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Acc. 2003.60","/repositories/2/resources/9500","Virginia--Politics and Government","Legal documents","United States--Politics and Government","Books","Correspondence","Newspapers","Photocopies","Photographs","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.","Organization: This collection has been organized into two Series: 1. Letters and 2. Miscellaneous Material. Arrangement: Series 1, containing the bulk of the collection, are a series of letters arranged in chronological order by date. Those items with no date or an unknown date are placed at the end of the series. Series 1, Subseries are separated by year. Everything else remaining in the inventory was then classified as miscellaneous papers and sorted into various Sub-series, found at the end of the finding aid.","http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers were maintained by the staff of Duke University Library, North Carolina, until they were transferred, at the family's request, to Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary in ca. 1950. An addition to the collection was made in 2003.","Other Information:","See Also:  http://vip.lib.virginia.edu:8080/cocoon/vivaead/published/wm/viw00011.xml.frame","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00011.frame","See also:  Mss. Acc. 2003.60, Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers Addition","This collection contains letters and other papers, 1872-1902, of H. H. Riddleberger (1844-1890) of Woodstock, Virginia who retained the titles of member of the House of Delegates, 1871-1875; State Senator, 1879- 1882; and U.S. Senator, 1883-l889. Among the correspondents are: William Mahone, William E. Cameron, Winfield S. Hancock, Roscoe Conkling, Robert Toombs, Fitz-John Porter, John W. Daniel, and John Goode. 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Item concerns the Henry C. Hoar Memorial Fund.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten Copy","Typewritten signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","14 items","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Telegram","Printed","7 items","Manuscript","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Draft","Typewritten letter signed","2 items","Telegram. Item concerns the death of Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Autographed letter signed","1 item","Typewritten Letter Signed","27 items. Sub-series comtains letters, memos, and drafts including a number of William Mahone letters.","65 items","27 items","376 pp.","Cards used while papers were on deposit at Duke University","2 items","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on blue silk, with inscription reading \"Inauguration 1885 Reception Committee\".","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on green silk, with inscription reading \"I.N. League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".","10 items","80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.","29 pp.","22 pp.","16 pp. Interleaved blank pages","6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime","4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889","4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886","11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain","13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams","Harrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.","Scope and Contents","Letters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.","Three hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.","Asks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately","Senate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.","Missed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.","Senate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.","Senate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.","Scope and Contents","Senate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.","Has been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.","Senate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell","Senate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill","Senate letterhead","Working on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.","Senate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.","Senate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.","Senate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth","Scope and Contents","\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.","Delegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.","Has received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.","He is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.","He has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"","Scope and Contents","\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.","Scope and Contents","\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.","Scope and Contents","\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.","Scope and Contents","Has returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.","Will speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.","Asks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.","Scope and Contents","Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Will go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.","Senate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"","Trying to sell his horse.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Unexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]","U.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.","Return trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.","Senate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"","Scope and Contents","E.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.","E.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday","Scope and Contents","Written on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.","Written on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].","Tells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.","Working on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions box of flowers for Ned's birthday.","Scope and Contents","Copy of obituary of Senator Riddleberger, handwritten genealogy notes (1 page), photograph of Harrison Heath Riddleberger (undated), newspaper image of Harrison Hold Riddleberger (undated), 1882 supplement to Richmond Whig \"The People's Liberal Cause against Massey, Masseyites and Masseyism, November 1,  1866 page from the Shenandoah Herald of Woodstock, Virginia and copy of \"Bourbonism in Virginia\" by Harrison H. 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League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 pp. Interleaved blank pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMissed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to sell his horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions box of flowers for Ned's birthday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of obituary of Senator Riddleberger, handwritten genealogy notes (1 page), photograph of Harrison Heath Riddleberger (undated), newspaper image of Harrison Hold Riddleberger (undated), 1882 supplement to Richmond Whig \"The People's Liberal Cause against Massey, Masseyites and Masseyism, November 1,  1866 page from the Shenandoah Herald of Woodstock, Virginia and copy of \"Bourbonism in Virginia\" by Harrison H. 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H. Riddleberger (1844-1890) of Woodstock, Virginia who retained the titles of member of the House of Delegates, 1871-1875; State Senator, 1879- 1882; and U.S. Senator, 1883-l889. Among the correspondents are: William Mahone, William E. Cameron, Winfield S. Hancock, Roscoe Conkling, Robert Toombs, Fitz-John Porter, John W. Daniel, and John Goode. There are letters from Riddleberger to his wife Emma Belew Riddleberger and to their children.","Boxes 1-2; Folders 1-29","5 items","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autgraphed letter signed","Autgraphed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","19 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Copy","Letter","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter signed","37 items.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter copy","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed library signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","79 items.","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items same date re: Riddleberger's challenge to newspaper editor. 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Item concerns the Henry C. Hoar Memorial Fund.