{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Reconstruction+%28U.S.+history%2C+1865-1877%29--Virginia\u0026view=compact","next":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Reconstruction+%28U.S.+history%2C+1865-1877%29--Virginia\u0026page=2\u0026view=compact","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Baccess_subjects%5D%5B%5D=Reconstruction+%28U.S.+history%2C+1865-1877%29--Virginia\u0026page=2\u0026view=compact"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":2,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":2,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":13,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8492#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Armistead Family","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8492#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead (including letters written by Mrs. Thomas Feilde); business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of \"Bremo,\" Henrico County, Virginia and of \"Oakland,\" Cumberland County, Virginia; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_8492#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8492.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Armistead-Cocke Papers","title_ssm":["Armistead-Cocke Papers"],"title_tesim":["Armistead-Cocke Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1680-1917"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1680-1917"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1680/1917"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917"],"text":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917","Mss. 65 Ar6","/repositories/2/resources/8492","Powhatan County (Va.)","Armistead family","Astronomy--Study and teaching","Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Cocke family","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","Cumberland County (Va.)--History--18th century","Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century","Gloucester County (Va.)--History","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century","Henrico County (Va.)--History","Randolph family","Reconstruction","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","Richmond (Va.)--History","Study and teaching","Account books","Correspondence","Financial records","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.","Arrangement: the collection is arranged chronologically.","Organization: The inventory has been divided into seven series. Series 1 is the genealogical and donor material, Series 2 is photographs, Series 3 is material concerning houses and land, Series 4 is correspondence and other papers, Series 5 is the Jones Account Books, Series 6 is Accession 1997.34 and Series 7 is Accession 1998.45.","Maria Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of \"Cleve,\" King George County, Virginia married William Armistead of \"Hesse,\" Gloucester County, Virginia William Cocke, son of Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke and Bowler Cocke, married Jane Armistead.","Their son, William Armistead Cocke had among other children, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke who married Mary Booth Curtis.","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00018.frame","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Mss. 69 J71 Jones Family Papers","Correspondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead (including letters written by Mrs. Thomas Feilde); business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of \"Bremo,\" Henrico County, Virginia and of \"Oakland,\" Cumberland County, Virginia; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).","Also included are five volumes of farm and account books, 1851-1863, of Richard P. Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.","Includes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.","Additions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.","Press release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.","Clipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.","Incomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.","Genealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.","Clipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch","Copy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.","Concerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.","Clipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.","Painting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.","Photostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?","Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.","Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.","Mary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.","\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"","\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.","\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.","\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.","\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.","\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.","Thomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.","P. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.","Charles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens","Charles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.","Nicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).","How to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.","Requests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"","Includes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"","Cousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.","Pocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.","Coming marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.","Concerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.","Family news.","Her marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.","Vote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.","Suit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"","Virginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.","Accounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.","John New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.","Visit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.","News about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.","The Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.","The evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.","Extends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.","Submission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.","Birth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.","Mr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.","Accounts.","Accounts.","Scope and Contents Account.","Memorandum of money received.","Copy book on Astronomy.","On reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.","Account for the year.","Money payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.","\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.","Corn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.","Account for nails and German steel.","Scope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026 Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.","Memo from Rowles Grymes and Co.","Lucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.","Offers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.","Protests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.","Sends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.","Agreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Children's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.","Scope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.","Shipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County","Shipment of tobacco and other goods.","Scope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.","Arrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.","Accounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.","Scope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.","Scope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.","Sends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.","Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","Receipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.","Receipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.","Shipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.","Items to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.","Account of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.","Receipt for payment on coffee.","Dispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.","Wife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.","Sale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.","Death