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n               wife, \n                Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n                Halifax Co., Va. (family\n               relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n                Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n                Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n                Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n                Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n                Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n                Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n               niece of \n                Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n                John Buchanan and \n                Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n                Richmond\n               Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n                Richmond Examiner while\n               regular editor in \n                Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n                Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n                Washington Union, and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n                John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n                Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n               young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n                Abingdon, Va., where \n                General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n               the \n                Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n                Richmond Examiner, showing\n               hostility toward \n                Jefferson Davis'\n               administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n                Richmond Republic, and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n                National Democratic\n               Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n                Richmond State\n               Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n                William E. Cameron in a\n               duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n                Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n                Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n                Governor of Virginia but did not\n               win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n                Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n                Abingdon, Va. Source: \n          Dictionary of American\n         Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","The John B. Floyd Papers, Robert Morton Hughes Papers,\n            and Joseph E. Johnston Papers, are collections that relate\n            to this collection, Robert William Hughes, which are\n            located in Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","John B. Floyd Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. \n             John Buchanan Floyd Papers, \n             1831-1863, 1850- 1863. 72 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 F59","Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Robert Morton Hughes Collection, \n             1715-1933, 1871- 1933. 238 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 H88","Joseph E. Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n             Joseph E. Johnston Papers, \n             1825-1891. 264 items. Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n            political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n            legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n            activities in support of education, longtime association\n            with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n            State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n            Norfolk Public Library.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n            Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n            Norfolk, Virginia. \n             Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n             1767-1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n            Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                      Richmond\n                     Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                      DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                      Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                   Valley Virginian [not\n                  included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                   The State, Richmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870.","Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918.","English"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n         Hughes Papers \n         \n         1818-1900"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz, Chester Alan Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin), Lewis Cass, Claudius Crozet, J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe), John Moncure Daniel, J.D.B. 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Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology 16 Jan. 1821 Born at \n                Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va., the son of \n                Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes. 1822 Both parents died, and \n                Hughes was raised by \n                Gen. Edward C. Carrington and his\n               wife, \n                Eliza(Preston) Carrington of \n                Halifax Co., Va. (family\n               relationship not known). Ca. 1833-1837 \"put to the carpenter's trade in \n                Princeton, N.J. \" Ca. 1837-1838 Attended \n                Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N.C. Ca. 1839 Tutor, \n                Bingham High School, Hillsboro, N.C. 1843 Studied law, \n                Fincastle, Va. 1846 Began practice of law, \n                Richmond, Va. 4 June 1850 Married \n                Eliza M. Johnston, (1825-1908),\n               niece of \n                Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n                John Buchanan and \n                Sarah (Preston) Floyd. 1850 Began writing editorials for the \n                Richmond\n               Examiner. 1853-1857 Editor of the \n                Richmond Examiner while\n               regular editor in \n                Europe. 1855 Birth of son, \n                Robert Morton Hughes. 1857-1861 Editor of the \n                Washington Union, and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n                John Buchanan Floyd. 