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Benson John Lossingto Charles Chauncey Burr 1 p.

[Says Harper and Brothersare about to put his Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812in type. Mentions an included sketch of the history of the two political parties of that time. Asks where he can find a copy of a 7-29-1792 letter from George Washingtonto Alexander Hamiltonregarding Hamilton's uttering of "Shameless political sentiment. Mentions: A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in the United States from 1861 to 1865by Rushmore G. Horton. ]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Benson John Lossing Collection
  3. Letters

Benson John Lossingto Tristram Coffin 2 p.

[Thanks Coffin for his letters and his interest in Lossing's autographs. Says he doesn't mean to sell them singly, but would be willing to sell the letter about which Coffin wrote. Asks for prices brought by various autographed letters at the Burnham Sale. Says he and Dr. Fogg have corresponded for twenty years. Says Fogg supplied one of the drawings engraved in his Pictorial History (later Field Book) of the Civil War in the United States of America. Mentions some information he recently supplied Fogg and his intention to write Fogg about his own collection. Thanks Coffin for suggestions concerning Fogg and the arrangement of annotations of Lossing's autographs. Expresses a desire to see the letters Coffin purchased at the sale. Speaks of much time spent cataloguing his own autographs. Thanks Coffin forallowing him to keep his Poore ? catalogue. Mentions: George Washington; Nathanael Greene; William Heath; John Stark. ]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Benson John Lossing Collection
  3. Letters

Benson John Lossingto William A. Whitman 2 p.

[Acknowledges receipt of and thanks for a photograph of Peale's ( ? Charles Willson Pealeor James Peale) etching of George Washingtonin 1787. Says he would appreciate having the photograph of a map he offered to send. Adds that he would like anything of the "hoary" past which he can send him. Relates some quotations in describing himself.]

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Benson John Lossing Collection
  3. Letters

Blackwell Family Papers 1725-1930, n.d.

Mrs. Edward J. Jones (Lucy Steptoe Blackwell Jones)

There are ca. 40 items, 1725-1930 and n.d., consisting of land grants, deeds, surveys and plats, and other papers pertaining to the Blackwelland Smithand related families, chiefly of Fauquier County, Virginia; and, printed material. Printed articles pertain to the Blackwell family, Civil War heroes, George Washington, the United States Army, and Randolph-Macon College. There are also two small published works, Baptismal Vows(1863) and Military and Naval Insignia and Novelties(1914).

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Bradley T. Johnson Papers 1676-1937

Mrs. Bradley T. Johnson

The papers of Bradley T. Johnsonconsist of ca. 4000 items covering the years 1676 to 1937, and are primarily the personal correspondence of the members of three families: Johnson, Rutherfoordand Saunders. By far the greatest number of letters and documents concern the affairs of the Johnson familyand Bradley T. Johnsonduring the period 1840-1880. The collection includes a great number of letters to Bradley T. Johnsonfrom his mother, Eleanor Murdock (Tyler) Johnson, and his wife, Jane Claudia (Saunders) Johnson. Items of particular interest include: copies of letters from George Washingtonto Thomas Johnsonrelative to Thomas Johnson's appointment to the United States Supreme Courtand letters to General Bradley T. Johnsonfrom Jubal A. Early, Joseph E. Johnston, Thomas J. Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Wade Hampton, J. S. Mosby, W. H. Fitzhugh Lee, Henry Adamsand Theodore Roosevelt.

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Carr-Cary Family Papers 1785-1839

This collection consists of the papers of the Carr familyof " Carrsbrook", Albemarle County, and the Cary familyof " Carysbrook, " Fluvanna County, Virginia, 1785-1839, ca. 285 items (2.5 Hollinger boxes, 1 linear foot), including chiefly correspondence, but also manuscripts of obituaries, poetry, and debates, and financial documents. The papers include correspondence between Peter Carr(1770-1815), nephew of Thomas Jefferson, Hester "Hetty" Smith Stevenson Carr(1767-1834), George Pitt Stevenson(d.1819), Dabney S. Carr(1802-1854), Maria Jefferson Carr(1804-1825), Jane Margaret Carr Cary(1809-1903), Wilson Miles Cary(1806-1877), Wilson Jefferson Cary(1784-1823), and Virginia Randolph Cary(1786-1852), with other members of the Jefferson, Randolph, Carr, and Caryfamilies.

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George Lippard Collection 1846-1853

[Accepts an honor; speaks of the Bible as an example, John Wesleyvs. John Calvin, preservation of the Union, fondness of the South; mentions Isaiah, Saint Paul, Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Demosthenes, George Washington, Jesus Christ, and Committee members W. H. Ellison, Jr., T. C. Soloman, and G. C. Everett. ]

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George Lippardto the Corresponding Committee of the Few Society of Emory College 3 p.

[Accepts an honor; speaks of the Bible as an example, John Wesleyvs. John Calvin, preservation of the Union, fondness of the South; mentions Isaiah, Saint Paul, Homer, Virgil, Cicero, Demosthenes, George Washington, Jesus Christ, and Committee members W. H. Ellison, Jr., T. C. Soloman, and G. C. Everett. ]

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  2. George Lippard Collection 1846-1853
  3. Letters

Graham, Tate and related families Papers 1798-1979 bulk (1857-1865)

Agnes Graham Sanders Riley and Andrew Trigg Sanders Sr.

This material, 1798 (1857-1865) 1979, which includes ca. 135 items, concerns the Grahamand Tatefamilies of Wythe County, Virginia, and includes correspondence, financial and legal papers, genealogical and historical information, and an ambrotype of Squire David Graham.

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