of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.","Payment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"","Scope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.","Judy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.","Sends all requested items except loaf sugar.","Wheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.","Confusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.","At Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.","Poor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.","John Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.","Sends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.","His sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.","Monies due from estate of Thomas Adams.","Account for carrying hogsheads to market.","List of monies due Cocke.","\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"","Acting for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.","Accounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.","Agreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.","Accounting of money.","Bill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.","William Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.","Account for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.","Exchange of servants. Harry's death.","Agreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"","Death of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).","Schooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.","Account for money lent.","Agreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.","Family accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)","Sends account.","Sale of slaves and horses. Crops.","His fall from a horse.","Repaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.","Wheat receipts.","Account of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.","Shipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.","Clothes and family news.","Scope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.","Money due on a draft.","Scope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.","Account.","Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.","Scope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.","Death of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.","Sarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.","Account.","Scope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.","Family reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.","Family news. The Hesse estate.","Leasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.","Deed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.","Arranging insurance for Cocke's barn.","Flour business.","Settlement of account.","Receipt for flour.","Scope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.","Newspaper.","Agreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.","Account sheet.","Agreement to hire Powers as overseer.","Scope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.","Scope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.","Portfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.","Scope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.","2 receipts for payment on a debt.","Promissory note.","Treatment of a Negro girl.","Scope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.","Receipt for interest paid on a bond.","Partitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.","The E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.","Illness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.","Promotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.","Love letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Scope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.","Account for money paid and received.","Illness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.","Family news and weather. Farming.","Minister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.","Tobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.","Scope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.","Settlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.","Requests medical attention for his man Jonah.","Scope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.","Scope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.","Sale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.","Sends supplies. Wheat shipment.","\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"","Tobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.","\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.","Scope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.","Miss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.","Sale of tobacco.","Scope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.","Scope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.","Contract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.","Projected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.","Payment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.","Form for monthly return of the captain.","Upon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.","Family news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.","Scope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.","Fight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.","Letter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.","Politics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.","The members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.","Troop movements. Housing. Family news.","Scope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.","Flanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.","Hot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.","Scope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.","Their man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.","Work on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.","Attempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.","Scope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.","Scope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. Brown, John Hatcher and Nathaniel Walton.","Bill for horses and corn.","Management and/or sale of property in London.","Letter describing place of Randolphs and Prestons at the College of William and Mary, part of a program for raising the endowment.","Scope and Contents Mother visiting her son in Washington. Plans for Christmas. Plus note from Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Obituary taken from the Southern Churchman of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke. Ms. notes by Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Mrs. Harriet Sheldon, wife of Jacob C. Sheldon, daughter of John Dixon.","Scope and Contents Death of Uncle J.T.L. Preston. Family news.","A present for Miss Martha.","Devoted to Robert E. Lee.","\"Descendants of Gentlemen-Adventurer will celebrate Henrico Grant of 1636.\"","Scope and Contents Engraving of letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785; \"for the Port Folio.\"","Scope and Contents Recent death of her husband Mann Page. Visitors Sophia and Lizzie Tompkins.","\"Third Regiment Virginia Calvalry, Roll of Company G, Cumberland County.\"","Religious poem.","Scope and Contents Made by C.S. Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.","Account books and a scrapbook of poems.","List of enslaved people, with ages, in May 1854, noted in back of journal.","Scrapbook of poems.","Later family letters, genealogical notes, and poems, 1839-1916, of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge, and Carter families. Includes letters kept by Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, daughter of T.L.P. Cocke and letters of Mary B. Cocke, mother of Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Includes letters of the Cocke, Curtis, and Preston families of Richmond, Virginia, particularly correspondence between Harriet Throgmorton Jones Curtis and her children Charles (\"Barney\"), Mary Boothe, Harriet, Maria, and Martha Curtis. Also includes correspondence between Mary Booth Curtis and her husband, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, as well as letters from Thomas L.P. Cocke's mother, Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, to himself and his brothers, William, Edmund, and Preston Cocke.","Family news.","Letters are to her sons William F. Cocke, Thomas L.P. Cocke, Edmund R. Cocke, and Preston Cocke, and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.","Scope and Contents Correspondence early in their marriage when they were apart. Includes letters from their children Maria, Harriet, Charles and William Cocke, living in Powhatan County, Virginia with their mother, to their