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten Copy","Typewritten signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","14 items","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Telegram","Printed","7 items","Manuscript","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Draft","Typewritten letter signed","2 items","Telegram. Item concerns the death of Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Autographed letter signed","1 item","Typewritten Letter Signed","27 items. Sub-series comtains letters, memos, and drafts including a number of William Mahone letters.","65 items","27 items","376 pp.","Cards used while papers were on deposit at Duke University","2 items","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on blue silk, with inscription reading \"Inauguration 1885 Reception Committee\".","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on green silk, with inscription reading \"I.N. League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".","10 items","80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.","29 pp.","22 pp.","16 pp. Interleaved blank pages","6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime","4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889","4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886","11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain","13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams","Harrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.","Scope and Contents","Letters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.","Three hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.","Asks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately","Senate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.","Missed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.","Senate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.","Senate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.","Scope and Contents","Senate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.","Has been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.","Senate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell","Senate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill","Senate letterhead","Working on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.","Senate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.","Senate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.","Senate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth","Scope and Contents","\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.","Delegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.","Has received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.","He is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.","He has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"","Scope and Contents","\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.","Scope and Contents","\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.","Scope and Contents","\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.","Scope and Contents","Has returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.","Will speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.","Asks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.","Scope and Contents","Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Will go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.","Senate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"","Trying to sell his horse.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Unexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]","U.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.","Return trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.","Senate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"","Scope and Contents","E.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.","E.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday","Scope and Contents","Written on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.","Written on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].","Tells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.","Working on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions box of flowers for Ned's birthday.","Scope and Contents","Copy of obituary of Senator Riddleberger, handwritten genealogy notes (1 page), photograph of Harrison Heath Riddleberger (undated), newspaper image of Harrison Hold Riddleberger (undated), 1882 supplement to Richmond Whig \"The People's Liberal Cause against Massey, Masseyites and Masseyism, November 1,  1866 page from the Shenandoah Herald of Woodstock, Virginia and copy of \"Bourbonism in Virginia\" by Harrison H. 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Acc. 2003.60","/repositories/2/resources/9500","Virginia--Politics and Government","Legal documents","United States--Politics and Government","Books","Correspondence","Newspapers","Photocopies","Photographs","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.","Organization: This collection has been organized into two Series: 1. Letters and 2. Miscellaneous Material. Arrangement: Series 1, containing the bulk of the collection, are a series of letters arranged in chronological order by date. Those items with no date or an unknown date are placed at the end of the series. Series 1, Subseries are separated by year. Everything else remaining in the inventory was then classified as miscellaneous papers and sorted into various Sub-series, found at the end of the finding aid.","http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers were maintained by the staff of Duke University Library, North Carolina, until they were transferred, at the family's request, to Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary in ca. 1950. An addition to the collection was made in 2003.","Other Information:","See Also:  http://vip.lib.virginia.edu:8080/cocoon/vivaead/published/wm/viw00011.xml.frame","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00011.frame","See also:  Mss. Acc. 2003.60, Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers Addition","This collection contains letters and other papers, 1872-1902, of H. H. Riddleberger (1844-1890) of Woodstock, Virginia who retained the titles of member of the House of Delegates, 1871-1875; State Senator, 1879- 1882; and U.S. Senator, 1883-l889. Among the correspondents are: William Mahone, William E. Cameron, Winfield S. Hancock, Roscoe Conkling, Robert Toombs, Fitz-John Porter, John W. Daniel, and John Goode. There are letters from Riddleberger to his wife Emma Belew Riddleberger and to their children.","Boxes 1-2; Folders 1-29","5 items","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autgraphed letter signed","Autgraphed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","19 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Copy","Letter","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter signed","37 items.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter copy","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed library signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","79 items.","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items same date re: Riddleberger's challenge to newspaper editor. Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","11 items.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographe letter signed","19 items.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Apparent draft of letter. 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Item concerns the Henry C. Hoar Memorial Fund.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten Copy","Typewritten signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","14 items","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Telegram","Printed","7 items","Manuscript","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Draft","Typewritten letter signed","2 items","Telegram. Item concerns the death of Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Autographed letter signed","1 item","Typewritten Letter Signed","27 items. Sub-series comtains letters, memos, and drafts including a number of William Mahone letters.","65 items","27 items","376 pp.","Cards used while papers were on deposit at Duke University","2 items","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on blue silk, with inscription reading \"Inauguration 1885 Reception Committee\".","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on green silk, with inscription reading \"I.N. League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".","10 items","80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.","29 pp.","22 pp.","16 pp. Interleaved blank pages","6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime","4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889","4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886","11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain","13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams","Harrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.","Scope and Contents","Letters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.","Three hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.","Asks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately","Senate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.","Missed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.","Senate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.","Senate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.","Scope and Contents","Senate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.","Has been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.","Senate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell","Senate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill","Senate letterhead","Working on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.","Senate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.","Senate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.","Senate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth","Scope and Contents","\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.","Delegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.","Has received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.","He is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.","He has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"","Scope and Contents","\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.","Scope and Contents","\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.","Scope and Contents","\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.","Scope and Contents","Has returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.","Will speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.","Asks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.","Scope and Contents","Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Will go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.","Senate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"","Trying to sell his horse.