1861 Birth of son, \n                Floyd Hughes (2 other children died\n               young) 1861 Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n                Abingdon, Va., where \n                General and Mrs. Floyd 1ived with\n               the \n                Hughes family . 1861-1864 Wrote for the \n                Richmond Examiner, showing\n               hostility toward \n                Jefferson Davis'\n               administration. 1865-1866 Edited the \n                Richmond Republic, and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\" 1868 Delegate to \n                National Democratic\n               Convention. 1869-1870 Editor of the \n                Richmond State\n               Journal. Ca. 1870 Wounded \n                William E. Cameron in a\n               duel. 1872 Named federal district attorney by \n                Grant administration. 1872 Nominated for \n                Congress but did not win. 1873 Nominated for \n                Governor of Virginia but did not\n               win. 1874 Named Judge of federal court for the \n                Eastern District of Va. 1898 Resigned judgeship. 1901 Died at \n                Abingdon, Va. Source: \n          Dictionary of American\n         Biography ; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Robert Morton Hughes Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books\n            Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe John B. 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Johnston Papers, Manuscripts and Rare\n            Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and\n            Mary. \n            \u003cunittitle\u003eJoseph E. Johnston Papers, \n            \u003cunitdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1825-1891.\u003c/unitdate\u003e\u003c/unittitle\u003e\u003cphysdesc\u003e264 items.\u003c/physdesc\u003e\u003cunitid\u003eCollection number: Mss. 39.1 J63\u003c/unitid\u003e\u003c/archref\u003e\n        \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnother related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. 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Collection number: Mss. 39.1 J63","Another related collection is the Robert Morton Hughes\n            Papers, located in Special Collections, Perry Library, Old\n            Dominion University. This collection in significant because\n            of the correspondence and other papers originally belonging\n            to several of Hughes' relatives including Judge Robert W.\n            Hughes, Governor John B. Floyd, and General Joseph E.\n            Johnston. The collection also contains personal and\n            political correspondence regarding Robert Morton Hughes'\n            legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics,\n            activities in support of education, longtime association\n            with the College of William and Mary, and service on the\n            State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the\n            Norfolk Public Library.","Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, Special\n            Collections, Perry Library, Old Dominion University,\n            Norfolk, Virginia. \n             Papers of Robert Morton Hughes, \n             1767-1959. 39 Hollinger Flat Boxes; 5 Hollinger Oversized\n            Boxes and Additional Bound Volumes. Collection number: MG-7"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a West Point ball.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n                     Examiner\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDeBow's Review\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia state finances.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                     \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eLife of Wise.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026amp; 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePaul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding an ecclesiastical law case.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNoticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceived Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalled to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains drawing of proposed monument.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eValley Virginian\u003c/title\u003e[not\n                  included].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe State,\u003c/title\u003eRichmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted in a Richmond newspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Invitation to a ball at West Point; and\n                     concerning the lack of letters from Eliza and\n                     relations.","Invitation to a West Point ball.","Signed by W[illia]m H. Cabell, John B. Clopton\n                     [?], and P.M. Nicholas.","Invitation to dinner written in the third\n                     person.","Concerns Agassiz's proposed publication on the\n                     natural history of the fishes of the United\n                     States.","Discussion of a financial situation involving\n                     him [McDowell] as an administrator of a certain\n                     account.","Concerning papers forwarded to R.W.H. received\n                     from Mr. Floyd.","Concerning the Hughes' European trip and\n                     Richmond news, especially the Wise-Clement\n                     duel.","Asks him to deposit interest due in the\n                     Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Encloses informational abstract which he feels\n                     will be of sufficient importance to the\n                     public.","Asks him to deposit in the Exchange Bank of\n                     Richmond the principal and interest due on\n                     Conway's purchase of a house.","Asks Conway to deposit the semi-annual interest\n                     in the Exchange Bank in Richmond.","Concerns the construction of a railroad and\n                     difficulties encountered in obtaining\n                     materials.","Receipt for $1150.00 for purchase of two negro\n                     slaves, Myra and child, Longa.","Exemption from military service by reason of\n                     being an employee of the \n                      Richmond\n                     Examiner .","Concerning the cost of reprints of an article\n                     by Hughes in \n                      DeBow's Review .","Regarding a canal from Virginia to the Ohio\n                     River.","Concerning \"your letter\" which throws light on\n                     the political situation in Virginia, expressing\n                     confidence in Grant and his election; requesting\n                     that \"My Dear Sir\" write a letter every week or\n                     ten days \"on the varying aspects of affairs\n                     political, economical, social, and general in\n                     Virginia and the South ?