father.","Letters are to brother Charles Curtis, her sisters Mary Boothe, Maria and Martha Curtis, and her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from Martha Throgmorton Curtis James to her sisters Mary Boothe Curtis Cocke, Maria Greenhough Curtis JOnes, Harriet Curtis Cringan, Fanny Throgmorton Curtis, and her mother Harriet T.J. Curtis, about family news.","Letters are to sisters Harriet T.J. Curtis, her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke and her niece, Harriet Cocke.","Letters to her sisters, mother and Mary Booth Curtis Cocke and Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from family and friends just prior to her wedding to Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters to Curtis (also called \"Barney\") from friends and family.","From family and friends.","Includes one photograph of Annie Page.","Scope and Contents From Washington College and the University of Virginia. Also includes Vol. 1 (March 1839) of the Collegian, published by the students of the University of Virginia, and a program of the Baccalaureate Exercises at the College of William and Mary in 1935.","Written to her children before the Civil War.","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","Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Preston family","Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917"],"collection_ssim":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 65 Ar6","/repositories/2/resources/8492"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 65 Ar6","/repositories/2/resources/8492"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"geogname_ssm":["Powhatan County (Va.)"],"geogname_ssim":["Powhatan County (Va.)"],"places_ssim":["Powhatan County (Va.)"],"creator_ssm":["Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894"],"creator_ssim":["Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creator_famname_ssim":["Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Preston family"],"creators_ssim":["Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855","Special Collections Research Center","Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Preston family"],"access_terms_ssm":["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."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 296 items, 1958. Gift: ca. 150 items, 1997. 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Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePress release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePainting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHow to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComing marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubmission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBirth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of money received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy book on Astronomy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for the year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for nails and German steel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026amp; Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo from Rowles Grymes and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProtests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChildren's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco and other goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on coffee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends all requested items except loaf sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonies due from estate of Thomas Adams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for carrying hogsheads to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of monies due Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounting of money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of servants. Harry's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for money lent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of slaves and horses. Crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis fall from a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClothes and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due on a draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. The Hesse estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArranging insurance for Cocke's barn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlour business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to hire Powers as overseer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 receipts for payment on a debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreatment of a Negro girl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for interest paid on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for money paid and received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and weather. Farming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests medical attention for his man Jonah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends supplies. Wheat shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProjected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm for monthly return of the captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePolitics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTroop movements. Housing. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. Brown, John Hatcher and Nathaniel Walton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for horses and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManagement and/or sale of property in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter describing place of Randolphs and Prestons at the College of William and Mary, part of a program for raising the endowment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mother visiting her son in Washington. Plans for Christmas. Plus note from Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Obituary taken from the Southern Churchman of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke. Ms. notes by Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Harriet Sheldon, wife of Jacob C. Sheldon, daughter of John Dixon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Death of Uncle J.T.L. Preston. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA present for Miss Martha.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDevoted to Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Descendants of Gentlemen-Adventurer will celebrate Henrico Grant of 1636.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Engraving of letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785; \"for the Port Folio.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Recent death of her husband Mann Page. Visitors Sophia and Lizzie Tompkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Third Regiment Virginia Calvalry, Roll of Company G, Cumberland County.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Made by C.S. Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount books and a scrapbook of poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved people, with ages, in May 1854, noted in back of journal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook of poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLater family letters, genealogical notes, and poems, 1839-1916, of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge, and Carter families. Includes letters kept by Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, daughter of T.L.P. Cocke and letters of Mary B. Cocke, mother of Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Includes letters of the Cocke, Curtis, and Preston families of Richmond, Virginia, particularly correspondence between Harriet Throgmorton Jones Curtis and her children Charles (\"Barney\"), Mary Boothe, Harriet, Maria, and Martha Curtis. Also includes correspondence between Mary Booth Curtis and her husband, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, as well as letters from Thomas L.P. Cocke's mother, Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, to himself and his brothers, William, Edmund, and Preston Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are to her sons William F. Cocke, Thomas L.P. Cocke, Edmund R. Cocke, and Preston Cocke, and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Correspondence early in their marriage when they were apart. Includes letters from their children Maria, Harriet, Charles and William Cocke, living in Powhatan County, Virginia with their mother, to their father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are to brother Charles Curtis, her sisters Mary Boothe, Maria and Martha Curtis, and her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. 