{"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Fitzhugh+family","last":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bnames%5D%5B%5D=Fitzhugh+family\u0026page=1"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":null,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":1,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":6,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":true}},"data":[{"id":"viu_viu00047","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Alexander Family Papers \n         1800-1890","creator":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Lewis Egerton Smoot","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the Alexander familyof King George County, Virginiacontain ca. 2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet), ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner Gustavus B. Alexander, and concern his dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land, as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers are those of his son, Charles G. Alexander, lawyer, justice of the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of subjects, including King George County Schools, land surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other subjects of possible interest include medical records and doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning St. Paul's Churchin King George County.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00047#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00047","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00047","_root_":"viu_viu00047","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00047","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00047.xml","title_ssm":["Alexander Family Papers \n         1800-1890"],"title_tesim":["Alexander Family Papers \n         1800-1890"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["4800"],"text":["4800","Alexander Family Papers \n         1800-1890","2000 items","Collection is open to research.","The \n          Alexander family papers have been arranged\n         alphabetically according to type of material. Bound Volumes\n         (Box 1), Correspondence (Box 1), and Financial and Legal\n         Papers (Boxes 2-5) are arranged chronologically. All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The papers of the \n          Alexander family of \n          King George County, Virginia contain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n          Charles G. Alexander , lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n          King George County Schools , land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County .","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n          Alexandria merchants \n          Stephen Shinn and Son . Other business\n         associates include \n          W.H. McDonald and Co. , \n          J. Leadbeater and Son , \n          C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne . \n          Gustavus B. Alexander and other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n          Alexandria, Virginia company \n          S.S. Masters and Son : 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n          Alexander family plantation \" \n          Caledon \" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n          Henry Ryals (30 Oct 1852) and with \n          John L. Lewisford (9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n          Stuart family , \n          Chapman family , and \n          Alexander family in \n          Alexandria, Virginia . Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n          Strawberry Hill property\" bought by \n          Eliza Jackson from \n          G.B. Wallace , dated 4 Sept 1876; \n          R.H. Stuart to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning land sold\n         to \n          Eliza Hughes and \n          Charles Prior , dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n          King George County , \" which includes \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n          U.S. War Department to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n          Boyd's Hole \" property held by the \n          Alexander family . Correspondence from \n          Stephen Shinn to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerns\n         negotiations with the \n          Potomac River Steam Boat Company to build\n         a wharf at \n          Boyd's Hole : 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n          Boyd's Hole includes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n          Boyd's Hole property include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n          Charles G. Alexander and \n          Thomas C. Daly ; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n          Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company to \n          Charles G. Alexander ; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n          Boyd's Hole For Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander . Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n          Alexander family by \n          Lucy A. Thornton of \n          Port Royal, Virginia : 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n          Lucy Thornton requests that \n          Charles Alexander pay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n          Grymes family is included in the \n          Alexander family papers. Letters of \n          George Grymes include an undated note to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n          Thomas Grymes , dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n          Fanny Grymes deals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n          Eagle's Nest :\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n          Charles G. Alexander 's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n          Yuba County, California (where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n          Washington -based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n          Charles G. Alexander in \n          Yuba County, California .","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n          Charles G. Alexander 's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n          King George County \" from \n          C.H. Ashton , concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n          House of Delegates ; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n          Lancaster ; \" and letters to \n          Judith B. Alexander and \n          Marietta Alexander from \n          Sarah Stuart and \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n          Charles G. Alexander during his period as\n         a member of the \n          15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry in\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n          15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E , under\n         Captain \n          Mark Arnold , and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n          9th Virginia Cavalry is also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n          King George County Schools , such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n          King George County Textbook Committee ,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n          Potomac District Public School #4 from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n          Charles G. Alexander was schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n          Alexander family have been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n          Alexander family and of the \n          Fitzhugh family . These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n          Alexander family from 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n          Charles G. Alexander for the \n          U.S. War Department in 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n          United States and correspondence between \n          Charles G. Alexander and the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n          War Department .","Material concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County consists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n          Alexander Pope and \n          John Stuart Mill , the passport of \n          Charles G. Alexander dated 1849, a school\n         report for \n          Charles G. Alexander at \n          Wood Grove Seminary in the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n          George Johnson to \n          Jacob Stuart , concerning ownership of\n         slave \n          William ; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n          Jim , belonging to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n          A.G. Dade to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n          Henry Lewis to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n          Sarah Stuart Alexander ; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n          W.T. Swann to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning slaves\n         of the \n          Alexander family , some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n          Christy \") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n          Mary ; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n          West to recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Charles G. Alexander , writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n          Caledon \" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n          Charles G. Alexander ] to \n          George H. Robinson concerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n          Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands to \n          Fanny Grymes , concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n          Henry Brooks , son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n          23rd US Colored Troops during the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n          C.T. Stuart to \n          L.W. Stuart concerning slave \n          William .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n          G. Stuart .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family, Lanford family, Ashton family, Lewis family, Berry family, Miffleton family, Brockenborough family, Potts family, Bryan family, Quisenberry family, Coakley family, Scott family, Dade family, Selden family, Davies family, Smith family, Fitzhugh family, Stuart family, Grymes family, Thornton family, Harrison family, Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. 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All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eAlexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Alexander Family\n            Papers, Accession 4800, Special Collections Department, University of\n         Virginia Library"],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFunded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Funding Note"],"processinfo_tesim":["Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003econtain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003emerchants \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eStephen Shinn and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e. Other business\n         associates include \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eW.H. McDonald and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJ. Leadbeater and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecompany \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eS.S. Masters and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eplantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ryals\u003c/persname\u003e(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Lewisford\u003c/persname\u003e(9 Jan 1860).