\"; and the temper of the\n                     Republican party.","Concerns a proposed literary work of Hughes and\n                     the enfranchisement of Negroes in the current\n                     political climate.","Concerning ports and shipping on the East\n                     coast.","Expresses his sympathy to Hughes concerning the\n                     defeat of the Republican party in Virginia.","Concerning the removal of political\n                     disabilities from Rob[er]t W. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the check for $350.00 and his\n                     expressions of congratulations on the restoration\n                     of his health.","Discusses Virginia state finances.","Concerns the resignation of Mr. Slater as\n                     Hughes' assistant.","Discusses his financial concerns, including\n                     meeting a note due to Hughes in January.","Asks Hughes' support of his nephew, Henry C.\n                     Brownlow, of Abingdon, for the office of\n                     Postmaster.","Requests Hughes to prepare resolutions and an\n                     address for party platform. Believes Hughes will\n                     be nominated without serious opposition.","Concerning the charges made by Col. Withers in\n                     his \"Warrenton speech\" against Longstreet.","Thanks Hughes for his note of acknowledgment of\n                     his [Lewis'] favor [confirmation of Hughes as\n                     Judge].","Asks Hughes to return Hambleton's \n                      Life of Wise.","Requests Hughes' assistance in obtaining a\n                     government position.","Acknowledges receipt of opinion regarding the\n                     Petersburg, [Virginia] election cases.","Complains about the condition of the division\n                     fence between Hughes and Lynch's mother.","Requesting information about possible charges\n                     against L.H. Chandler.","Concerning the postponement of an appointment\n                     until the President [Grant] can see Hughes.","Thanking Hughes for his letter and generous\n                     interest.","Encloses autograph of W[illiam] H[enry]\n                     Harrison as frank on envelope addressed to\n                     Benjamin Harrison, Berke1ey, Charles City C[ourt]\n                     H[ouse], Virginia, and postmarked Washington,\n                     D.C., 18 March, New York, giving details and\n                     authentification.","Concerning Hughes' attendance at Petersburg,\n                     Virginia, in November for the purposes mentioned\n                     in Section 1988 of said Revised Statutes.","Regrets to inform Hughes that he really has\n                     \"very little, indeed of all that I have to me,\n                     that is worthily embodied,\" [for publication],\n                     relating to his work.","Discussion of upcoming resignation of Forbes[?]\n                     and filling the vacancy. Also relates opinions in\n                     the \"Olen case.\"","Concerning the appointment of Mr. Potts as\n                     Postmaster at Petersburg; Hughes' letter on the\n                     Petersburg matter has been referred to the\n                     President [Grant].","Received Hughes' note, and is appreciative of\n                     his verification of the state of things [?], even\n                     though sorrowful.","Has received Hughes' opinion of the Lee vs.\n                     Kaufman case, and is appreciative.","Concerning the Arlington case and Hughes'\n                     conclusive opinions to which \"You can, I think,\n                     safely afford to rest your judicial reputation\n                     upon it\" and Robertson's plan to attend the sale\n                     of the C. \u0026 0. Railroad in Virginia, on the\n                     2nd of April.","Concerning the trial of Dr. Baylor[?] in\n                     Denver, Co., and Bela Hughes' grandfather who\n                     lived in Augusta Co., Virginia","Acknowledges receipt of two newspaper articles\n                     by Hughes concerning currency questions.","Reminisces about his father and his friends,\n                     including John Marshall, William Wirt, George Hay,\n                     William Call, George K. Taylor, and others, and\n                     their days as members of the Bar.","Hopes to visit him and Mrs. Hughes in\n                     Norfolk.","Concerning the Arlington case and Mr.\n                     Willoughby's brief.","Discusses texts and methods of teaching\n                     lectures used at Harvard Law School, at which he\n                     is a professor.","Reference question concerning legal books and\n                     their whereabouts.","Concerning John Tyler, Jr.'s request to provide\n                     a position for a Mr. Spitzer, the President's\n                     [R.B. Hayes] concurrence, and Sherman's election\n                     to the Senate.","Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Robby [R.W.\n                     Hughes] on the arrival of a little boy.","Concerning Republican politics and the\n                     Presidential election of 1880.","Thanks Hughes for a copy of a letter he wrote\n                     and states his desire to use it, if published, to\n                     teach the students at William and Mary.","Concerning a thank you for \"A Chapter of\n                     Personal and Political History,\" written by\n                     Hughes. Comments about conclusions reached by RWH\n                     in article, and Field's explanation of his\n                     differing view of certain points in the\n                     article.","Lists the itinerary of her travels in Ireland,\n                     Scotland, and England; has enjoyed seeing the\n                     autographs of great men.","Is sending the Landmark with extracts from his\n                     verses.","Received Hughes' letter of the 7th and will\n                     give it due consideration.","Received Hughes' letter regarding Judge L.\n                     Lewis for United States Attorney for the Norfolk\n                     District, and will give it due consideration.","Paul's election as judge is being contested and\n                     he will not withdraw under fire.","Concerns Judge Hughes' decision in the\n                     Washington case, and Mr. Shipman's re-argument\n                     thereof.","Asks advice on the purchase of law books\n                     relating to federal practice.","Thanks Hughes for his letter about the Coles\n                     family, and praises Gov. Edward Coles for his work\n                     for the state of Illinois.","Concerning recommendation for admitting of\n                     Edward J. Fox into the Bar and his character and\n                     integrity.","Concerns publication of Lucas' address on John\n                     Randolph.