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Unexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]","U.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.","Return trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.","Senate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"","Scope and Contents","E.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.","E.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday","Scope and Contents","Written on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.","Written on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].","Tells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.","Working on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions box of flowers for Ned's birthday.","Scope and Contents","Copy of obituary of Senator Riddleberger, handwritten genealogy notes (1 page), photograph of Harrison Heath Riddleberger (undated), newspaper image of Harrison Hold Riddleberger (undated), 1882 supplement to Richmond Whig \"The People's Liberal Cause against Massey, Masseyites and Masseyism, November 1,  1866 page from the Shenandoah Herald of Woodstock, Virginia and copy of \"Bourbonism in Virginia\" by Harrison H. Riddleberger, published by the North American Review, 1882.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","Readjuster Party of Virginia","Richmond Whig (Va.)","Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, Va.)","United States Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)","Cameron, William Evelyn, 1842-1927","Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888","Goode, John, 1829-1909","Mahone, William, 1826-1895","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers, 1872/1902"],"collection_ssim":["Harrison Holt Riddleberger Papers, 1872/1902"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 R44 and Mss. Acc. 2003.60","/repositories/2/resources/9500"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 R44 and Mss. 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Item concerns the death of Harrison Holt Riddleberger\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed letter signed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 item\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypewritten Letter Signed\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items. Sub-series comtains letters, memos, and drafts including a number of William Mahone letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e65 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e27 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e376 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCards used while papers were on deposit at Duke University\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBadge described as gold on blue silk, with inscription reading \"Inauguration 1885 Reception Committee\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBadge described as gold on green silk, with inscription reading \"I.N. League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e10 items\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e29 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e22 pp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e16 pp. Interleaved blank pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMissed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDelegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to sell his horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate Chamber letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWorking on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU.S. Senate letterhead. 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H. Riddleberger (1844-1890) of Woodstock, Virginia who retained the titles of member of the House of Delegates, 1871-1875; State Senator, 1879- 1882; and U.S. Senator, 1883-l889. Among the correspondents are: William Mahone, William E. Cameron, Winfield S. Hancock, Roscoe Conkling, Robert Toombs, Fitz-John Porter, John W. Daniel, and John Goode. There are letters from Riddleberger to his wife Emma Belew Riddleberger and to their children.","Boxes 1-2; Folders 1-29","5 items","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autgraphed letter signed","Autgraphed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","10 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","19 items.","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Copy","Letter","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter signed","37 items.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed.","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter","Letter copy","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed library signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","79 items.","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items same date re: Riddleberger's challenge to newspaper editor. 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Item concerns the Henry C. Hoar Memorial Fund.","Autographed letter signed","Letter","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","6 items","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten Copy","Typewritten signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","14 items","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter","Autographed letter signed","Typewritten letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Telegram","Printed","7 items","Manuscript","Autographed letter signed","Autographed letter signed","Telegram","Telegram","Draft","Typewritten letter signed","2 items","Telegram. Item concerns the death of Harrison Holt Riddleberger","Autographed letter signed","1 item","Typewritten Letter Signed","27 items. Sub-series comtains letters, memos, and drafts including a number of William Mahone letters.","65 items","27 items","376 pp.","Cards used while papers were on deposit at Duke University","2 items","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on blue silk, with inscription reading \"Inauguration 1885 Reception Committee\".","Scope and Contents","Badge described as gold on green silk, with inscription reading \"I.N. League Bazaar 1886 Chairman, Committee of Arrangements\".","10 items","80 pp. Item describes the account of four Civil War battles - Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania.","29 pp.","22 pp.","16 pp. Interleaved blank pages","6 pp. Item concerns the extradition of persons charged with crime","4 pp. Item was signed P. McCahey, M.D., Philadelphia, January 21, 1889","4 pp. Item was signed at Tokyo, on April 29, 1886","11 pp. Item includes quotes of newspapers opposed to fishery treaty with Britain","13 pp. Item was printed at the Landmark book and job office, Norfolk, Va., 1876, and signed on the cover by T.A. Williams","Harrison Holt Riddleberger and wife appellants, against E.D. Newman, et als. Valley Virginia Power Press, Staunton, Va.","Scope and Contents","Letters from U.S. Senator Harrison Holt Riddleberger to his wife, Emma Belew Riddleberger and a few letters to his children. The letters cover a variety of topics including Senate business and bills. Boxes 1 and 2.","Three hour visit from Gov. Walker. Poverty requires rigid economy. Hailstorm relief bill. Church property at Columbia furnace.","Asks her to tell Mrs. John [Keller?] to send his code of '73 to him immediately","Senate letterhead. Passed the debt bill and reported it to the House. Meets with Gen. Bolling, who sends historical gun to Riddleberger's residence in Va.","Missed traveling connection and is 200 miles from where he ought to be. Friends are insisting that he give a speech.","Senate letterhead. Gen. M. [General Mahone]. enjoyed his time and sends his thanks.","Senate letterhead. Meets a 13 year old girl from South Carolina who is canvassing for the Hurricane.","Scope and Contents","Senate letterhead. He is going to speak on Monday (court day), giving a \"send off\" to a new scheme.","Has been working on his speech and is almost \"too nervous to write.\" Invites her up to D.C. because he cannot come home.","Senate letterhead. Sends $20 to supply \"your wants.\" Also sends check for $28, and asks for $15 to be sent to Dr. Campbell","Senate letterhead. Working on the Debt bill. Will attend the meeting on the new Revenue bill","Senate letterhead","Working on the debt bill and claims that they are \"filibustering all around.