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eChapman family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStrawberry Hill\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty\" bought by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Jackson\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.B. Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.H. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning land sold\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Hughes\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Prior\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" which includes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters concern the \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e\" property held by the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e. Correspondence from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStephen Shinn\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac River Steam Boat Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto build\n         a wharf at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas C. Daly\u003c/persname\u003e; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eFor Sale!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Thornton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Royal, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Thornton\u003c/persname\u003erequests that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Alexander\u003c/persname\u003epay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family\u003c/famname\u003eis included in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. Letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Grymes\u003c/persname\u003einclude an undated note to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003edeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEagle's Nest\u003c/corpname\u003e:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.H. Ashton\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLancaster\u003c/geogname\u003e; \" and letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarietta Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eand \"Rose.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E\u003c/corpname\u003e, under\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMark Arnold\u003c/persname\u003e, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e9th Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003eis also frequently\n         mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders include material concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Textbook Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac District Public School #4\u003c/corpname\u003efrom\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ewas schoolmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical records and doctors' bills of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eand of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family\u003c/famname\u003e. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders contain the tax records of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003efrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efor the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003eand correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003econsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stuart Mill\u003c/persname\u003e, the passport of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003edated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWood Grove Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJim\u003c/persname\u003e, belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Dade\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW.T. Swann\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChristy\u003c/persname\u003e\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary\u003c/persname\u003e; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWest\u003c/persname\u003eto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e] to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Robinson\u003c/persname\u003econcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Brooks\u003c/persname\u003e, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e23rd US Colored Troops\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eL.W. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003econcerning slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLanford family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAshton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBerry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eMiffleton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBrockenborough family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003ePotts family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBryan family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eQuisenberry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eCoakley family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eScott family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDade family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSelden family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDavies family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eThornton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eHarrison family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eWashington family\u003c/famname\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n          Alexander family of \n          King George County, Virginia contain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n          Charles G. Alexander , lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n          King George County Schools , land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County .","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n          Alexandria merchants \n          Stephen Shinn and Son . Other business\n         associates include \n          W.H. McDonald and Co. , \n          J. Leadbeater and Son , \n          C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne . \n          Gustavus B. Alexander and other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n          Alexandria, Virginia company \n          S.S. Masters and Son : 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n          Alexander family plantation \" \n          Caledon \" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n          Henry Ryals (30 Oct 1852) and with \n          John L. Lewisford (9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n          Stuart family , \n          Chapman family , and \n          Alexander family in \n          Alexandria, Virginia . Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n          Strawberry Hill property\" bought by \n          Eliza Jackson from \n          G.B. Wallace , dated 4 Sept 1876; \n          R.H. Stuart to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning land sold\n         to \n          Eliza Hughes and \n          Charles Prior , dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n          King George County , \" which includes \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n          U.S. War Department to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n          Boyd's Hole \" property held by the \n          Alexander family . Correspondence from \n          Stephen Shinn to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerns\n         negotiations with the \n          Potomac River Steam Boat Company to build\n         a wharf at \n          Boyd's Hole : 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n          Boyd's Hole includes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n          Boyd's Hole property include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n          Charles G. Alexander and \n          Thomas C. Daly ; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n          Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company to \n          Charles G. Alexander ; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n          Boyd's Hole For Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander . Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n          Alexander family by \n          Lucy A. Thornton of \n          Port Royal, Virginia : 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n          Lucy Thornton requests that \n          Charles Alexander pay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n          Grymes family is included in the \n          Alexander family papers. Letters of \n          George Grymes include an undated note to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n          Thomas Grymes , dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n          Fanny Grymes deals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n          Eagle's Nest :\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n          Charles G. Alexander 's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n          Yuba County, California (where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n          Washington -based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n          Charles G. Alexander in \n          Yuba County, California .","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n          Charles G. Alexander 's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n          King George County \" from \n          C.H. Ashton , concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n          House of Delegates ; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n          Lancaster ; \" and letters to \n          Judith B. Alexander and \n          Marietta Alexander from \n          Sarah Stuart and \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n          Charles G. Alexander during his period as\n         a member of the \n          15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry in\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n          15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E , under\n         Captain \n          Mark Arnold , and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n          9th Virginia Cavalry is also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n          King George County Schools , such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n          King George County Textbook Committee ,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n          Potomac District Public School #4 from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n          Charles G. Alexander was schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n          Alexander family have been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n          Alexander family and of the \n          Fitzhugh family . These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n          Alexander family from 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n          Charles G. Alexander for the \n          U.S. War Department in 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n          United States and correspondence between \n          Charles G. Alexander and the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n          War Department .","Material concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County consists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n          Alexander