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Regarding an ecclesiastical law case.","Reply to letter concerning the death of a\n                     horse, Gabriel.","Has been busy preparing a report for the\n                     Secretary of the Interior. Hopes to visit them and\n                     see the growth \"of the town of which I have heard\n                     much.\"","Hughes' letter received concerning his [Lee's]\n                     absence from the caucus; as soon as election is\n                     over, will comply with his request.","Noticed that Hughes recently heard a case\n                     concerning the constitutionality of the Virginia\n                     Dressed Beef Law, and comments that he too will be\n                     handing down an opinion shortly involving a\n                     similar case from Minnesota, with Indiana also\n                     involved.","Concerning Curry's inquiry and receipt of\n                     documents for use in an address; information\n                     regarding his relationship with Gen. [Joseph E.]\n                     Johnston; and duties during Mr. Buchanan's\n                     administration.","Concerning expenses for a stenographer, silver\n                     and politics, and mention of McKinley.","Acknowledges receipt of a pair of socks knitted\n                     by Mrs. Hughes.","Thanks Hughes for the manuscripts and papers\n                     concerning the [Civil War], and relates the\n                     feeling of his club as one of \"much to learn on\n                     the great question which split North and\n                     South.\"","Explains that he cannot give editorial support\n                     in elections.","Received Hughes' letter of the 5th and comments\n                     on the date that the Judiciary Bill will be\n                     introduced to the Senate.","Called to see but Hughes wasn't in; enclosed\n                     the pedigree of \"Skidaddle,\" which he\n                     requested.","Asks him to meet Dr. Mackay at four\n                     o'clock.","Contains drawing of proposed monument.","Concerns an order furnished by Mr. Forbes in\n                     the case of Smith, a bankrupt, in United States\n                     District Court.","Discusses Robert W. Hughes' opinion of the\n                  constitutionality of the [Virginia] Funding Bill of\n                  1871, which also had been published by the \n                   Valley Virginian [not\n                  included].","Discusses opinions expressed by Judge Robert W.\n                  Hughes to Maj. Thomas W. Doswell, 20 January 1881,\n                  about \"Where to Breed the Thoroughbred Horse.\"\n                  Including 4 Cys of NC1s of the aforementioned letter\n                  printed in \n                   The State, Richmond,\n                  Virginia, 11 February 1881.","Printed in a Richmond newspaper.","Discusses Virginia as the home of the thoroughbred\n                  trotter.","Contains pamphlets and newspaper clippings of\n                  various articles by him, and articles that interested\n                  him. Also includes J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary, Union\n                  Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n                  Washington, D.C., to R.W. Hughes, Abingdon, Virginia,\n                  17 Sept. 1870."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any\n            materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of\n            Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the\n            copyright, if not Swem Library."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. 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He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\n\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041"}},{"id":"viu_viu00198_c02","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Letters","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00198_c02#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00198_c02","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00198_c02"],"id":"viu_viu00198_c02","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00198","_root_":"viu_viu00198","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00198","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00198","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00198"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00198"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Carl Schurz Collection \n         1869-1893"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Carl Schurz Collection \n         1869-1893"],"text":["Carl Schurz Collection \n         1869-1893","Letters","Department of the Interior","Pension Agency","Congress","Indian Service","Treasury Department","National League","Carl Schurz","George William\n                  Curtis","Ulysses S. 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Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n                  a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n                  since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                   [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n                  that the president's actions have alienated many of\n                  his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n                  paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n                   Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n                  Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n                   Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n                  get him connected with the \n                   New York Staatszeitung; will also\n                  write to a German paper in the West on his\n                  behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n                  for \n                   Germany ; intends to stay until\n                  September unless the Republicans nominate \n                   [James G.] Blaine again; would\n                  return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n                  about the \n                   Treasury Department in the matter\n                  of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n                   Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n                  Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n                  oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n                  written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n                  financial transactions during the presidential\n                  campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n                  has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland 's\n                  administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n                   Indiana politician; praises\n                  Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n                  President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n                  political office.]","[Doubts whether \n                   [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n                  be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n                  him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n                  guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n                   [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n                  Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n                  conference in \n                   Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n                  1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n                  Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n                  position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                   [Abraham] Lincoln due for the \n                   Atlantic Monthly in early January.]","[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] , Curtis\n                  should write it.]","[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n                  letter to Rogers.]","[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n                  because of prior commitment.]","[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n                  paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; expects to be in \n                   Buffalo at the meeting of the \n                   National League . ]","[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n                  \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n                  with it whatever is necessary. Mentions letter from\n                  Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n                  of \n                   [Grover] Cleveland in \n                   Boston ; informs him that\n                  Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n                  contest.]","[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n                  change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n                  that Curtis will give the document its final\n                  shape.]","[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n                   Joseph Jefferson , the\n                  actor.]","[with printed note from \n                   George W. Childs requesting\n                  information for the \n                   National Almanac . ]","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. 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Grant\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n                  commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n                  mercenary adventurer to be published in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; feels the article is meant to stir up\n                  hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n                  defends his loyalty to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eAmerica\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Called at \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eto discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n                  admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n                  him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n                  of wife \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMargarete Schurz\u003c/persname\u003e) and for his\n                  friendship during this difficult time.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n                  esteem in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e; believes that there\n                  are no plans in the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of the Interior\u003c/corpname\u003eto\n                  remove Major Stowe.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n                  him that the President [ \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eRutherford B. Hayes\u003c/persname\u003e] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003ePension Agency\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003e; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Rutherford B.] Hayes\u003c/persname\u003ethat\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ewill transfer control of\n                  the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eIndian Service\u003c/corpname\u003e; doubts \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Ulysses S.] Grant\u003c/persname\u003ewill be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eoppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003earticle on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eFitz-John Porter\u003c/persname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eMoses Williams\u003c/persname\u003eto \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Philander] Deming\u003c/persname\u003easking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eagainst the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n                  a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n                  since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[John] Jay\u003c/persname\u003eand Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eis unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n                  that the president's actions have alienated many of\n                  his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n                  paper that dismayed him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Disappointed at the news that \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eEvening Post\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ewill not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n                  Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBonn\u003c/geogname\u003e; recounts his efforts to\n                  get him connected with the \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eNew York\u003c/geogname\u003eStaatszeitung; will also\n                  write to a German paper in the West on his\n                  behalf.