\" Encloses $20.","Senate letterhead. Writes letter while the senators are talking about a railroad bill.","Senate letterhead. Explains that money is being used to defeat the debt bill.","Senate letterhead. (Debt?) Bill is passed, creating great excitement. Anticipates a veto.","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk and Portsmouth to audiences of 1500-3000. Claims that the trip is a tremendous strain and great success","Reports that he is giving speeches in Suffolk, Norfolk and Portsmouth","Scope and Contents","\"Whig\" Building letterhead. Has returned from the \"third discussion of the week.\" Makes reference to telegram in Whig. Visited with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Enclosed check for $175.","Delegates have arrived from Virginia for a committee meeting.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is compelled to postpone his appointment. Will return home Friday and Saturday. Will meet some friends in Norfolk.","Has received letters about a small pox threat. Hopes that his wife and children will be vaccinated. He was vaccinated on Sunday night, because there have been 100 cases in the city.","He is sending ribbons for his daughters and is preparing to go home.","He has been nominated for the position of Sargent at Arms and there has been debate about this position. Debate directed against the debt bill.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Debates in the Senate continue.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate has adjourned and he believes that the controversy will end soon. Claims that he is preparing his indictment for the grand jury and the \"men now in jail.\"","Scope and Contents","\"The Arlington\" letterhead. Has been offered $200 to lecture for 25 nights.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Tensions in the senate continue. Mentions the possibility of being elected in December.","U.S. Senate Chamber letterhead. Doing work for Gen. M. [General Mahone] relating to the convention of June 2nd.","Scope and Contents","\"The Whig\" letterhead. Written onboard the C  O train.","Scope and Contents","\"Purcell House\" letterhead. Returned from visit to Pt. Anne with personal and political friends. Will depart (by rail) to see \"Ocean View\" with friends.","Scope and Contents","Has returned from Sussex, having completed his travels by rail. Asks her to \"clip and preserve\" all of the material published about his speeches.","Gen. M. [General Mahone] is trying to postpone the Fairfax barbeque and is very anxious that Riddleberger attend. Thursday morning he will speak for his friend Wilcox.","Will speak that evening in the Academy of Music and anticipates an immense audience.","Asks her to send any mail to the Whigoffice this week.","Scope and Contents","Senate Chamber letterhead. Senate contest is \"very warm\" and claims that all \"batteries\" seem directed against him.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Received a unanimous nomination.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Will go to Washington to spend Sunday with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Wife will stay with him until Saturday.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Sick from eating roasted oysters.","Senate Chamber letterhead. Encloses check for $150, with detailed list of whom to send the money to.","Senate Chamber letterhead. All voted down a resolution to adjourn Saturday. Excitement in the Senate over three \"readjusters who have gone away from us.\" Opposition to the \"farmers law.\"","Trying to sell his horse.","Senate Chamber letterhead.","Unexpectedly called to Washington. Must take charge of a new tax bill, because he is chairman of finance. Will have a conference to determine how long they will remain in Richmond.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Visited with Frank and [Lallie?]. Has new quarters with excellent furnishings. Spent the day with Gen. M. [General Mahone] Preparations are being made for Thanksgiving. Mrs. M. is coming to visit. Will make calls to some of the older senators with Gen. M. [General Mahone].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Will vote on organization on December 10th. Gen. M. and family are at the Arlington and he is encouraging Riddleberger to \"move up there,\" but Riddleberger has declined.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Sunday in 1884. Sends $10 for a birthday, $10 for debts. Went to see a play at the National. Gets sick and is treated by Dr. [Strayer?].","U.S. Senate letterhead. Letter written while in session, from his desk. Visits with Frank and [Lallie?].","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Suddenly called to New York Encloses $50, with $30 for Mr. Geary.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Family has measles. Mentions working through the Mississippi resolution, more quickly than expected, because the opposition changed their policy.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions sending valentines to children [Lilia, Olive, and Ned?]","U.S. Senate letterhead. Plans to stay in NY a day longer to see \"Big City.\" Visits St. James Hotel. Has sent valentines to family.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes letter while in executive session. Has called twice to see Mrs. A., but was unsuccessful. Asks his wife to tell Hugh that he \"gave her the knife.\"","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Guest of the Potomac Boat Club.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Describes stomach ailment.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends groceries this morning. He is feeling better-recovering from an attack of dysentery that lasted for 4 days.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes about his hopes for his son's future.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to tell his wife that he is assisting her father financially, but requests that she not disclose this to anyone.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Discusses dentistry in the city vs. country.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends son badge given to him at Newark. Encourages his son to study Revolutionary war period.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Only Virginian to support \"Educational Bill.\" Expresses his dedication to the impoverished. Encourages Mrs. Riddleberger to come visit him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Claims that the upcoming horse races will be the \"best ever known in this country.\" Writes about family garden. Mentions adjustment of Hawkin's claim. Encourages his wife to send others to the horse races as visitors.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Gave speech at the Irish meeting, which will appear in the papers. Attempts to explain to his wife why he cannot come home. Tells her that he is chairman of a subcommittee \"taking evidence on an executive appointment, pending in Executive session.\" Taking quinine for illness, although feeling better.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends check for $30 to meet wife's home obligations and to buy tickets. Had flower bulbs shipped to her.","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Writes to her while a debate is going on. Claims that Gen M. [General Mahone] has not been \"in his seat an average of half hour a day\" and Virginia matters are piled up as a result. Wishes that he could be at the commencement.","Return trip from Mt. Vernon. Horse develops illness. Tells wife that he will inform her if he successfully sells the horse, when it is well enough to be exhibited.","Senate letterhead. Said to be the most \"unhealthy June known here in years, the city is filled with sick.\"","Scope and Contents","E.E. White letterhead. \"Broken promises\" have kept him in DC for longer than intended. Wants the Heraldissued before he returns home. Got a cold from \"tramping through a Washington snow storm,\" but is in better health.","E.E. White letterhead. Has sent wife \"three short cloaks (?)\". Plans to go home in the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Thursday, in the Committee Room of the District of Columbia. Bad weather and icy streets has lead to at least 2 deaths \"from falling.\"","Scope and Contents","U.S. Senate letterhead. Sends $30 and explains how the money should be spent, which includes getting a \"quarter of beef\" and a \"barrel of flour.\" Plans to go to New York the following week.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on a Saturday night. Senate has adjourned until Monday","Scope and Contents","Written on a Monday night. Expresses homesickness. Refers to Hunter's article, a man who he claims has a \"special spite\" for him.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Written on Thursday at 6 pm.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Children have the measles and inquires whether it is safe for him to return home.","Written on back of Re-Adjustment in Other Southern States. Has spent the day with Gen M [General Mahone].","Tells Mrs. Riddleberger that her birthday gift will be a piano cover.","Working on adjustment and trying to find a time to go home via train.","U.S. Senate letterhead. Mentions box of flowers for Ned's birthday.","Scope and Contents","Copy of obituary of Senator Riddleberger, handwritten genealogy notes (1 page), photograph of Harrison Heath Riddleberger (undated), newspaper image of Harrison Hold Riddleberger (undated), 1882 supplement to Richmond Whig \"The People's Liberal Cause against Massey, Masseyites and Masseyism, November 1,  1866 page from the Shenandoah Herald of Woodstock, Virginia and copy of \"Bourbonism in Virginia\" by Harrison H. 