Henry James Brown Papers, 1830/1921

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Henry James Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.50 Linear Feet 1 Century Box.
Creator:
Brown, Henry James, 1811-1855
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Henry James Brown Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1830-1921, of the Henry James Brown family. There is a biographical sketch of Henry James Brown an artist and Methodist clergyman, as well as sketches drawn by him and sermons written by him. The papers also are of other members of his family. Includes a cut-out valentine and a fold-out book of poems illustrated in water color both made by Mary A. Brown, sister of Henry James Brown; cut-out valentines and a bookmark made by Salina Brown Worsham; and correspondence between Salina Brown Worsham and J. S. Worsham, her husband.

Original accession (Mss. 65 B845) and Addition 1994.20 filed in the same box.

Re: papers received.

Note on Henry James Brown and family.

Fold-out group of poems illustrated in water color; a children's book made by Mary A. Brown, sister of Henry James Brown.

Family affairs. ALS.

S.B. was the daughter of Henry James Brown.

Two cut-out valentines and a bookmark, "With my Love."

Re: Christimas: fireworks nearly every night--young men dressed as Rag muffins--several Christmas trees---one Christmas present only.

Re: portion of inheritance from the estate of Henry J. Brown. Enclosure: an account sheet.

Compares the Mississippi River with the James River; comments unfavorably on the Mardi Gras celebration in Memphis.

Re: snow and a sleigh ride.

8 pp. trip back from Virginia; married a couple on his way; unpleasant visit to a poorhouse; visits with Salina's sister, Mrs. Winfree, and other members of the family; the proposal that he has made to her.

6 pp. Re: his activities in raising cattle.

Sent with a box he has made on occasion of her commencement; news of Jennie; the temperance movement "is all the rage."

Brief letter.

Re: his planned visit to Virginia.

Re: Yellow Fever which is causing some towns to be deserted and some of the railroads to stop running--many refugees from Memphis.

Re: the engagement of S.B.; enclosure a photo

On his way home.

Re: inherited property, family news; "Love to Joe and a kiss to your little baby."

Ill in bed, she writes of family affairs--of her longing for her husband but her hate of Mississippi.

Re: his failing health, family affairs.

First line: "How transient the things of this life."

Endorsed, Rev. Henry J. Brown and Mrs. Susan A. Brown, Powhatan County, Virginia. 16 pp.

19 pp.

Incomplete 22 pp. AMs.

Endorsed: "This paper was written by my father, Henry J. Brown in 1839...June 16, 1923...Salina J. Worsham."

Bound ledger with notations on end pages. All pages are missing from ledger. All painting and sketches transferred to Manuscripts Artifact Collection (Color miniature of a couple 4" x 4 1/2"; Color sketch of children playing, indoor scene. 6" x 7"; Pencil sketches of sculptured heads of Franklin and Washington [?]" x 9"; Comic pencil sketch of a man's head (perhaps a self portrait) 7 1/2"; x 9"; Pencil sketch of a child's head. 8" x 10 1/2"; Pencil sketch of a woman's head 8 1/2"; x 12 1/2"; Pencil sketch of a girl's head 8 1/2"; x 12 1/2"; Oil painting on canvas of a man's bust 8"quot; x 10".)

4 photographs.

Described on pdf inventory.Genealogical material on Brown family. Five Folders.

"The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; (which includes a sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia} by Charles Walker Whitman, 1985 (revised 1989).

"The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; (which includes a sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia} by Charles Walker Whitman, 1985 (revised 1989).

"The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; (which includes a sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia} by Charles Walker Whitman, 1985 (revised 1989).

"The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; (which includes a sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia} by Charles Walker Whitman, 1985 (revised 1989).

"The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; (which includes a sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia} by Charles Walker Whitman, 1985 (revised 1989).

Biographical / historical:
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Original Accession: 1965.10 Henry James Brown papers 1850-1880 appr. 50 pieces 1994.20 Manuscript "The Brownes/Browns of London, Virginia, and Missouriquot; by the donor, ca. 1989. Includes sketch of Henry James Brown, artist of Virginia Gift of Charles W. Whitman Gift: 46 items of Mrs. Janet Roller on 3/3/1994. Gift: 1 item of Charles W. Whitman on 4/1/1994.

Arrangement:

Arrangement: Each series in the collection is arranged in chronological order. Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series: 1. Letters, 2. Sermons, 3. Items of or Dealing With Art, 4. Newspaper Clippings, and 5. Genealogical Material - Addition.

Original accession (Mss. 65 B845) and Addition 1994.20 filed in the same box.

Dimensions:
Depth17.5" x Height 3" x Width 11.5"