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n                  for \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eGermany\u003c/geogname\u003e; intends to stay until\n                  September unless the Republicans nominate \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[James G.] Blaine\u003c/persname\u003eagain; would\n                  return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n                  about the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eTreasury Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein the matter\n                  of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003eabout his own speech on the dead\n                  Kaiser.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n                  oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n                  written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n                  financial transactions during the presidential\n                  campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n                  has not been answered.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Praises his address which was critical of\n                  President \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003e's\n                  administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eIndiana\u003c/geogname\u003epolitician; praises\n                  Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n                  President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n                  political office.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Doubts whether \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[William D.] Foulke\u003c/persname\u003e's plan will\n                  be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n                  him.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n                  guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003eand Dr.\n                  Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n                  conference in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n                  1.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n                  president \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Benjamin Harrison]\u003c/persname\u003einstead of\n                  Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n                  position. Informs him about his many commitments,\n                  including an article on \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Abraham] Lincoln\u003c/persname\u003edue for the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003ein early January.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Reemphasizes that if a letter from Republican\n                  civil service reformers is to have any effect on the\n                  president \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Benjamin Harrison]\u003c/persname\u003e, Curtis\n                  should write it.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Agrees with him and Rogers on \"what is now to be\n                  done and what is not to be done.\" Says that Rogers'\n                  letter has undermined his opinion of the president;\n                  believes the president is afraid of politicians and\n                  does not trust reformers. Will return Roosevelt's\n                  letter to Rogers.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Declines an invitation to the Thomas dinner\n                  because of prior commitment.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Appreciates his kind words about his Lincoln\n                  paper; praises his essay on Holmes in \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e; expects to be in \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBuffalo\u003c/geogname\u003eat the meeting of the \n                  \u003ccorpname\u003eNational League\u003c/corpname\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Sends him a draft which, in his opinion, is\n                  \"stupid.\" Asks him to look at it critically and do\n                  with it whatever is necessary. Mentions letter from\n                  Storey reporting on plans for mass meeting in favor\n                  of \n                  \u003cpersname\u003e[Grover] Cleveland\u003c/persname\u003ein \n                  \u003cgeogname\u003eBoston\u003c/geogname\u003e; informs him that\n                  Cleveland said that he is not withdrawing from the\n                  contest.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Discussed the \"Circular\" with Storey; suggests\n                  change of certain words and phrases; is confident\n                  that Curtis will give the document its final\n                  shape.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Invites him to dinner party where he will meet \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eJoseph Jefferson\u003c/persname\u003e, the\n                  actor.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[with printed note from \n                  \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge W. Childs\u003c/persname\u003erequesting\n                  information for the \n                  \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Almanac\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e. ]\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_tesim":["[Title page and introductory note to essay.]","[Might become a war correspondent in the imminent\n                  war between \n                   Prussia and \n                   France ; feels that his\n                  familiarity and connections with \n                   Germany would make him an able\n                  correspondent; believes he will be allowed to\n                  accompany Prussian army during the campaign; willing\n                  to write exclusively for \n                   Harper's if given the most acceptable terms; has sent\n                  similar letters to other prominent papers.]","[Discusses Curtis' article, \"Civil Service\n                  Reform\"; gives his opinion on the subject; differs\n                  with his opinion on the reelection of President \n                   Ulysses S. Grant . ]","[Angry that he allowed a cartoon and two column\n                  commentary disparaging him as an ultramontane and a\n                  mercenary adventurer to be published in \n                   Harper's Weekly ; feels the article is meant to stir up\n                  hostility against him because of his foreign birth;\n                  defends his loyalty to \n                   