Pope and \n          John Stuart Mill , the passport of \n          Charles G. Alexander dated 1849, a school\n         report for \n          Charles G. Alexander at \n          Wood Grove Seminary in the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n          George Johnson to \n          Jacob Stuart , concerning ownership of\n         slave \n          William ; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n          Jim , belonging to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n          A.G. Dade to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n          Henry Lewis to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n          Sarah Stuart Alexander ; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n          W.T. Swann to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning slaves\n         of the \n          Alexander family , some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n          Christy \") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n          Mary ; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n          West to recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Charles G. Alexander , writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n          Caledon \" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n          Charles G. Alexander ] to \n          George H. Robinson concerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n          Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands to \n          Fanny Grymes , concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n          Henry Brooks , son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n          23rd US Colored Troops during the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n          C.T. Stuart to \n          L.W. Stuart concerning slave \n          William .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n          G. Stuart .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family, Lanford family, Ashton family, Lewis family, Berry family, Miffleton family, Brockenborough family, Potts family, Bryan family, Quisenberry family, Coakley family, Scott family, Dade family, Selden family, Davies family, Smith family, Fitzhugh family, Stuart family, Grymes family, Thornton family, Harrison family, Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned."],"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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Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. Stuart"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. Masters and Son","U.S. War Department","Potomac River Steam Boat Company","Geo. C. 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Lewisford","Eliza Jackson","G.B. Wallace","R.H. Stuart","Eliza Hughes","Charles Prior","Stephen Shinn","Thomas C. Daly","Lucy A. Thornton","Lucy Thornton","Charles Alexander","George Grymes","Thomas Grymes","Fanny Grymes","C.H. Ashton","Judith B. Alexander","Marietta Alexander","Sarah Stuart","Mark Arnold","Alexander Pope","John Stuart Mill","George Johnson","Jacob Stuart","William","Jim","A.G. Dade","Henry Lewis","Sarah Stuart Alexander","W.T. Swann","Christy","William McGuire","Mary","West","George H. Robinson","Henry Brooks","C.T. Stuart","L.W. Stuart","Sarah K. Stuart","G. 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All\n         additional topics are arranged chronologically within their\n         respective folders in Box 5.","Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment\n            for the Humanities","The papers of the \n          Alexander family of \n          King George County, Virginia contain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n          Charles G. Alexander , lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n          King George County Schools , land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County .","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n          Alexandria merchants \n          Stephen Shinn and Son . Other business\n         associates include \n          W.H. McDonald and Co. , \n          J. Leadbeater and Son , \n          C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne . \n          Gustavus B. Alexander and other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n          Alexandria, Virginia company \n          S.S. Masters and Son : 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n          Alexander family plantation \" \n          Caledon \" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n          Henry Ryals (30 Oct 1852) and with \n          John L. Lewisford (9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n          Stuart family , \n          Chapman family , and \n          Alexander family in \n          Alexandria, Virginia . Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n          Strawberry Hill property\" bought by \n          Eliza Jackson from \n          G.B. Wallace , dated 4 Sept 1876; \n          R.H. Stuart to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning land sold\n         to \n          Eliza Hughes and \n          Charles Prior , dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n          King George County , \" which includes \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n          U.S. War Department to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n          Boyd's Hole \" property held by the \n          Alexander family . Correspondence from \n          Stephen Shinn to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerns\n         negotiations with the \n          Potomac River Steam Boat Company to build\n         a wharf at \n          Boyd's Hole : 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n          Boyd's Hole includes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n          Boyd's Hole property include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n          Charles G. Alexander and \n          Thomas C. Daly ; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n          Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company to \n          Charles G. Alexander ; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n          Boyd's Hole For Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander . Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n          Alexander family by \n          Lucy A. Thornton of \n          Port Royal, Virginia : 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n          Lucy Thornton requests that \n          Charles Alexander pay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n          Grymes family is included in the \n          Alexander family papers. Letters of \n          George Grymes include an undated note to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n          Thomas Grymes , dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n          Fanny Grymes deals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n          Eagle's Nest :\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n          Charles G. Alexander 's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n          Yuba County, California (where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n          Washington -based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n          Charles G. Alexander in \n          Yuba County, California .","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n          Charles G. Alexander 's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n          King George County \" from \n          C.H. Ashton , concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n          House of Delegates ; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n          Lancaster ; \" and letters to \n          Judith B. Alexander and \n          Marietta Alexander from \n          Sarah Stuart and \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n          Charles G. Alexander during his period as\n         a member of the \n          15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry in\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n          15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E , under\n         Captain \n          Mark Arnold , and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n          9th Virginia Cavalry is also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n          King George County Schools , such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n          King George County Textbook Committee ,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n          Potomac District Public School #4 from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n          Charles G. Alexander was schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n          Alexander family have been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n          Alexander family and of the \n          Fitzhugh family . These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n          Alexander family from 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n          Charles G. Alexander for the \n          U.S. War Department in 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n          United States and correspondence between \n          Charles G. Alexander and the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n          War Department .","Material concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County consists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n          Alexander Pope and \n          John Stuart Mill , the passport of \n          Charles G. Alexander dated 1849, a school\n         report for \n          Charles G. Alexander at \n          Wood Grove Seminary in the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n          George Johnson to \n          Jacob Stuart , concerning ownership of\n         slave \n          William ; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n          Jim , belonging to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n          A.G. Dade to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n          Henry Lewis to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n          Sarah Stuart Alexander ; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n          W.T. Swann to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning slaves\n         of the \n          Alexander family , some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n          Christy \") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n          Mary ; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n          West to recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Charles G. Alexander , writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n          Caledon \" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n          Charles G. Alexander ] to \n          George H. Robinson concerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n          Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands to \n          Fanny Grymes , concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n          Henry Brooks , son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n          23rd US Colored Troops during the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n          C.T. Stuart to \n          L.W. Stuart concerning slave \n          William .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n          G. Stuart .