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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.","Purchase","Papers (including business and personal correspondence and accounts) of William H.E. Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)","Merritt, William H. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eN.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther accounts. 15 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["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."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"persname_ssim":["Merritt, William H. 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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.","Purchase","Papers (including business and personal correspondence and accounts) of William H.E. Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)","Merritt, William H. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eN.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther accounts. 15 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. 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Manufacturing Co. by Job Russell.","This letter includes an account.","Mutilated.","This letter includes an account.","This letter includes an account.","This letter includes an account.","Mutilated.","Printed circular letter.","This letter includes an account.","This letter includes an account.","Mutilated.","This note is an acceptance to an invitation.","The battle 1862 November 27.","An invitation to a social function.","2 letters.","Mutilated.","Sallie Cade is mentioned.","This letter includes an account.","On the same sheet at item 41.","On the same sheet as item 40.","Incomplete.","2 letters.","7 letters.","Mutilated.","1 piece.","1 piece.","1 piece.","1 piece.","1 piece.","1 piece.","1 piece.","19 pieces.","6 pieces.","10 pieces.","1 piece.","1 piece. 1 envelope."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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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.","Arranged into three series. Series I. Correspondence, Series II. Printed Materials, Series III. Lyon G. Tyler Family Additions, and Series IV. Professional Papers.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:","Acc. 2011.063 added by Benjamin Bromley in February 2011.","Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.","Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies.  ALS. Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition","ALS ofJohn Tyler to Howard Shields, November 2, 1821, saying he would not run in the next election for the state senate but was sure if he did run he'd be re-elected. Concern with family matters.  Mss. Acc. 1996.54 Addition","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to William Evarts dated November 1, 1876. She congratulates him on his speech in support of the Republican nominee; \"That address almost persuaded me to be a Republican--but I case out among the Rebels!\" 3 p.  Mss. Acc. 1997.63 Addition","ALS from John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia, to unnamed newspaper editor, February 16, 1840. Written while John Tyler was running for Vice President. Asks if General Bailey plans to desert the Whig cause which would diminish the Whig vote in Accomack (County). He hopes to carry Virginia.  Mss. Acc. 1998.23 Addition","Copy of ALS from George Allen in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Greenleaf in Brockport, New York, dated June 16, 1843. He describes the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument and the attendance of President John Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler. Includes typescript.  Mss. Acc. 1999.27 Addition","John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia to Congressman Henry A. Wise regarding a duel between Congressman William J. Graves and Congressman Jonathan Cilley, dated March 18, 1838. He also gives his thoughts on running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Transcription included. Mss. Acc. 2000.14 Addition","Charles F. Mayer, Baltimore, Maryland to Robert Tyler of Washington City, dated April 16, 1842. Discusses the Patriot, the Whig politics and Henry Clay.  Mss. Acc. 2001.15 Addition","John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to \"Mr. Wheaton,\" dated June 9, 1856. Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition","J[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition","John Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition","John Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition","Letter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition","November 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition","Letter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition","Letter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition","Contains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition","John Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30","Letter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026 Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition","Letter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289","Envelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.","Copy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition","Sheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition","Backlog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition","Chapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. Other writings by William Frederick, Sarah Waddill Hubbard, Frank E. Vandiver and Mary Gayle Gorgas.","Writings about \"Sherwood Forest\" by Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters from Mrs. Alice Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Harold Lamb and a letter from his wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, while recuperating from an illness (undated).","Letters concerning work and estate of Lyon G. Tyler, application to and attendance at St. Christopher School in Richmond, Virginia for Lyon and Harrison Tyler, solicitations and form letters.","Land certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80  acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled \"An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands.\" President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.)","Virginia State Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)","Tyler Family","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953","Clay, Henry, 1777-1852","Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862","Graves, William J. 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Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNovember 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026amp; Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBacklog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. Other writings by William Frederick, Sarah Waddill Hubbard, Frank E. Vandiver and Mary Gayle Gorgas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritings about \"Sherwood Forest\" by Lyon G. Tyler.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Mrs. Alice Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Harold Lamb and a letter from his wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, while recuperating from an illness (undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concerning work and estate of Lyon G. Tyler, application to and attendance at St. Christopher School in Richmond, Virginia for Lyon and Harrison Tyler, solicitations and form letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80  acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled \"An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands.\" President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.","Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies.  ALS. Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition","ALS ofJohn Tyler to Howard Shields, November 2, 1821, saying he would not run in the next election for the state senate but was sure if he did run he'd be re-elected. Concern with family matters.  Mss. Acc. 1996.54 Addition","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to William Evarts dated November 1, 1876. She congratulates him on his speech in support of the Republican nominee; \"That address almost persuaded me to be a Republican--but I case out among the Rebels!\" 3 p.  Mss. Acc. 1997.63 Addition","ALS from John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia, to unnamed newspaper editor, February 16, 1840. Written while John Tyler was running for Vice President. Asks if General Bailey plans to desert the Whig cause which would diminish the Whig vote in Accomack (County). He hopes to carry Virginia.  Mss. Acc. 1998.23 Addition","Copy of ALS from George Allen in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Greenleaf in Brockport, New York, dated June 16, 1843. He describes the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument and the attendance of President John Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler. Includes typescript.  