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Correspondence includes a mix of people with no obvious connection to one another, though some letters deal with legal matters. December 24, 1841, Tazewell Headen, Floyd C.H. to ( ) Goggin, Atty at Law, Liberty. Concerns summoning witnesses. December 12, 1843, William Daniel, Jr. of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk, Bedford, Liberty (Virginia) about McKinney and Walker repaying debt from Harris and the dismissal of a suit on the validity of Even Snead's will. February 6, 1847, Robert Davis of Lynchburg, Virginia to Joseph Wilson, Clerk of Superior Court of Bedford County with a request to make copies of a statement of debt in the case of Samuel E. White and William T. Smith (late merchants trading as White and Smith) vs four other men. February 12, 1858, Julie Clayton in Ivy Hill to her cousin about a party and marriages of acquaintances. November, 1879, Letter to "Mr. ---(?)" from "Your friend only" where the writer clearly states that having a relationship with him would bring her no joy and his attention would be in vain and "our correspondence has closed. May your future life be blessed by a companion worthy of your efforts…Amen." March 11, 1889 and March 12, 1889, To "My dear Susie" (Mrs. William Bese) possibly from her mother in Chester, Virginia about news of family and friends. The empty envelopes are mostly addressed to the Clerk of the County Superior Court. Some names on the envelopes are A. B. Nichols, J.L. Edwards, Joseph Wilson, William M. Burwell, William Cook and others.

They appear to be a general store, ordering food items, clothe, clothing, shoes, horseshoes, nails, tobacco and other items. Their shipping address is Irwin's Station or Bula in Goochland County. Over 120 items. 1882-1883. Court Summons. Names mentioned: William Southworth, J. Clemens, Jos. Bullock, William Johnson, Julian Martin, Lucy Randolph, Anderson Matthews and S.W. Mason. 5 items. 1853. Archibald D. Perkins Accounts. One receipt from Lucy Randolph. 39 items. 1836-1893. Typed carbon copy of a biography of Benjamin Waller and letters of Benjamin Wood. Undated. Related items: MsV Ame18 B. R. Cowherd Ledger

Deed (mutilated), 1727, from John Guess to Thomas Denton for land in Hanover County, Va.; receipt, 187[?] for taxes to Joseph Henry; and appeal, 1894, for aid in building a church in a needy neighborhood, with a list of names of contributors attached. Title page, with a photograph of the Clay house, from "Life and Speeches of Henry Clay." 1843. Signature on front page: Mattie R. Feild, Millbrook, Virginia, 1886. Photostat copy of town lot layout of Hanover along the Pamunkey River with a tax list of names. March 17, 1738 or 39.

Scope and Contents 1869 and early 1900 receipts, one a United States Internal Revenue "receipt for special tax" for R.M. Dennis for a business of "retail dealer ...liquor" in Roscoe, St. Clair, Missouri for 1870. 1904-1909 letters to Mrs. E.M. Dennis of Bedford County, Virginia from other members of her family and E. Hilton Jackson, a Washington D.C. lawyer about a Claims Court case of (heirs of) Samuel Cline vs the United States where Samuel Cline says he lived in Rockingham County, Virginia but reports show he owned a Cline's Mill in Staunton, Virginia which sold "large quantities of supplies to the Confederacy...." The Samuel Cline heirs are claiming their father did not vote for secession and can prove his loyalty to the Union. Other family members include Cyrus Cline and Samuel Cline. Includes a carbon of a February 4, 1908 contract between "the next of kin and heirs at law of Samuel Cline, deceased, and E. Hilton Jackson" for Jackson's representation of the family during the claims case.