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family, Lanford family, Ashton family, Lewis family, Berry family, Miffleton family, Brockenborough family, Potts family, Bryan family, Quisenberry family, Coakley family, Scott family, Dade family, Selden family, Davies family, Smith family, Fitzhugh family, Stuart family, Grymes family, Thornton family, Harrison family, Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.","See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","Caledon","University of Virginia","King George County Schools","St. Paul's Church","Stephen Shinn and Son","W.H. McDonald and Co.","J. Leadbeater and Son","C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne","S.S. 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Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria\u003c/geogname\u003emerchants \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eStephen Shinn and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e. Other business\n         associates include \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eW.H. McDonald and Co.\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eJ. Leadbeater and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eC.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne\u003c/corpname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003ecompany \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eS.S. Masters and Son\u003c/corpname\u003e: 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eplantation \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Ryals\u003c/persname\u003e(30 Oct 1852) and with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn L. Lewisford\u003c/persname\u003e(9 Jan 1860).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n         \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eChapman family\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAlexandria, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStrawberry Hill\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty\" bought by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Jackson\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG.B. Wallace\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 4 Sept 1876; \n         \u003cpersname\u003eR.H. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning land sold\n         to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEliza Hughes\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Prior\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e, \" which includes \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral letters concern the \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e\" property held by the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e. Correspondence from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eStephen Shinn\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerns\n         negotiations with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac River Steam Boat Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto build\n         a wharf at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003e: 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eincludes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eproperty include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas C. Daly\u003c/persname\u003e; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eGeo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBoyd's Hole\u003c/geogname\u003eFor Sale!\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e. Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy A. Thornton\u003c/persname\u003eof \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Royal, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e: 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucy Thornton\u003c/persname\u003erequests that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles Alexander\u003c/persname\u003epay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome correspondence of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family\u003c/famname\u003eis included in the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003epapers. Letters of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Grymes\u003c/persname\u003einclude an undated note to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003econcerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003edeals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eEagle's Nest\u003c/corpname\u003e:\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e(where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWashington\u003c/geogname\u003e-based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eYuba County, California\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003e\" from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.H. Ashton\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHouse of Delegates\u003c/corpname\u003e; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLancaster\u003c/geogname\u003e; \" and letters to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarietta Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eand \"Rose.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eduring his period as\n         a member of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003ein\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E\u003c/corpname\u003e, under\n         Captain \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMark Arnold\u003c/persname\u003e, and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e9th Virginia Cavalry\u003c/corpname\u003eis also frequently\n         mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders include material concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Schools\u003c/corpname\u003e, such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eKing George County Textbook Committee\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003ePotomac District Public School #4\u003c/corpname\u003efrom\n         1876 to 1887 while \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003ewas schoolmaster.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical records and doctors' bills of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003ehave been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003eand of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family\u003c/famname\u003e. These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo folders contain the tax records of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003efrom 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMeteorological surveys and observations were made by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003efor the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU.S. War Department\u003c/corpname\u003ein 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eUnited States\u003c/geogname\u003eand correspondence between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eand the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWar Department\u003c/corpname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaterial concerning \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSt. Paul's Church\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eKing George County\u003c/geogname\u003econsists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAlexander Pope\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Stuart Mill\u003c/persname\u003e, the passport of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003edated 1849, a school\n         report for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eat \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eWood Grove Seminary\u003c/corpname\u003ein the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003eas a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge Johnson\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJacob Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning ownership of\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJim\u003c/persname\u003e, belonging to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA.G. Dade\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Lewis\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah Stuart Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW.T. Swann\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning slaves\n         of the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family\u003c/famname\u003e, some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eChristy\u003c/persname\u003e\") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJudith B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMary\u003c/persname\u003e; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWest\u003c/persname\u003eto recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam McGuire\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e, writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eCaledon\u003c/corpname\u003e\" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eCharles G. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e] to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGeorge H. Robinson\u003c/persname\u003econcerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eBureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands\u003c/corpname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFanny Grymes\u003c/persname\u003e, concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHenry Brooks\u003c/persname\u003e, son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e23rd US Colored Troops\u003c/corpname\u003eduring the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eC.T. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eL.W. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003econcerning slave \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eGustavus B. Alexander\u003c/persname\u003e; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSarah K. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eG. Stuart\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSlave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAlexander family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLanford family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eAshton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eLewis family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBerry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eMiffleton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBrockenborough family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003ePotts family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eBryan family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eQuisenberry family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eCoakley family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eScott family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDade family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSelden family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eDavies family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eSmith family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eFitzhugh family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eStuart family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eGrymes family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eThornton family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eHarrison family,\u003c/famname\u003e\n        \u003cfamname\u003eWashington family\u003c/famname\u003e\n      \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The papers of the \n          Alexander family of \n          King George County, Virginia contain ca.