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Smith , and \n          Edmund Randolph .","Known correspondents in the miscellaneous group of letters\n         include: \n          Peter Hagner , \n          Hodijah Baylies Meade , \n          Peyton Meade , \n          R.H. Meade , \n          William E. Meade , and \n          W[illiam] B. Tabb . Topics of interest\n         include: the movement of some Confederate forces under General\n          Henry S. Wise , February 6, 1863; the\n         critical condition and eventual death of \n          Jane Meade (daughter of William E. and\n         Mary (Steger) Meade, February 21, and March 21, 1864; and \n          Hodijah Baylies Meade urging his brother\n         [William ?] to sell his farm at the Hermitage and to buy a\n         small farm in the \"valley,\" presumably the \n          Shenandoah Valley , and warning him not to\n         consider \n          Danville, Virginia , as suitable farming\n         country as it was overworked by tobacco, January 30,1868.","Letters of \n          Thomas Rutherfoord, Sr. (father-in-law of \n          Hodijah Meade ) to members of the \n          Meade family mainly concern the family flour\n         mill business, family news, and grandfatherly advice. This\n         group of letters also contains a few letters by \n          Thomas Rutherfoord, Jr. and \n          Samuel Rutherfoord , brothers of \n          Hodijah Meade 's wife, Jane (d. 1839\n         ?).","Other items in this collection include: an almanac, an\n         arithmetic book, wills, receipts, a survey, deeds and\n         indentures and accounts. Of special interest are: a survey for\n          Everard Meade in \n          Amelia County (October 5, 1770); the will\n         of \n          Everard Meade (January 13, 1801); the will\n         of \n          Hodijah Meade (May 30, 1840); and a bounty\n         land claim based on \n          Hodijah Meade 's service in the War of\n         1812 (May 1859).","The correspondence is arranged chronologically by the\n         correspondent or recipient of the letter. 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These letters show a\n         continuation of friendship and affection that had begun\n         between \n          Hodijah Baylies and \n          Everard Meade (1746-1802), father of\n         Hodijah, when they were both aides-de-camp to Major General \n          [Benjamin ?] Lincoln during the\n         Revolutionary War.","One letter, December 20, 1832, discusses the rank of \n          Everard Meade in the Continental Army and\n         the possibility of erecting a tombstone to his memory. Another\n         letter, September 13, 1835, from the northerner, \n          Edmund Baylies , expresses sympathy for\n         anti-abolitionist sentiments.","Letters to \n          Everard Meade include correspondence from \n          R[ichard] K[idder] Meade , July 3, 1777,\n         concerning the actions of a party of militia who captured a\n         ship of produce on the New Jersey shore; \n          D[avid] M. 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Wise , February 6, 1863; the\n         critical condition and eventual death of \n          Jane Meade (daughter of William E. and\n         Mary (Steger) Meade, February 21, and March 21, 1864; and \n          Hodijah Baylies Meade urging his brother\n         [William ?] to sell his farm at the Hermitage and to buy a\n         small farm in the \"valley,\" presumably the \n          Shenandoah Valley , and warning him not to\n         consider \n          Danville, Virginia , as suitable farming\n         country as it was overworked by tobacco, January 30,1868.","Letters of \n          Thomas Rutherfoord, Sr. (father-in-law of \n          Hodijah Meade ) to members of the \n          Meade family mainly concern the family flour\n         mill business, family news, and grandfatherly advice. This\n         group of letters also contains a few letters by \n          Thomas Rutherfoord, Jr. and \n          Samuel Rutherfoord , brothers of \n          Hodijah Meade 's wife, Jane (d. 1839\n         ?).","Other items in this collection include: an almanac, an\n         arithmetic book, wills, receipts, a survey, deeds and\n         indentures and accounts. Of special interest are: a survey for\n          Everard Meade in \n          Amelia County (October 5, 1770); the will\n         of \n          Everard Meade (January 13, 1801); the will\n         of \n          Hodijah Meade (May 30, 1840); and a bounty\n         land claim based on \n          Hodijah Meade 's service in the War of\n         1812 (May 1859).","The correspondence is arranged chronologically by the\n         correspondent or recipient of the letter. 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This\n         group of letters also contains a few letters by \n          Thomas Rutherfoord, Jr. and \n          Samuel Rutherfoord , brothers of \n          Hodijah Meade 's wife, Jane (d. 1839\n         ?).","Other items in this collection include: an almanac, an\n         arithmetic book, wills, receipts, a survey, deeds and\n         indentures and accounts. Of special interest are: a survey for\n          Everard Meade in \n          Amelia County (October 5, 1770); the will\n         of \n          Everard Meade (January 13, 1801); the will\n         of \n          Hodijah Meade (May 30, 1840); and a bounty\n         land claim based on \n          Hodijah Meade 's service in the War of\n         1812 (May 1859).","The correspondence is arranged chronologically by the\n         correspondent or recipient of the letter. 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Nelson ) health and\n                     plans to attend school.]","[Encloses cheque for $200.00 for two Nelson\n                     boys' tuition, apologizes for including her in the\n                     business transaction.]","[Encloses cheque for $250.00 for the Nelsons'\n                     tuitions, is glad to hear they are doing\n                     well.]","[Encloses $200.00 for balance on tuition.]","[Suggests that it may be time for Robert to go\n                     to work, recommends that Gilman discuss the matter\n                     with \n                      Loulie Bruce , explains that\n                     he has many calls on him and enumerates one from\n                     his cousin who cannot send his son to school.]","[Recounts conversation with Louise B., his\n                     sister-in-law, concerning Page's ( \n                      S. 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Nelson . ]","[Christmas card]","[Says he is glad to give \n                      Robert W. Nelson the use of\n                     his rooms while he is away at \n                      Hot Springs, Virginia . ]","[Discusses family matters.]","[Witty letter regarding Gilman's anticipated\n                     visit to \" \n                      Bella Vista \" and a hunting\n                     permit for her companion.]","[Thanks him for suggestion of incorporating\n                     Kipling's Recessional in his next sermon.]","[Thanks him for suggestions.]","[Briefly discusses the three scamps.]","[3 unidentified and 1 of \n                   Robert W. 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