America . ]","[Called at \n                   Harper's to discuss public affairs; did not find him;\n                  admits to being a bit lame; hopes to hear from\n                  him.]","[Thanks him for kind letter of sympathy (on death\n                  of wife \n                   Margarete Schurz ) and for his\n                  friendship during this difficult time.]","[Informs him that Bishop Whipple is held in high\n                  esteem in \n                   Washington ; believes that there\n                  are no plans in the \n                   Department of the Interior to\n                  remove Major Stowe.]","[Acknowledges kind note and a pamphlet; informs\n                  him that the President [ \n                   Rutherford B. Hayes ] is well\n                  aware of the impact of his actions.]","[Has received his letter recommending Mr. Fiske\n                  for the \n                   Pension Agency in \n                   New York ; has had 2 interviews\n                  with him; agrees with President \n                   [Rutherford B.] Hayes that\n                  Pension Agents should have an honorable Army record;\n                  informs him that the President would like to discuss\n                  ideas with him on next visit to \n                   Washington . ]","[Disagrees with him on the Indian question;\n                  believes it is unlikely that \n                   Congress will transfer control of\n                  the \n                   Indian Service ; doubts \n                   [Ulysses S.] Grant will be\n                  re-elected; comments on opposition to Grant in\n                  Republican ranks; mentions that the \"scratchers\" of \n                   New York oppose Grant and that he\n                  cannot win the state without their aid.]","[Wants to know if he accepted an article (by\n                  another writer) that he forwarded; asks if he wrote \n                   Harper's Weekly article on \n                   Fitz-John Porter . ]","[Acknowledges receipt of his letter; believes it\n                  contains a thought-provoking proposition; claims that\n                  commitments preclude a meeting on short notice; needs\n                  time to reply to issues; discusses a letter by \n                   Moses Williams to \n                   [Philander] Deming asking Schurz\n                  to give his opinion on methods to strengthen\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland against the\n                  anti-reform element in his own party.]","[Recalls their first meeting at Putnam's; would\n                  welcome seeing him again and discuss the Dr. Kinkel\n                  library.]","[Thanks for the kind judgment on his book and for\n                  discussing it in his editorial columns; seeks advice\n                  on suggested political and military history of the\n                  Civil War; questions the feasibility of writing such\n                  a work on evidentiary grounds and on the brief time\n                  since the end of the war; expresses interest in doing\n                  the project; discusses a project to write the history\n                  of the new German Empire; would rather not live\n                  abroad to do research; describes his work on his\n                  recollections.]","[Considers a suggestion to write a civil rather\n                  than military history of the Civil War; does not mind\n                  that this project will absorb all his time; believes\n                  that the appointment of Potts endangers the position\n                  of \n                   [John] Jay and Richmond; comments\n                  on his health, especially his ability to walk with\n                  only one stick.]","[Agrees with the critical opinions in his\n                  political article; disappointed that President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland is unwilling\n                  to investigate the Higgins-Thomas-Raisin case; feels\n                  that the president's actions have alienated many of\n                  his former supporters; encloses article from a reform\n                  paper that dismayed him.]","[Disappointed at the news that \n                   Evening Post will not employ Spielhagen, who was in his\n                  Burschenschaft (fraternity) in \n                   Bonn ; recounts his efforts to\n                  get him connected with the \n                   New York Staatszeitung; will also\n                  write to a German paper in the West on his\n                  behalf.]","[Hopes to discuss politics with him before sailing\n                  for \n                   Germany ; intends to stay until\n                  September unless the Republicans nominate \n                   [James G.] Blaine again; would\n                  return in time for the campaign; has heard bad things\n                  about the \n                   Treasury Department in the matter\n                  of removals; thanks him for kind words in \n                   Harper's Weekly about his own speech on the dead\n                  Kaiser.]","[Thanks him for copies of his \"great Gettysburg\n                  oration\" and his Washington Monument speech; has\n                  written Mr. Wanamaker for an explanation of his\n                  financial transactions during the presidential\n                  campaign; asks him to intervene because the letter\n                  has not been answered.]","[Praises his address which was critical of\n                  President \n                   [Grover] Cleveland 's\n                  administration; calls Cleveland an old-fashioned \n                   Indiana politician; praises\n                  Bishop Potter's \"glorious\" sermon; disappointed that\n                  President Cleveland appointed his own brother to\n                  political office.]","[Doubts whether \n                   [William D.] Foulke 's plan will\n                  be profitable; suggests investigating the matter with\n                  him.]","[Invites him to dinner; informs him that the\n                  guests will include Mr. and Mrs. \n                   [Grover] Cleveland and Dr.\n                  Sievelzing, head of German delegation to maritime\n                  conference in \n                   Washington . ]","[Encloses a letter to Secretary Bayard.]","[Invites him to his birthday dinner on March\n                  1.]","[Believes that he should draft a letter to the\n                  president \n                   [Benjamin Harrison] instead of\n                  Schurz because of his abilities, knowledge, and\n                  position. 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