\n         2000 items (5 Hollinger boxes, ca. 1.75 linear feet),\n         ca.1800-1890, consist of correspondence, financial, and legal\n         papers. Most of the earlier papers are those of landowner \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , and concern his\n         dealings in wheat, corn, guano fertilizer, slaves, and land,\n         as well as legal matters and business ventures. Later papers\n         are those of his son, \n          Charles G. Alexander , lawyer, justice of\n         the peace, and schoolmaster, and deal with a variety of\n         subjects, including \n          King George County Schools , land\n         surveying, meteorological observations, and slavery. Other\n         subjects of possible interest include medical records and\n         doctors' bills, tax records, and documents concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County .","Correspondence of note includes extensive dealings in wheat\n         and other goods with \n          Alexandria merchants \n          Stephen Shinn and Son . Other business\n         associates include \n          W.H. McDonald and Co. , \n          J. Leadbeater and Son , \n          C.G. Howland, and Robinson and Payne . \n          Gustavus B. Alexander and other area\n         landowners dealt in guano with the \n          Alexandria, Virginia company \n          S.S. Masters and Son : 6, 13, 23 Sept\n         1852; 3 Feb 1853; 16, 17 Sept 1854; 10 Oct 1855; and 24 Sept\n         1860. Two contracts with overseers of the \n          Alexander family plantation \" \n          Caledon \" are included in the\n         correspondence: with \n          Henry Ryals (30 Oct 1852) and with \n          John L. Lewisford (9 Jan 1860).","Letters dated 7, 20 Oct; 3, 11 Nov 1834; 29 Mar; 29 Aug\n         1839; 2 Mar; 10 June 1848; 14 Jan and 9 Feb 1857 pertain to\n         land holdings of the related \n          Stuart family , \n          Chapman family , and \n          Alexander family in \n          Alexandria, Virginia . Other letters\n         concerning property holdings are as follows: a deed to \" \n          Strawberry Hill property\" bought by \n          Eliza Jackson from \n          G.B. Wallace , dated 4 Sept 1876; \n          R.H. Stuart to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning land sold\n         to \n          Eliza Hughes and \n          Charles Prior , dated 11 Feb 1890, and an\n         undated note; a list of \"Officers of District #3, \n          King George County , \" which includes \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as chairman, dated\n         15 My 1852; and correspondence from the \n          U.S. War Department to \n          Charles G. Alexander concerning abandoned\n         lands, dated 25 Jan 1866.","Several letters concern the \" \n          Boyd's Hole \" property held by the \n          Alexander family . Correspondence from \n          Stephen Shinn to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerns\n         negotiations with the \n          Potomac River Steam Boat Company to build\n         a wharf at \n          Boyd's Hole : 30 June; 9 July; 3 Sept; 2,\n         18, 25, and 29 Oct 1855; 25 June; 9, and 30 Aug 1856. Letters\n         pertaining to a dispute about the construction of a road at \n          Boyd's Hole includes correspondence dated\n         1 June, 5 Oct, and 6 Nov 1856 and a 31 July 1876 \"list of\n         hands to work on Public Road.\" Letters pertaining to the lease\n         and sale of the \n          Boyd's Hole property include: a 3 Nov 1865\n         agreement of lease between \n          Charles G. Alexander and \n          Thomas C. Daly ; a 2 Nov 1874 letter from\n         the \n          Geo. C. Wedderburn Real Estate Company to \n          Charles G. Alexander ; and an undated\n         draft of a real estate announcement: \" \n          Boyd's Hole For Sale!\"","Letters dated 20, 25 April 1866; 10 July 1868; and 3 Sept\n         1869 concern debts and taxes on the estate of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander . Several letters\n         deal with money lent to the \n          Alexander family by \n          Lucy A. Thornton of \n          Port Royal, Virginia : 20 Aug, 28 Sept\n         1851; 30 Sept 1852; and 27 Sept 1856. Of special note is a\n         letter dated 9 May 1866, in which \n          Lucy Thornton requests that \n          Charles Alexander pay the money owed her\n         so that she may repair her house, \"which was very badly\n         shelled (in the Civil War) and is scarcely habitable.\"","Some correspondence of the \n          Grymes family is included in the \n          Alexander family papers. Letters of \n          George Grymes include an undated note to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander concerning\n         plantation crops, and a letter to \n          Thomas Grymes , dated 28 Nov 1844, on the\n         dangers of hard drinking. The correspondence of \n          Fanny Grymes deals with legal matters and\n         property holdings, notably a tract of land called \" \n          Eagle's Nest :\" 11 May 1870; 6 March 1871;\n         16 May, 18 Sept 1872; 17, 30 Sept 1873; 31 July 1875; and 19\n         Oct 1887.","Letters from \n          Charles G. Alexander 's period as Justice\n         of the Peace in \n          Yuba County, California (where he settled\n         as a result of his participation in a \n          Washington -based gold rush expedition\n         from 1849 to late 1851) include a goodbye note written to his\n         father and dated simply \"1849\" and letters dated 21 Jan; 8, 15\n         Aug; and 11 Nov 1850; 21 Jan; 24 Feb; 28 April; and 15 June\n         1851. Also included is a 1 April 1857 complaint filed\n         concerning a trial held before \n          Charles G. Alexander in \n          Yuba County, California .","Undated correspondence of note includes an unsigned\n         satirical poem about \n          Charles G. Alexander 's early career as an\n         attorney; an open letter to \"the Voters of \n          King George County \" from \n          C.H. Ashton , concerning his candidacy for\n         the \n          House of Delegates ; a fragment of a\n         letter which mentions \"the horrible party now in power\" and\n         predicts \"a revolution beginning in the North;\" a memorandum\n         recording the descendants of a \"Dr. Bell of \n          Lancaster ; \" and letters to \n          Judith B. Alexander and \n          Marietta Alexander from \n          Sarah Stuart and \"Rose.\"","Two small notebooks dating from 1862 and 1863 are among the\n         bound volumes in Box 1. These consist of notes taken by \n          Charles G. Alexander during his period as\n         a member of the \n          15th Regiment of the Virginia Cavalry in\n         the Civil War. Included in these notebooks are lists of\n         prisoners taken and guards appointed, munitions, cavalry\n         companies and their captains, and mess and pay accounts of the\n         soldiers. Also included is a daily record of the movements of\n         the \n          15th Virginia Cavalry, Company E , under\n         Captain \n          Mark Arnold , and a record of the battles\n         and skirmishes in which it was involved. The \n          9th Virginia Cavalry is also frequently\n         mentioned.","Two folders include material concerning \n          King George County Schools , such as\n         teachers' certificates, letters of the \n          King George County Textbook Committee ,\n         correspondence concerning teaching positions (Box 5), and\n         three bound volumes (Box 1) entitled \"Teacher's Pocket\n         Record.\" These consist of the attendance records and policies\n         of \n          Potomac District Public School #4 from\n         1876 to 1887 while \n          Charles G. Alexander was schoolmaster.","Medical records and doctors' bills of the \n          Alexander family have been separated into\n         one folder covering the period from 1826 to 1865. Included in\n         these documents are records of medical attention given to\n         slaves of the \n          Alexander family and of the \n          Fitzhugh family . These slaves are often\n         mentioned by name.","Two folders contain the tax records of the \n          Alexander family from 1814 to 1886 with some\n         undated material. These records are also of particular\n         interest because they list the number of slaves held by the\n         family in any given year.","Meteorological surveys and observations were made by \n          Charles G. Alexander for the \n          U.S. War Department in 1874 and 1875.\n         These may be found in a folder along with several weather maps\n         of the \n          United States and correspondence between \n          Charles G. Alexander and the Chief Signal\n         Officer of the \n          War Department .","Material concerning \n          St. Paul's Church in \n          King George County consists of one folder\n         of correspondence and notes, including records of goods and\n         money donated to the church, meetings of the vestry, and an\n         undated list of pew-holders.","Some miscellaneous items have been separated into a single\n         folder. These include business and calling cards,\n         advertisments, poetry of such writers as \n          Alexander Pope and \n          John Stuart Mill , the passport of \n          Charles G. Alexander dated 1849, a school\n         report for \n          Charles G. Alexander at \n          Wood Grove Seminary in the 1842-3 term,\n         and the will of \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , dated 1855. Also\n         included is an 1855 application for a land warrant due \n          Gustavus B. Alexander as a veteran of the\n         War of 1812.","A substantial amount of material concerning slavery has\n         been separated into four folders of \"Slave Records,\" under the\n         subheadings of \"Correspondence,\" \"Financial and Legal,\" and\n         \"Financial and Legal --Bonds.\" The contents of these folders,\n         which collectively cover the period from 1814 to 1873 are\n         listed below:","Slave Records --Correspondence. Items of interest include:1\n         March 1824 -- \n          George Johnson to \n          Jacob Stuart , concerning ownership of\n         slave \n          William ; 2 April 1830 --certificate\n         concerning capture of runaway slave \n          Jim , belonging to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 10 Sept 1849 -- \n          A.G. Dade to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning hired\n         slaves who became ill; 7 Dec 1849 --Dr. \n          Henry Lewis to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. Stuart; 23 Nov 1852 --statement by \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning dower\n         slaves of late Mrs. \n          Sarah Stuart Alexander ; 10 June 1854\n         --letter of commission, forming a patrol to prevent slaves\n         from assembling or communicating between households; 11 Nov\n         1856 -- \n          W.T. Swann to \n          Gustavus B. Alexander , concerning slaves\n         of the \n          Alexander family , some of whom (\"the\n         children of \n          Christy \") have petitioned for their\n         freedom; 1 July 1858 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Judith B. Alexander , concerning shipping\n         of slave girl \n          Mary ; 27 Nov 1860 --note authorizing\n         slave \n          West to recieve payment for his carpentry\n         services; 19 Nov 1861 -- \n          William McGuire to \n          Charles G. Alexander , writing to urge the\n         prevention of the escape of slaves at \" \n          Caledon \" by hiring them out further south\n         or by burning any boats available to them; 27 Nov 1867 --[ \n          Charles G. Alexander ] to \n          George H. Robinson concerning shipments of\n         corn made by freedmen; 2 March 1871 -- \n          Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned\n         Lands to \n          Fanny Grymes , concerning the surviving\n         relatives of \n          Henry Brooks , son of her former slaves\n         and private in the \n          23rd US Colored Troops during the Civil\n         War; 7 Oct 1873 --draft of an editorial concerning ex-slaves\n         and some problems of the Reconstruction; n.d. -- \n          C.T. Stuart to \n          L.W. Stuart concerning slave \n          William .