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Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).","Also included are five volumes of farm and account books, 1851-1863, of Richard P. Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.","Includes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.","Additions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.","Press release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.","Clipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.","Incomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.","Genealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.","Clipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch","Copy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.","Concerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.","Clipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.","Painting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.","Photostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?","Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.","Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.","Mary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.","\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"","\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.","\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.","\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.","\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.","\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.","Thomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.","P. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.","Charles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens","Charles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.","Nicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).","How to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.","Requests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"","Includes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"","Cousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.","Pocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.","Coming marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.","Concerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.","Family news.","Her marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.","Vote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.","Suit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"","Virginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.","Accounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.","John New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.","Visit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.","News about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.","The Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.","The evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.","Extends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.","Submission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.","Birth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.","Mr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.","Accounts.","Accounts.","Scope and Contents Account.","Memorandum of money received.","Copy book on Astronomy.","On reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.","Account for the year.","Money payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.","\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.","Corn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.","Account for nails and German steel.","Scope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026 Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.","Memo from Rowles Grymes and Co.","Lucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.","Offers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.","Protests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.","Sends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.","Agreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Children's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.","Scope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.","Shipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County","Shipment of tobacco and other goods.","Scope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.","Arrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.","Accounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.","Scope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.","Scope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.","Sends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.","Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","Receipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.","Receipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.","Shipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.","Items to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.","Account of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.","Receipt for payment on coffee.","Dispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.","Wife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.","Sale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.","Death of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.","Payment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"","Scope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.","Judy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.","Sends all requested items except loaf sugar.","Wheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.","Confusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.","At Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.","Poor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.","John Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.","Sends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.","His sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.","Monies due from estate of Thomas Adams.","Account for carrying hogsheads to market.","List of monies due Cocke.","\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"","Acting for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.","Accounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.","Agreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.","Accounting of money.","Bill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.","William Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.","Account for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.","Exchange of servants. Harry's death.","Agreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"","Death of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).","Schooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.","Account for money lent.","Agreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.","Family accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)","Sends account.","Sale of slaves and horses. Crops.","His fall from a horse.","Repaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.","Wheat receipts.","Account of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.","Shipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.","Clothes and family news.","Scope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.","Money due on a draft.","Scope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.","Account.","Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.","Scope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.","Death of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.","Sarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.","Account.","Scope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.","Family reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.","Family news. The Hesse estate.","Leasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.","Deed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.","Arranging insurance for Cocke's barn.","Flour business.","Settlement of account.","Receipt for flour.","Scope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.","Newspaper.","Agreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.","Account sheet.","Agreement to hire Powers as overseer.","Scope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.","Scope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.","Portfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.","Scope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.","2 receipts for payment on a debt.","Promissory note.","Treatment of a Negro girl.","Scope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.","Receipt for interest paid on a bond.","Partitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.","The