Mss. Acc. 1999.27 Addition","John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia to Congressman Henry A. Wise regarding a duel between Congressman William J. Graves and Congressman Jonathan Cilley, dated March 18, 1838. He also gives his thoughts on running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Transcription included. Mss. Acc. 2000.14 Addition","Charles F. Mayer, Baltimore, Maryland to Robert Tyler of Washington City, dated April 16, 1842. Discusses the Patriot, the Whig politics and Henry Clay.  Mss. Acc. 2001.15 Addition","John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to \"Mr. Wheaton,\" dated June 9, 1856. Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition","J[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition","John Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition","John Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition","Letter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition","November 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition","Letter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition","Letter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition","Contains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition","John Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30","Letter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026 Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition","Letter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289","Envelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.","Copy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition","Sheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition","Backlog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition","Chapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. Other writings by William Frederick, Sarah Waddill Hubbard, Frank E. Vandiver and Mary Gayle Gorgas.","Writings about \"Sherwood Forest\" by Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters from Mrs. Alice Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Harold Lamb and a letter from his wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, while recuperating from an illness (undated).","Letters concerning work and estate of Lyon G. Tyler, application to and attendance at St. Christopher School in Richmond, Virginia for Lyon and Harrison Tyler, solicitations and form letters.","Land certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80  acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled \"An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands.\" President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore 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.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["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."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.)","Virginia State Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.)","Virginia State Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)","Clay, Henry, 1777-1852","Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862","Graves, William J. 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(Henry Alexander), 1806-1876"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.)","Virginia State Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)","Tyler Family","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953","Clay, Henry, 1777-1852","Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862","Graves, William J. (Congressman), 1806-1876","Greenleaf, Joseph","Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), b. 1848","McCandlish (Colonel)","Minge (Dr.)","Shields, Howard","Tyler, Mary","Tyler, Robert, 1816-1878","Waggaman, George","Wheaton (Mr.)","Wickliffe, C.A","Wise, Henry A. (Henry Alexander), 1806-1876"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":31,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:42:20.276Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1947","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1947","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1947","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1947","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_1947.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Tyler Family Papers , Group A-H, Additions","title_ssm":["Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions"],"title_tesim":["Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions"],"unitdate_ssm":["1821-1976"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1821-1976"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1821/1976"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions, 1821/1976"],"text":["Tyler Family Papers, Group A - H, Additions, 1821/1976","01/Mss. 65 T97 Additions","/repositories/2/resources/1947","Accomack County (Va.)--History","Sherwood Forest (Virginia : Estate)","Virginia--History","Virginia--History--19th century","Virginia--Politics and Government--19th century","Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.)--History.","Dueling","Eastern State Hospital (Va.)--History--19th century","Plantation life--Virginia--History--19th century","Presidents' spouses--United States","Presidents--United States--Election","United States--Politics and government--1815-1861","Correspondence","Editorials","Letters (correspondence)","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.","Arranged into three series. Series I. Correspondence, Series II. Printed Materials, Series III. Lyon G. Tyler Family Additions, and Series IV. Professional Papers.","Information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:","Acc. 2011.063 added by Benjamin Bromley in February 2011.","Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.","Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies.  ALS. Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition","ALS ofJohn Tyler to Howard Shields, November 2, 1821, saying he would not run in the next election for the state senate but was sure if he did run he'd be re-elected. Concern with family matters.  Mss. Acc. 1996.54 Addition","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to William Evarts dated November 1, 1876. She congratulates him on his speech in support of the Republican nominee; \"That address almost persuaded me to be a Republican--but I case out among the Rebels!\" 3 p.  Mss. Acc. 1997.63 Addition","ALS from John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia, to unnamed newspaper editor, February 16, 1840. Written while John Tyler was running for Vice President. Asks if General Bailey plans to desert the Whig cause which would diminish the Whig vote in Accomack (County). He hopes to carry Virginia.  Mss. Acc. 1998.23 Addition","Copy of ALS from George Allen in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Greenleaf in Brockport, New York, dated June 16, 1843. He describes the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument and the attendance of President John Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler. Includes typescript.  Mss. Acc. 1999.27 Addition","John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia to Congressman Henry A. Wise regarding a duel between Congressman William J. Graves and Congressman Jonathan Cilley, dated March 18, 1838. He also gives his thoughts on running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Transcription included. Mss. Acc. 2000.14 Addition","Charles F. Mayer, Baltimore, Maryland to Robert Tyler of Washington City, dated April 16, 1842. Discusses the Patriot, the Whig politics and Henry Clay.  Mss. Acc. 2001.15 Addition","John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to \"Mr. Wheaton,\" dated June 9, 1856. Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition","J[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition","John Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition","John Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition","Letter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition","November 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition","Letter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition","Letter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition","Contains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition","John Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30","Letter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026 Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition","Letter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289","Envelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.","Copy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition","Sheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition","Backlog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition","Chapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. Other writings by William Frederick, Sarah Waddill Hubbard, Frank E. Vandiver and Mary Gayle Gorgas.","Writings about \"Sherwood Forest\" by Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters from Mrs. Alice Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Harold Lamb and a letter from his wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, while recuperating from an illness (undated).","Letters concerning work and estate of Lyon G. Tyler, application to and attendance at St. Christopher School in Richmond, Virginia for Lyon and Harrison Tyler, solicitations and form letters.","Land certificate granted to John Bourland of Hardin County, Tennessee with President John Tyler's name signed by son and secretary Robert Tyler. John Bourland was granted 159.80  acres of land in Pontotoc, Mississippi. The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled \"An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands.\" President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office.","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.","Special Collections Research Center","Poughkeepsie Lyceum (N.Y.)","Virginia State Senate","Whig Party (U.S.)","Tyler Family","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889","Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935","Tyler, Sue Ruffin, 1889-1953","Clay, Henry, 1777-1852","Galt, John Minson, II, 1819-1862","Graves, William J. 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Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS ofJohn Tyler to Howard Shields, November 2, 1821, saying he would not run in the next election for the state senate but was sure if he did run he'd be re-elected. Concern with family matters.  Mss. Acc. 1996.54 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to William Evarts dated November 1, 1876. She congratulates him on his speech in support of the Republican nominee; \"That address almost persuaded me to be a Republican--but I case out among the Rebels!\" 3 p.  Mss. Acc. 1997.63 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eALS from John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia, to unnamed newspaper editor, February 16, 1840. Written while John Tyler was running for Vice President. Asks if General Bailey plans to desert the Whig cause which would diminish the Whig vote in Accomack (County). He hopes to carry Virginia.  Mss. Acc. 1998.23 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of ALS from George Allen in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Greenleaf in Brockport, New York, dated June 16, 1843. He describes the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument and the attendance of President John Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler. Includes typescript.  Mss. Acc. 1999.27 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia to Congressman Henry A. Wise regarding a duel between Congressman William J. Graves and Congressman Jonathan Cilley, dated March 18, 1838. He also gives his thoughts on running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Transcription included. Mss. Acc. 2000.14 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles F. Mayer, Baltimore, Maryland to Robert Tyler of Washington City, dated April 16, 1842. Discusses the Patriot, the Whig politics and Henry Clay.  Mss. Acc. 2001.15 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to \"Mr. Wheaton,\" dated June 9, 1856. Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNovember 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026amp; Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnvelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBacklog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. 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The certificate was granted in adherence to several treaties between Chickasaw Native Americans and the United States including those dated October 20, 1832, May 24, 1834 and the act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled \"An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands.\" President John Tyler is listed as the conferrer of the certificate and it is affixed with the seal of the general land office.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Additions to the Tyler Family Papers that are not shelved with Mss. 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers, Groups A-H are included on the pdf inventories.","Please see the record for 65 T97 Tyler Family Papers.","Many of these additions can logically be incorporated into the Groups A-H, and possibly will be in the future.","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler to Mrs. Laura Holloway, author of First Ladies, dated September 20, 1869, about interviewing other first ladies.  ALS. Mss. Acc. 1993.19 Addition","ALS ofJohn Tyler to Howard Shields, November 2, 1821, saying he would not run in the next election for the state senate but was sure if he did run he'd be re-elected. Concern with family matters.  Mss. Acc. 1996.54 Addition","ALS of Julia Gardiner Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to William Evarts dated November 1, 1876. She congratulates him on his speech in support of the Republican nominee; \"That address almost persuaded me to be a Republican--but I case out among the Rebels!\" 3 p.  Mss. Acc. 1997.63 Addition","ALS from John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia, to unnamed newspaper editor, February 16, 1840. Written while John Tyler was running for Vice President. Asks if General Bailey plans to desert the Whig cause which would diminish the Whig vote in Accomack (County). He hopes to carry Virginia.  Mss. Acc. 1998.23 Addition","Copy of ALS from George Allen in Boston, Massachusetts, to Joseph Greenleaf in Brockport, New York, dated June 16, 1843. He describes the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument and the attendance of President John Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler. Includes typescript.  Mss. Acc. 1999.27 Addition","John Tyler, Williamsburg, Virginia to Congressman Henry A. Wise regarding a duel between Congressman William J. Graves and Congressman Jonathan Cilley, dated March 18, 1838. He also gives his thoughts on running for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Transcription included. Mss. Acc. 2000.14 Addition","Charles F. Mayer, Baltimore, Maryland to Robert Tyler of Washington City, dated April 16, 1842. Discusses the Patriot, the Whig politics and Henry Clay.  Mss. Acc. 2001.15 Addition","John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to \"Mr. Wheaton,\" dated June 9, 1856. Tyler declines Mr. Wheaton's offer to deliver his lecture \"the dead of my Cabinet\" before the Poughkeepsie (New York) Lyceum, agrees with him on the advisability of \"kindling the fires of fraternal feeling among the people of the Sates\" to avoid disunion in the future.  Mss. Acc. 2002.16 Addition","J[ohn] Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Robert [Tyler], dated November 24, 1854. Writes that he has received Robert's letter with enclosed notes, he has suffered from lithic acid, Colonel McCandlish is \"strickent down with paralysis while arguing a cause\" and Geo[rge] Waggaman has married an heiress. Mss. Acc. 2002.24 Addition","John Tyler of Sherwood Forest to Messrs. Tilford and Samuel of Frankfurt County, Kentucky, dated March 2, 1847. Gives direction for payment. Mss. Acc. 2003.14 Addition","John Tyler to Honorable C. A. Wickliffe, dated January 11, 1846. Tyler is having Wickliffe's letter delivered to Dr. Minge who is a near relative of Ben Harrison's family. If Wickliffe needs other depositions, he advised him to word the notice to include Dr. Minge and others to obtain a multitude of witnesses in Petersburg. Nathaniel Nelson or John Seldon would be willing to have their depositions taken. Tyler is devoted almost exclusively to private affairs. \"Tremendous cannonade for Oregon is kept up in Washington, yet the noise of it scarcely reaches me.\"  Mss. Acc. 2003.32 Addition","Letter bordered in black, from President John Tyler, Washington, D.C., to Dr. John Galt, Williamsburg, Virginia, dated March 28, 1843. Talks of the report on the Williamsburg Lunatic Asylum (Eastern State Hospital). \"It must be a source of the highest gratification to every lover of his species to become satisfied that a disorder of so appalling a character as that of which you treat...\" \"I congratulate you upon the distinquished success owhich has marked your superintency...\" Mss. Acc. 2004.61 Addition","November 17, 1853 letter from John Tyler concerning a heat register at Sherwood Forest. November 15, 1855 letter by John Tyler about attending the theater and paying Miss Mullen and an Irish girl. Mss. Acc. 2005.02 Addition","Letter from Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler to her husband Robert Tyler who was the son of U.S. President John Tyler and served as private secretary to his father. Writes about the election and Robert's future. References to Polk, Calhoun, General Jackson (his preference for President). Expresses vexation and pain \"at the absolute injustice done to father.\" Reference to \"union ticket,\" \"democratic party.\" Gives advice, suggesting her husband needs a future assignment (go into law?)and strike out for own fortune. She makes reference to King of France who marched uphill and down again with 20,000 men. Reverse of letter is a note from John Tyler, \"The Advice you give Robert is excellent...\" Addition to the John Tyler Papers. Mss. Acc. 2005.57 Addition","Letter, Feb 16,1831, of John Tyler to daughter Mary Tyler. Concerns enclosing a letter from John Waggamen [not present], health of Aunt W.; Aunt W. opened school with Mary [cold weather in Washington]; would be improper for you to answer John's letter; \"near relationship between you, would still leave you liable to the talk of …busy-bodies\"; pleased at assurance from many quarters of her attention to studies and deportment; purchase a piano for her; dresses and write to Maria Seawell by private conveyances\".  