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal. Items of interest\n         include: 1825 --authorization of ownership of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; 1825-1862 --bills and\n         receipts concerning slaves; 1830-1832 --indentures, including\n         lists of slaves held by \n          Gustavus B. Alexander ; 1848, n.d. --lists\n         of slaves' names, ages and prices or values; 1844-1858 --bills\n         of sale of slaves; 1848 --division of dower slaves of \n          Sarah K. Stuart ; n.d. --division of dower\n         slaves of Mrs. \n          G. Stuart .","Slave Records --Financial and Legal: Bonds. These records\n         are contained in two folders and date from 1814 to 1862 with\n         some undated material. They consist entirely of bonds made\n         concerning the hire of slaves belonging to the following\n         families:","Alexander family, Lanford family, Ashton family, Lewis family, Berry family, Miffleton family, Brockenborough family, Potts family, Bryan family, Quisenberry family, Coakley family, Scott family, Dade family, Selden family, Davies family, Smith family, Fitzhugh family, Stuart family, Grymes family, Thornton family, Harrison family, Washington family","These bonds may be particularly useful as the first names\n         of the slaves involved are frequently mentioned."],"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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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Lisa Lee and Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.","The inventory includes letters, 1851-1861, and accounts, 1840-1866, of Rufus King Fitzhugh and his wife Henrietta Ellen (Baytop) Fitzhugh of Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. ","The letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.","The letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.","The letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.","This document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.","The letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. ","The letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.","The letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"","A letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.","The letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.","The letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.","The letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.","The letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.","A.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.","A.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.","Lucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. ","A second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. ","Macon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.","George acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.","James notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.","Lucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.","Lucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.","Mary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.","Mary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.","Bun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.","Lucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.","She sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.","This folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Account of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.","Accounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.","Account of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.","Accounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.","An account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.","Receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.","A receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Annual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.","A list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. ","The letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.","The letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.","The letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.","This document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.","The letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. ","The letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.","The letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"","A letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.","The letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.","The letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.","The letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.","The letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.","A.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.","A.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.","Lucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. ","A second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. ","Macon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.","George acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.","James notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.","Lucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.","Lucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.","Mary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.","Mary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.","Bun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.","Lucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.","She sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.","This folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Account of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.","Accounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.","Account of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.","Accounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.","An account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.","Receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.","A receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Annual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.","A list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMacon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Processed by Lisa Lee and Elizabeth Engelken in 1989.","The inventory includes letters, 1851-1861, and accounts, 1840-1866, of Rufus King Fitzhugh and his wife Henrietta Ellen (Baytop) Fitzhugh of Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. ","The letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.","The letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.","The letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.","This document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.","The letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. ","The letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.","The letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"","A letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.","The letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.","The letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.","The letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.","The letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.","A.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.","A.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.","Lucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. ","A second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. ","Macon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.","George acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.","James notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.","Lucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.","Lucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.","Mary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.","Mary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.","Bun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.","Lucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.","She sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.","This folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Account of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.","Accounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.","Account of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.","Accounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.","An account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.","Receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.","A receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Annual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.","A list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. ","The letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.","The letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.","The letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.","This document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.","The letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. ","The letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.","The letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"","A letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. ","The letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.","The letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.","The letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.","The letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.","The letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.","The letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.","A.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.","A.