Correspondence, 1860

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 2
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January 26, 1860, Aunt L.J.M. [?], The Grove, to Mrs. H. P. Brown, Petersburg, Va.: Still at the Grove because of Annie's confinement with a third girl. "William took the liberty of getting your Aggy a wonderful nurse." All are well at your house. Page has whitewashed your henhouse. Annie's baby is "named after my Mother and sister, Fanny Brown." February 24, 1860, William J. Braxton to Mrs. H. P. Brown, Loving Creek, Va. Richmond, Va.: All is well at home. April 16, 1860 Fanny to Fanny (Coalter Brown) Powhite, Va. "I am to be married 2nd of May . . . Isn't it strange for me to marry anyone that I have seen all my life." Will count on Mr. Brown and you to come to the wedding. September 15, 1860 William J. Braxton to Mrs. P. H. Brown, Stanley, Va.: Announces the birth of "your friend and nephew, Frank Coalter Braxton." Hope you and Peronneau are better. September 19, 1860, William J. Braxton, Stanley, Va. to Fanny Coalter Brown, at Loving Creek, Bedford Co. Va.: Frank Coalter Braxton and the jealousy of his siblings Betty and Charlie. St George has "no idea what he plans to do." Family news. Virginia sends love. September 25, 1860 Nannie O. Tomlin to Cousin Fanny Stanley, Va.: Health of Francis Coalter Braxton, his siblings and other family members. Impending marriages of the Misses Bassett. 1860, Hen [?] to Fanny B. Coalter, Old Church PO, Hanover County, Va.. Incomplete letter.

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