E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.","Illness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.","Promotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.","Love letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Scope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.","Account for money paid and received.","Illness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.","Family news and weather. Farming.","Minister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.","Tobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.","Scope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.","Settlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.","Requests medical attention for his man Jonah.","Scope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.","Scope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.","Sale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.","Sends supplies. Wheat shipment.","\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"","Tobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.","\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.","Scope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.","Miss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.","Sale of tobacco.","Scope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.","Scope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.","Contract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.","Projected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.","Payment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.","Form for monthly return of the captain.","Upon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.","Family news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.","Scope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.","Fight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.","Letter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.","Politics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.","The members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.","Troop movements. Housing. Family news.","Scope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.","Flanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.","Hot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.","Scope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.","Their man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.","Work on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.","Attempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.","Scope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.","Scope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. Brown, John Hatcher and Nathaniel Walton.","Bill for horses and corn.","Management and/or sale of property in London.","Letter describing place of Randolphs and Prestons at the College of William and Mary, part of a program for raising the endowment.","Scope and Contents Mother visiting her son in Washington. Plans for Christmas. Plus note from Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Obituary taken from the Southern Churchman of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke. Ms. notes by Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Mrs. Harriet Sheldon, wife of Jacob C. Sheldon, daughter of John Dixon.","Scope and Contents Death of Uncle J.T.L. Preston. Family news.","A present for Miss Martha.","Devoted to Robert E. Lee.","\"Descendants of Gentlemen-Adventurer will celebrate Henrico Grant of 1636.\"","Scope and Contents Engraving of letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785; \"for the Port Folio.\"","Scope and Contents Recent death of her husband Mann Page. Visitors Sophia and Lizzie Tompkins.","\"Third Regiment Virginia Calvalry, Roll of Company G, Cumberland County.\"","Religious poem.","Scope and Contents Made by C.S. Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.","Account books and a scrapbook of poems.","List of enslaved people, with ages, in May 1854, noted in back of journal.","Scrapbook of poems.","Later family letters, genealogical notes, and poems, 1839-1916, of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge, and Carter families. Includes letters kept by Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, daughter of T.L.P. Cocke and letters of Mary B. Cocke, mother of Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Includes letters of the Cocke, Curtis, and Preston families of Richmond, Virginia, particularly correspondence between Harriet Throgmorton Jones Curtis and her children Charles (\"Barney\"), Mary Boothe, Harriet, Maria, and Martha Curtis. Also includes correspondence between Mary Booth Curtis and her husband, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, as well as letters from Thomas L.P. Cocke's mother, Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, to himself and his brothers, William, Edmund, and Preston Cocke.","Family news.","Letters are to her sons William F. Cocke, Thomas L.P. Cocke, Edmund R. Cocke, and Preston Cocke, and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.","Scope and Contents Correspondence early in their marriage when they were apart. Includes letters from their children Maria, Harriet, Charles and William Cocke, living in Powhatan County, Virginia with their mother, to their father.","Letters are to brother Charles Curtis, her sisters Mary Boothe, Maria and Martha Curtis, and her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from Martha Throgmorton Curtis James to her sisters Mary Boothe Curtis Cocke, Maria Greenhough Curtis JOnes, Harriet Curtis Cringan, Fanny Throgmorton Curtis, and her mother Harriet T.J. Curtis, about family news.","Letters are to sisters Harriet T.J. Curtis, her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke and her niece, Harriet Cocke.","Letters to her sisters, mother and Mary Booth Curtis Cocke and Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from family and friends just prior to her wedding to Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters to Curtis (also called \"Barney\") from friends and family.","From family and friends.","Includes one photograph of Annie Page.","Scope and Contents From Washington College and the University of Virginia. Also includes Vol. 1 (March 1839) of the Collegian, published by the students of the University of Virginia, and a program of the Baccalaureate Exercises at the College of William and Mary in 1935.","Written to her children before the Civil War."],"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"],"famname_ssim":["Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Preston family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Preston family","Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855"],"persname_ssim":["Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Armistead Family","Cocke Family","Preston family","Cocke, Edmund Randolph, 1841-1922","Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston, 1838-1895","Cocke, William, 1798-1855","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1826-1863","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894","Cocke, William Fauntleroy, 1836-1863","Cocke, William, fl. 1798-1855"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":287,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:46:39.384Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8492","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8492.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Armistead-Cocke Papers","title_ssm":["Armistead-Cocke Papers"],"title_tesim":["Armistead-Cocke Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1680-1917"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1680-1917"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1680/1917"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917"],"text":["Armistead-Cocke Papers, 1680/1917","Mss. 65 Ar6","/repositories/2/resources/8492","Powhatan County (Va.)","Armistead family","Astronomy--Study and teaching","Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861","Cocke family","College of William and Mary--History--19th century","Cumberland County (Va.)--History--18th century","Cumberland County (Va.)--History--20th century","Gloucester County (Va.)--History","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--18th century","Gloucester County (Va.)--History--19th century","Henrico County (Va.)--History","Randolph family","Reconstruction","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","Richmond (Va.)