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.","Lucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. ","A second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. ","Macon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.","George acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.","James notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.","Lucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.","Lucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.","Mary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.","Mary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.","Bun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.","Lucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.","She sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.","This folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.","Scope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Account of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.","Accounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.","Account of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.","Accounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.","An account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.","Receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.","A receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.","Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.","Annual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.","A list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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Most letters to Henrietta are from her mother Lucy Taliaferro (Catlett) Baytop, and her sisters Rowena, Lucy Ann, and Eugenia, all of Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia. The collection also includes letters from her sister-in-law Mary F. Fitzhugh of Fredericksburg, Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letters relate various aspects of nineteenth century farm life, such as men and women's separate responsibilities on the farm, illnesses and treatments, childbirth and its complications, and social activities. There are comments on slaves, tensions between the slave states and the federal government and the abolitionists, and the eventual Civil War. Letters to Rufus King Fitzhugh are generally from business associates or his brother George Fitzhugh, of Port Royal, Virginia. Both his letters and business accounts offer insight into his affairs, such as land speculation, mining for coal, slaves as investments, as well as deeds, receipts of purchase and payment of property, and tax receipts. An undated item records his property in Jackson County, Arkansas, that was destroyed by the Union Army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter discusses a \"last effort\" will be made to earn some profit from the copper mine at Stony Man which has been \"condemned...as worthless;\" seeks Fitzhugh's advice on where Mrs. Williams can board while he is at the mine; and the availability of \"Blasting powder\" in the area. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter sends news of family and friends; tells of excitement about making a \"missionary quilt for Mr. Payne our African Missionary\" with neighborhood women and girls; gladly accepts invitation to visit \"next summer\" if Ma's health and spirits are good; invites Hettie to visit. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis document spans three letters: James Baytop writes how his family will travel to Gordesville; physical ailments bothering him and his wife. Includes typescript.  \nThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns health of family; travel plans; hot, dry weather, and its effects on their crops. Includes typescript. \nThe letter from \"Bunn\" Baytop to Hetty Henrietta Baytop concerns \"Kit's\" travels to King and Queen, County, Virginia and his efforts to find a wife; went to an Indian concert and saw five Indians who were descendants of the Black Hawk and Oscola tribes; Indians showed them \"the manners and customs of the Oregon Indians;\" saw the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia River; and a prairie which was on fire; went crabbing; Cousin Sarah T. of Hampton, Virginia has two beaux and dances every night in Old Point, Hampton, Virginia. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Rowena Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, December 9, 1851, describes parties, with dinner and dancing, of the Christmas season; festivities are over and \"we are all at work again;\" hopes for an invitation to Miss Ann Martin's wedding; Mr. Sinclair is selling Wilson Creek to pay off his debts; is encouraging \"father\" to go to Texas. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Henrietta Fitzhugh, no place, no date, details the food and decorations of the Christmas parties; everyone is sick as a result of the hectic schedule of parties and bad weather; slaughtered 16 hogs and one cow; longs for past Christmases when the children were young; related family news; asks if \"Mr. Fitzhugh\" moves to Texas, \"beg him to try to get Mr. Baytop in the notion too.\" Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from George Fitzhugh, no place, to Rufus Fitzhugh, describes how the farm is beginning to reap profits; $80-owed for \"interest paid Catlett\" is needed; land is expensive and \"Belmont\" would bring $4500. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Mary Indiana Winborn Baytop to Hetty E. Fitzhugh discusses how Christmas has passed and work must resume; \"great deal of sickness in the county, colds and pleurisys are very prevalent.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop to Hetty Fitzhugh, is included. She discusses the division of Concord Negroes which will bring $250. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Sallie Champe Fitzhugh, Port Royal, Virginia to \"my dearest uncle,\" no place, discusses her hopes to encourage uncle to visit; Papa is expecting him and Aunt Ona to visit in the spring; gossip about weddings. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy A. Baytop, no place, to Hetty Fitzhugh, Gloucester, Virginia spreads news of family and friends; the young minister from Bellmeys, preached before a great crowd; Judy[?] had a baby which died a month after birth of unknown causes and is depressed; Mr. Baytop is busy farming and studying to prepare for the ministry. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child,\" Hetty Fitzhugh, Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia discusses how the circuit court is in session and \"Thit is summoned as a witness\"; father and Mr. Sinclair are going to Washington to see about getting Mr. Sinclair's claim allowed; describes fuss electing persons for different offices as clerk commissioner of the revenue, constable sheriff and c.; \"the guinea people have brought out Jefferson Stubbs for clerk and it is thought he will stand a very good chance to be elected. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from an unknown person at Woodside, to Mrs. Hetty E. Fitzhugh, Standardsville,Greene County, Virginia discusses how Father and Mr. Sinclair were in Washington; \"Father has given up all hope of his military claim.\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Taliaferro Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to \"My Dear Child\", Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, reports the sicknesses of Rowena, Eugenia, and Lucy Ann; Lucy Ann left to visit Tom Taliaferro and then to travel to Wilson's Creek; reports news about births, visits, farm business of friends; comments on the treatment of \"Bob\" a slave?, who \"has a better master this year.\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter discusses Hettie's trip to visit which should not be postponed until February; she had travelled to Baltimore, but cannot describe it adequately \"from the pen of so ignorant a creature as myself\"; there are many gentlemen available for marriage; Pa has gone to sell a dozen turkeys to Mr. Folk; Lucy's baby is \"one of the sweetest babies you ever saw.\" Includes envelope and typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from Lucy Ann Baytop,Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia to Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia, discusses how the pressures of work and business have kept her from writing; reports marriages of \"Cousin Tom Field and his bride Miss Davis\"; Mr. Shackelfor and Miss Hester Rowe; \"Sister\" has had another baby boy, as did Aunt Fanny, Martha Waller, and Clara ?; Clara has a \"riseing breast,\" and \"the horses could not go out of a walk for fear of the jar to her breast...Dr. Jones stays with her to attend her\"; her brother is in the Sonora mine in California and doing well mining for gold; looks forward to her visit this winter. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 27 August 1853. 1 page.ALS. Has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, [Virginia] by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, Virginia To Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., 9 October 1855. 2 pages. autographed signed letter. Admonishes Fitzhugh for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land. Folder 2 A. G. G[?], Madison, [Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, n.p., October 1855. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do. Folder 2 L[ucy] A[nn] Baytop, Gloucester [County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh], Stanardsville, [Greene County], Virginia, 4 April 1857. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from T. C. Baytop, n.p., n.d. to \"Hetty] Fitzhugh, n.p. telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" 1 page Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Edgar Macon, Richmond, [Virginia] to R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,[Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 20 July 1858. 1 page. Autpgraphed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt of check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typed copy of document. Folder 2 Geo[rge] Fitzhugh, Port Royal, [Virginia] to Rufus [K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 1 October 1858. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 James W. Shields, Christiansburg, [Virginia] to Scott [?], 15 April 1859. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 L[ucy] T[aliaferro] Baytop,Springfield, [Gloucester County, Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 25 March 1860. 2 pages. Autographed letter signed. Has been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Lucy Stubbs, Valley Front, [Virginia] to Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Virginia], 19 March [18]61. 4 pages. Autographed letter signed. Unexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. F[itzhugh],[Fredericksburg, Virginia] to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Green[e] County,Virginia, 19 February [?]. 1 page. Autographed letter signed. Arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 Mary F. Fitzhugh, Fredericksburg, Virginia To Hettie Fitzhugh, [Standardsville, Greene County, Virginia], 30 December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquiries about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 2 \"Bun\" [Baytop], Springfield, Virginia To Mrs. Hetty [Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], December [?]. 3 pages. Autographed letter signed. Party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Includes autographed letter signed from J[ames] C. Baytop, n.p. to Hetty [Fitzhugh], n.p., n.d. thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe letter from A.G.G[?], Christiansburg, Virginia to Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County,Virginia, tells that he has surveyed land tracts of 100,000 acres and 40,000 acres near which there is coal; encourages Fitzhugh to buy land; expects to be in Charlottesville, Virginia by Friday; asks him to send his horse to Charlottesville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.G. writes to Fitzhugh and admonishes him for not keeping his word on a business deal involving the purchase of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.G.G. complains of Fitzhugh not sending a deed on the \"Hettick\" [?] land which he had promised to do.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy is busy making soap, tending geese and fowl; Mr. Rose and Dr. Williams are going to the Worlds Fair; news about births and deaths and visits of family and friends; a camp meeting is being organized and the date will be announced at the quarterly meeting. Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA second message is included on the document: T. C. Baytop, no place to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, telling her that her friends inquire about her well being; has planted corn and will plant marl soon; has planted watermelon for the camp meeting; Brook [a slave?] \"is the most industrious fellows we have.