Mss. Acc. 2006.01 Addition","Contains letter, 21 April 1844, from President John Tyler to his daughter, Mary Tyler Jones. Includes discussion of the expansion of the Sherwood Forest plantation as well as his relationship with Julia Gardiner. Mss. Acc. 2011.063 Addition","John Tyler, Green Way, Charles City County, (father of US President), to Judge Nelson, Westover, 20 June 1800, concerning a funeral at which Bishop Madison will preach the sermon. ALS. 1 p. Reports that Bishop Madison will preach a funeral sermon at the Court House; extends invitation to attend; the funeral itself will be \"quite private...with a few friends.\"  Earlier ID number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Add.30","Letter, 8 Mary 1859, from John Tyler to Hugh Blair Grigsby concerning the proposal of Edward S. Joyner regarding the Grammar School at the College of William \u0026 Mary.Mss. Acc. 2012.386 Addition","Letter written to George Sykes, a Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, regarding the return of some letters sent to John Tyler while President, urging the nomination of former New Jersey Governor Peter D. Vroom, Jr. to the Supreme Court. The letter appears not to have been written by Tyler but may have been dictated by Tyler. Tyler did sign \"J Tyler\" on the address leaf himself. Mss. Acc. 2013.289","Envelope with note, \" My Mother's Hair and flowers from her grave, and my Father's hair.\" Folder paper inside envelope states, \"Lizzie G {?] Tyler's hair.  Hair has been removed and is stored in the Artifact Collection.","Copy of a newspaper article about Julia Gardiner Tyler from the Staten Island Sunday Advance, October 17, 1976.  Mss. Acc. 1995.24 Addition","Sheet music by St. George Tucker, 1863, entitled The Southern Cross. To be added later to Tyler Papers, Group G. Mss. Acc. 2002.23 Addition","Backlog material. Most items relate to Tyler Family Papers, Group E, about the Lyon G. Tyler Family.  Mss. Acc. 2008.198 Addition","Chapter XVI of Thomas T. McGuire's manuscript, House Divided, about Abraham Lincoln. Letter from McGuire to Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler, dated May 8, 1935. Other writings by William Frederick, Sarah Waddill Hubbard, Frank E. Vandiver and Mary Gayle Gorgas.","Writings about \"Sherwood Forest\" by Lyon G. Tyler.","Letters from Mrs. Alice Nicholson, Mrs. Edward Curtis, Mrs. Harold Lamb and a letter from his wife, Sue Ruffin Tyler, while recuperating from an illness (undated).","Letters concerning work and estate of Lyon G. 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Declines the invitation to stay with him and Mrs. Garnett in Washington, D.C., because his wife has recently added a new son to \"her\" family; also comments that Washington, even under the most favorable conditions \"affords but few pleasures for a lady\" and that he [WCR] would deny his wife even a \"peep at the 'great Babel'\" because of the new baby; apologizes for not submitting an article sooner to his Review, but he has been busy this summer building, and clearing up loose business ends before he leaves for Congress in the winter. 3 pp. 19 Sept. [18]36. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to [John Milton], Niles, \"Senator U.S. Hartford, State of Connecticut.\" Thanks him for the financial articles from the Hartford Times; further discussion of finances involving the Whig philosophy; assures him that the \"old dominion\" will be voting for [Martin] Van Buren in the upcoming election. 2 pp. 28 Oct. [18]37. W.C. 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Declines the invitation to stay with him and Mrs. Garnett in Washington, D.C., because his wife has recently added a new son to \"her\" family; also comments that Washington, even under the most favorable conditions \"affords but few pleasures for a lady\" and that he [WCR] would deny his wife even a \"peep at the 'great Babel'\" because of the new baby; apologizes for not submitting an article sooner to his Review, but he has been busy this summer building, and clearing up loose business ends before he leaves for Congress in the winter. 3 pp. 19 Sept. [18]36. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to [John Milton], Niles, \"Senator U.S. Hartford, State of Connecticut.\" Thanks him for the financial articles from the Hartford Times; further discussion of finances involving the Whig philosophy; assures him that the \"old dominion\" will be voting for [Martin] Van Buren in the upcoming election. 2 pp. 28 Oct. [18]37. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to the Hon[ora]ble M[anion] Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy, [Washington, D.C..?]. Recommends appointment of Dr. J.M. Minor of Virginia as Ass[istan]t Surgeon in the Navy. 1 p. 8 Oct. 1844. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to Charles C. Lee, Moorfields, Hardy Co, Va. [W. Va.]. Has been very ill, which has prevented him from meeting him [CCL] in Shenandoah; was able to participate in the District Convention; spirited discussion of converting Virginia to the \"Whig faith\"; asks him to make excuses for his [WCR] absence at the upcoming Whig meeting to be held at Moorfields. 3 pp. 16 Nov. 1854. W.C. Rives, Alexandria, [Va.], to W[illia]m M. Burwell, Baltimore, [Md.]. Is attending a Directors' meeting of \"our Rail-Road\"; asks his help in arranging for Mr.[?] Baldwin, editor of the Richmond Dispatch, to lecture before the Maryland Institute. 2 pp. 16 Dec. 1854. W.C. 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Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to the Hon[ora]ble M[anion] Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy, [Washington, D.C..?]. Recommends appointment of Dr. J.M. Minor of Virginia as Ass[istan]t Surgeon in the Navy. 1 p. 8 Oct. 1844. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to Charles C. Lee, Moorfields, Hardy Co, Va. [W. Va.]. Has been very ill, which has prevented him from meeting him [CCL] in Shenandoah; was able to participate in the District Convention; spirited discussion of converting Virginia to the \"Whig faith\"; asks him to make excuses for his [WCR] absence at the upcoming Whig meeting to be held at Moorfields. 3 pp. 16 Nov. 1854. W.C. Rives, Alexandria, [Va.], to W[illia]m M. Burwell, Baltimore, [Md.]. Is attending a Directors' meeting of \"our Rail-Road\"; asks his help in arranging for Mr.[?] Baldwin, editor of the Richmond Dispatch, to lecture before the Maryland Institute. 2 pp. 16 Dec. 1854. W.C. 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Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to [John Milton], Niles, \"Senator U.S. Hartford, State of Connecticut.\" Thanks him for the financial articles from the Hartford Times; further discussion of finances involving the Whig philosophy; assures him that the \"old dominion\" will be voting for [Martin] Van Buren in the upcoming election. 2 pp. 28 Oct. [18]37. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to the Hon[ora]ble M[anion] Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy, [Washington, D.C..?]. Recommends appointment of Dr. J.M. Minor of Virginia as Ass[istan]t Surgeon in the Navy. 1 p. 8 Oct. 1844. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to Charles C. Lee, Moorfields, Hardy Co, Va. [W. Va.]. Has been very ill, which has prevented him from meeting him [CCL] in Shenandoah; was able to participate in the District Convention; spirited discussion of converting Virginia to the \"Whig faith\"; asks him to make excuses for his [WCR] absence at the upcoming Whig meeting to be held at Moorfields. 3 pp. 16 Nov. 1854. W.C. Rives, Alexandria, [Va.], to W[illia]m M. Burwell, Baltimore, [Md.]. Is attending a Directors' meeting of \"our Rail-Road\"; asks his help in arranging for Mr.[?] Baldwin, editor of the Richmond Dispatch, to lecture before the Maryland Institute. 2 pp. 16 Dec. 1854. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to W[illia]m M. Burwell, n.p. Would be pleased to have him and [Robert A.] Toombs for Christmas; tells that. Toombs is an old college friend of his [WCR] brother; comments on Col. [Thomas Hart] Benton's \"Thirty Years,\" which he doesn't think will be \"going down to posterity.\" 2 pp. 9 Oct. 1859. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to Dr. R[obert] W. Haxall, [Richmond, Va.]. Will be happy to visit; however, Mrs. Rives will not accompany him because their daughter, Amelie, and [her husband] Mr. [Henry] Sigourney are visiting; thanks for the articles sent. 1 p. 18 Oct. 1864. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to Doctor R[obert] W. Haxall, Richmond, [Va.]. 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Declines the invitation to stay with him and Mrs. Garnett in Washington, D.C., because his wife has recently added a new son to \"her\" family; also comments that Washington, even under the most favorable conditions \"affords but few pleasures for a lady\" and that he [WCR] would deny his wife even a \"peep at the 'great Babel'\" because of the new baby; apologizes for not submitting an article sooner to his Review, but he has been busy this summer building, and clearing up loose business ends before he leaves for Congress in the winter. 3 pp. 19 Sept. [18]36. W.C. Rives, \"Castle-Hill,\" [Albemarle Co., Va.], to [John Milton], Niles, \"Senator U.S. Hartford, State of Connecticut.\" Thanks him for the financial articles from the Hartford Times; further discussion of finances involving the Whig philosophy; assures him that the \"old dominion\" will be voting for [Martin] Van Buren in the upcoming election. 2 pp. 28 Oct. [18]37. W.C. 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