--History","Study and teaching","Account books","Correspondence","Financial records","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.","Arrangement: the collection is arranged chronologically.","Organization: The inventory has been divided into seven series. Series 1 is the genealogical and donor material, Series 2 is photographs, Series 3 is material concerning houses and land, Series 4 is correspondence and other papers, Series 5 is the Jones Account Books, Series 6 is Accession 1997.34 and Series 7 is Accession 1998.45.","Maria Carter, daughter of Charles Carter of \"Cleve,\" King George County, Virginia married William Armistead of \"Hesse,\" Gloucester County, Virginia William Cocke, son of Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke and Bowler Cocke, married Jane Armistead.","Their son, William Armistead Cocke had among other children, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke who married Mary Booth Curtis.","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00018.frame","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","Mss. 69 J71 Jones Family Papers","Correspondence, 1756-1764, of Maria Carter Armistead (including letters written by Mrs. Thomas Feilde); business papers, 1782-1828, of William Cocke of \"Bremo,\" Henrico County, Virginia and of \"Oakland,\" Cumberland County, Virginia; and letters, 1861-1863, of William Fauntleroy Cocke, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke and Edmund Randolph Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).","Also included are five volumes of farm and account books, 1851-1863, of Richard P. Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.","Includes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.","Additions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.","Press release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.","Clipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.","Incomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.","Genealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.","Clipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch","Copy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.","Concerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.","Clipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.","Painting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.","Photostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?","Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.","Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.","Mary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.","\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"","\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.","\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.","\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.","\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.","\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.","Thomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.","P. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.","Charles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens","Charles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.","Nicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).","How to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.","Requests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"","Includes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"","Cousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.","Pocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.","Coming marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.","Concerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.","Family news.","Her marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.","Vote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.","Suit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"","Virginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.","Accounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.","John New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.","Visit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.","News about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.","The Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.","The evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.","Extends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.","Submission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.","Birth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.","Mr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.","Accounts.","Accounts.","Scope and Contents Account.","Memorandum of money received.","Copy book on Astronomy.","On reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.","Account for the year.","Money payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.","\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.","Corn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.","Account for nails and German steel.","Scope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026 Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.","Memo from Rowles Grymes and Co.","Lucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.","Offers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.","Protests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.","Sends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.","Agreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Children's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.","Scope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.","Shipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County","Shipment of tobacco and other goods.","Scope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.","Arrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.","Accounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.","Scope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.","Scope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.","Sends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.","Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","Receipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.","Receipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.","Shipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.","Items to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.","Account of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.","Receipt for payment on coffee.","Dispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.","Wife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.","Sale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.","Death of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.","Payment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"","Scope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.","Judy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.","Sends all requested items except loaf sugar.","Wheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.","Confusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.","At Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.","Poor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.","John Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.","Sends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.","His sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.","Monies due from estate of Thomas Adams.","Account for carrying hogsheads to market.","List of monies due Cocke.","\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"","Acting for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.","Accounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.","Agreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.","Accounting of money.","Bill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.","William Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.","Account for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.","Exchange of servants. Harry's death.","Agreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"","Death of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).","Schooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.","Account for money lent.","Agreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.","Family accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)","Sends account.","Sale of slaves and horses. Crops.","His fall from a horse.","Repaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.","Wheat receipts.","Account of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.","Shipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.","Clothes and family news.","Scope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.","Money due on a draft.","Scope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.","Account.","Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.","Scope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.","Death of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.","Sarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.","Account.","Scope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.","Family reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.","Family news. The Hesse estate.","Leasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.","Deed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.","Arranging insurance for Cocke's barn.","Flour business.","Settlement of account.","Receipt for flour.","Scope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.","Newspaper.","Agreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.","Account sheet.","Agreement to hire Powers as overseer.","Scope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.","Scope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.","Portfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.","Scope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.","2 receipts for payment on a debt.","Promissory note.","Treatment of a Negro girl.","Scope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.","Receipt for interest paid on a bond.","Partitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.","The E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.","Illness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.","Promotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.","Love letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Scope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.","Account for money paid and received.","Illness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.","Family news and weather. Farming.","Minister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.","Tobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.","Scope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.","Settlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.","Requests medical attention for his man Jonah.","Scope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.","Scope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.","Sale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.","Sends supplies. Wheat shipment.","\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"","Tobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.","\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.","Scope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.","Miss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.","Sale of tobacco.","Scope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.","Scope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.","Contract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.","Projected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.","Payment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.","Form for monthly return of the captain.","Upon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.","Family news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.","Scope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.","Fight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.","Letter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.","Politics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.","The members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.","Troop movements. Housing. Family news.","Scope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.","Flanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.","Hot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.","Scope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.","Their man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.","Work on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.","Attempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.","Scope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.","Scope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. Brown, John Hatcher and Nathaniel Walton.","Bill for horses and corn.","Management and/or sale of property in London.","Letter describing place of Randolphs and Prestons at the College of William and Mary, part of a program for raising the endowment.","Scope and Contents Mother visiting her son in Washington. Plans for Christmas. Plus note from Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Obituary taken from the Southern Churchman of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke. Ms. notes by Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.","Mrs. Harriet Sheldon, wife of Jacob C. Sheldon, daughter of John Dixon.","Scope and Contents Death of Uncle J.T.L. Preston. Family news.","A present for Miss Martha.","Devoted to Robert E. Lee.","\"Descendants of Gentlemen-Adventurer will celebrate Henrico Grant of 1636.\"","Scope and Contents Engraving of letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785; \"for the Port Folio.\"","Scope and Contents Recent death of her husband Mann Page. Visitors Sophia and Lizzie Tompkins.","\"Third Regiment Virginia Calvalry, Roll of Company G, Cumberland County.\"","Religious poem.","Scope and Contents Made by C.S. Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.","Account books and a scrapbook of poems.","List of enslaved people, with ages, in May 1854, noted in back of journal.","Scrapbook of poems.","Later family letters, genealogical notes, and poems, 1839-1916, of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge, and Carter families. Includes letters kept by Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, daughter of T.L.P. Cocke and letters of Mary B. Cocke, mother of Maria C. Talcott.","Scope and Contents Includes letters of the Cocke, Curtis, and Preston families of Richmond, Virginia, particularly correspondence between Harriet Throgmorton Jones Curtis and her children Charles (\"Barney\"), Mary Boothe, Harriet, Maria, and Martha Curtis. Also includes correspondence between Mary Booth Curtis and her husband, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, as well as letters from Thomas L.P. Cocke's mother, Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, to himself and his brothers, William, Edmund, and Preston Cocke.","Family news.","Letters are to her sons William F. Cocke, Thomas L.P. Cocke, Edmund R. Cocke, and Preston Cocke, and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.","Scope and Contents Correspondence early in their marriage when they were apart. Includes letters from their children Maria, Harriet, Charles and William Cocke, living in Powhatan County, Virginia with their mother, to their father.","Letters are to brother Charles Curtis, her sisters Mary Boothe, Maria and Martha Curtis, and her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from Martha Throgmorton Curtis James to her sisters Mary Boothe Curtis Cocke, Maria Greenhough Curtis JOnes, Harriet Curtis Cringan, Fanny Throgmorton Curtis, and her mother Harriet T.J. Curtis, about family news.","Letters are to sisters Harriet T.J. Curtis, her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke and her niece, Harriet Cocke.","Letters to her sisters, mother and Mary Booth Curtis Cocke and Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters from family and friends just prior to her wedding to Thomas L.P. Cocke.","Letters to Curtis (also called \"Barney\") from friends and family.","From family and friends.","Includes one photograph of Annie Page.","Scope and Contents From Washington College and the University of Virginia. 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Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003ePress release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePainting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHow to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComing marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVisit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubmission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBirth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemorandum of money received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy book on Astronomy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for the year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for nails and German steel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026amp; Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemo from Rowles Grymes and Co.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProtests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReturn of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChildren's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco and other goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for payment on coffee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJudy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends all requested items except loaf sugar.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConfusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMonies due from estate of Thomas Adams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for carrying hogsheads to market.