\" Includes typescript. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMacon acknowledges receipt of a check for $1,000.00; sends deposit slips from the Farmers Bank and the Planters Savings Bank; quotes prices for manufacturing tobacco; he notes the \"Millers are anxious\" to buy wheat stock. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge acknowledges receipt for a check of $50.00; is writing for DeBows Review and can \"make a fortune by my pen\"; planning visit for following year; transfers \"title and interest\" in estate of Haywood Foote to Rufus K. Fitzhugh. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames notes that the letter has caused \"no little trouble\"; Grayson Estate sale pending; Crocket Farms may be sold and is an \"active farm in perfect order in every respect\"; description of land. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy hHas been sick with a \"congestion of wind\"; relates loss of a slave girl who died from burns sustained in a fire; elaborates on struggle between Mr. Booth and Mr. Sinclair establishing ownership and value of the slave girl; comments, \"disunion War or abject submission. I am a wonder to myself how I stand so well, once the mere talk of an insurrection would fill me with terror, now we have a white war and a servile one to dread...\" Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy relates that an uUnexpected snow storm has killed the fruit; \"since Virginia has acted so ridiculously I almost wish that I could forsake her borders...\" \"The Old Dominion is endeavoring to throw off the galling yoke of Old Lincoln\"; secession is impending; \"abolitionists certainly can't flourish among us\"; Rufus Fitzhugh is considering moving to Arkansas; mother has finished her quilting; cold weather and quilting should never go together; news of family and friends. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary's arrival in Fredericksburg has been harried; she invites him and family to visit; their mother's health is bad - lists symptoms and treatments by Dr. Wallace. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary writes that friends and family have made them feel welcome; inquires about Cousin Mary's \"delicate health\"; Ma's heath has improved; does not know if their income will support them; lists costs for rent and food. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBun describes a party given in honor of Tom Field and his bride; accident with carriage left them in a muddy ditch; Christmas festivities. Includes typescript. \nThe letter includes an addition message: James C. Baytop, no place, writes to Hetty Fitzhugh, no place, thanking her and Rufus Fitzhugh for recommending him to Mr. Taliaferro; will wait to make a decision until Taliaferro sends him an offer. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucie sends a recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autograph letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis folder contains documents on foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, George Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Folder 3 Account of Rufus K. Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, [Virginia] with W[illia]m H. Guns and Co.,[Stanardsville, Virginia?], 2 July 1840. 2 pages. For the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Accounts, 21 December 1840-January 1866. 14 pages. On foodstuffs, farming supplies and equipment charged by Rufus Fitzhugh; notes borrowing money signed by Lucinda Fitzhugh, Geo[rge] Fitzhugh and Rufus Fitzhugh; receipt for purchase of a small child's coffin; receipt of payment on loans of cash and also on the use of slaves. Includes typed copy of document. 4 pages. Folder 3 Accounts and receipts of Mr. R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 13 April 1843-19 May 1859. 5 pages. For the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives. Folder 3 Annual tax receipts of Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh, 1845-1865. 11 pages. Paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves; horses, county and parish levies. Folder 3 Receipt of payment by R[ufus] K[ing] F[itzhugh], 14 January 1852-4 January 1854. 2 pages. For $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by R[ufus K[ing] Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Account of Thomas Carpenter, dec[ease]d, 22 April 1852. 1 page. For lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Adm[inistrator]. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Accounts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,guardian of the Children of Mary Ann Conway, October 1852-1 January 1853. 2 pages. Includes typed copy of document. 2 pages. Folder 3 Receipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, dec[ease]d as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway, 4 January 1853. 1 page. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipts of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh, 21 April 1856-15 March 1858. 2 pages. For furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, [Virginia] and New York [N.Y.]. Folder 3 Account of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhughwith Gibbons and Mitchell, 15 May 1860-19 January 1861. 2 pages. For material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 \"A list of R[ufus] K[ing] Fitzhugh,Jackson County, Arkansas, n.d. 3 pages. Of propherty [sic] destroyed and taken off by the Federat[e]d Army commanded by Gen. Curtis\"; list includes \"seven Negro men,\" the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. Includes typed copy of document. 1 page. Folder 3 Lucie [Baytop, Springfield, Gloucester County, Virginia] to \"my dear sister,\" [Hetty Fitzhugh, Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia], n.d. 2 pages. Sends recipe for salting butter and preserving eggs; congratulates her on birth of son; looks forward to seeing her. Includes typed copy of autpgraphed signed letter. 1 page. Folder 3 Receipt [of Rufus K. Fitzhugh], n.d. 1 page.D. For the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of the purchase of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, clothing and housewares. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and receipts of Mr. Rufus King Fitzhugh for the purchase of shrubbery, trees and bee hives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of Thomas Carpenter, deceased, for lodging and meals as settled by John Weaver, Administrator. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Rufus King Fitzhugh, guardian of the children of Mary Ann Conway. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn account of Rufus King Fitzhugh with Gibbons and Mitchell for material, hardware, clothing, school books, and candy. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $70.00; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $30.22 1/4; receipt of payment by Rufus King Fitzhugh for $90.00. Includes typescript.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for bonds from the estate of Verlinda T. Conway, deceased, as distributed by Battalie F. T. Conway. Typescript included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA receipt for furnishings and carriage accessories bought in Richmond, Virginia and New York, N.Y.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Rufus K. Fitzhugh for the purchase of trees, shrubbery and flowers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual tax receipts of Rufus King Fitzhugh paid to the Sheriff of Greene County for land, slaves, horses, county and parish levies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of Rufus King Fitzhugh, Jackson County, Arkansas, of property destroyed by the Federated Army commanded by Gen. Curtis. The list includes \"seven Negro men\", the house, farm animals, tools, and crops. 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He named the tract Ravensworth in honor of his family’s ancestral home in Yorkshire. Fitzhugh brought in slaves and overseers to cultivate the land and also leased parcels of it to Huguenot refugees.","The Fitzhughs built three notable mansions in the area during 1790s: Oak Hill, Ossian Hall, and Ravensworth. William Fitzhugh built the Ravensworth mansion which later came into the possession of the Lee family. Robert E. Lee’s mother died in Ravensworth and later Lee’s wife and family temporarily sought refuge there during the Civil War. The house burned in 1926 due to an arsonist.","Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall, which received many illustrious guests including George Washington and George Mason. Long abandoned and heavily damaged by vandals, the Annandale Fire Department burned the house in a controlled fire practice drill to make way for a new subdivision in 1957. Today, Ossian Hall is featured on the logo of the Annandale Fire Department.","Around 1790 Richard Fitzhugh built Oak Hill. Edward and Jane Howrey purchased the house in 1935 and had it restored. It is the only one of the three houses which survives to this day and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.","With the completion of Little River Turnpike in 1811, a little white toll house was erected on the road in Annandale. The toll house served as a toll gate and polling place, where residents of the area later cast votes in favor of secession.","By 1830, the community’s name changed to Annandale. The origin of the name is subject for debate. One theory is Annandale earned its name from a town in Scotland which is located along the Annan River. Another belief is the name comes from Scotland’s Sir Robert de Brus, the “Earl of Annandale”. Regardless of the name’s source, the area officially became known as Annandale when the first “Annandale Post Office” opened in 1837.","The area saw Civil War action as the site of several skirmishes. The Union Army used the Annandale United Methodist Chapel as a temporary headquarters before dismantling it for firewood and winter quarters. Following the Civil War, the area remained fairly rural until the twentieth century when Fairfax County became a popular place to live for D.C. government employees. Starting in the late 1950s, developers bought the remainder of the Ravensworth property and subdivided it for new homes and shopping malls. The site of the Ravensworth mansion is now marked by a Historical Marker. ","Eric Anderson, Chris Barbuschak, 2015 EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024","","","","The Annandale, Virginia Collection consists of .5 linear feet, spanning the years 1742-1993. 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Subjects include personal correspondence, financial dealings, a court summons, and a commission appointing Andrew Fitzhugh to the rank of Master Commandant. The commission is dated 1837 and signed by Andrew Jackson.","Series 2: Ravensworth Research, 1993, Box 1 ","This series contains papers relating to the Ravensworth Historical Marker Project including originally proposed marker text; sources cited in said text such as maps, diaries, and articles; subsequent revisions to the marker text and the final version; miscellaneous correspondence on marker project; news clippings on marker dedication; photos of marker; dedication ceremony guest list; transcript of Cragg’s remarks at dedication; and a transcript of an interview with Douglas Dove, a Ravensworth resident in the 1920s.","Series 3, Memorabilia, N.D., Box 1","This series contains a 1953 Annandale Day program, and two Annandale bumper stickers and a button. 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