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of monies due Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eActing for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounting of money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExchange of servants. Harry's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSchooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for money lent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of slaves and horses. Crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis fall from a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWheat receipts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClothes and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoney due on a draft.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCase of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. The Hesse estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLeasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArranging insurance for Cocke's barn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlour business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of account.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for flour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewspaper.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAgreement to hire Powers as overseer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePortfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 receipts for payment on a debt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTreatment of a Negro girl.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for interest paid on a bond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount for money paid and received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIllness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and weather. Farming.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMinister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSettlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRequests medical attention for his man Jonah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends supplies. Wheat shipment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProjected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eForm for monthly return of the captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePolitics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTroop movements. Housing. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWork on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. Brown, John Hatcher and Nathaniel Walton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for horses and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManagement and/or sale of property in London.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter describing place of Randolphs and Prestons at the College of William and Mary, part of a program for raising the endowment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mother visiting her son in Washington. Plans for Christmas. Plus note from Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Obituary taken from the Southern Churchman of Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Cocke. Ms. notes by Mrs. Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Harriet Sheldon, wife of Jacob C. Sheldon, daughter of John Dixon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Death of Uncle J.T.L. Preston. Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA present for Miss Martha.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDevoted to Robert E. Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Descendants of Gentlemen-Adventurer will celebrate Henrico Grant of 1636.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Engraving of letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Francis Hopkinson, May 16, 1785; \"for the Port Folio.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Recent death of her husband Mann Page. Visitors Sophia and Lizzie Tompkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Third Regiment Virginia Calvalry, Roll of Company G, Cumberland County.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Made by C.S. Laboratory, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccount books and a scrapbook of poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved people, with ages, in May 1854, noted in back of journal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScrapbook of poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLater family letters, genealogical notes, and poems, 1839-1916, of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge, and Carter families. Includes letters kept by Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, daughter of T.L.P. Cocke and letters of Mary B. Cocke, mother of Maria C. Talcott.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Includes letters of the Cocke, Curtis, and Preston families of Richmond, Virginia, particularly correspondence between Harriet Throgmorton Jones Curtis and her children Charles (\"Barney\"), Mary Boothe, Harriet, Maria, and Martha Curtis. Also includes correspondence between Mary Booth Curtis and her husband, Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, as well as letters from Thomas L.P. Cocke's mother, Elizabeth R.P. Cocke, to himself and his brothers, William, Edmund, and Preston Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are to her sons William F. Cocke, Thomas L.P. Cocke, Edmund R. Cocke, and Preston Cocke, and her daughters-in-law and grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Correspondence early in their marriage when they were apart. Includes letters from their children Maria, Harriet, Charles and William Cocke, living in Powhatan County, Virginia with their mother, to their father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are to brother Charles Curtis, her sisters Mary Boothe, Maria and Martha Curtis, and her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from Martha Throgmorton Curtis James to her sisters Mary Boothe Curtis Cocke, Maria Greenhough Curtis JOnes, Harriet Curtis Cringan, Fanny Throgmorton Curtis, and her mother Harriet T.J. Curtis, about family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters are to sisters Harriet T.J. Curtis, her brother-in-law, Thomas L.P. Cocke and her niece, Harriet Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to her sisters, mother and Mary Booth Curtis Cocke and Thomas L.P. Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from family and friends just prior to her wedding to Thomas L.P. Cocke.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters to Curtis (also called \"Barney\") from friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes one photograph of Annie Page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents From Washington College and the University of Virginia. Also includes Vol. 1 (March 1839) of the Collegian, published by the students of the University of Virginia, and a program of the Baccalaureate Exercises at the College of William and Mary in 1935.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten to her children before the Civil War.\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","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and 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Cocke concerning their service in the Confederate States Army (including the Battle of First Bull Run).","Also included are five volumes of farm and account books, 1851-1863, of Richard P. Jones of \"Land's End,\" Gloucester County, Virginia; copybooks on astronomy, [circa 1770-1780?], scrapbooks, and genealogical material.","Includes letter, 1869, of Benjamin Stoddert Ewell concerning the connections between the Randolph and Preston families and the College of William and Mary.","Additions to the collection (1997.34 and 1998.45) include family letters, genealogical notes and poems of members of the Cocke family and to related branches of Throckmorton, Curtis, Sheldon, Jones, Preston, Byrd, Dandridge and Carter families living in Richmond, Virginia and Powhatan County, Virginia. Some letters are written from Richmond in the Reconstruction Era.","Press release, 1958. Initial list of the collection. Genealogical charts.","Clipping. Re: Genealogical Column, about Carters and Armisteads.","Incomplete letter. Early Carter and Armistead families, containing copies of letters from this collection.","Genealogical material concerning the Curtis, Sheldon, Carter, and Cocke families by Maria C. Talcott.","Clipping. From The Richmond Times-Dispatch","Copy of the tombstone of Emanuel Jones, died 1739, made by Peyton H. Page.","Concerns Major Robert Throckmorton and John Peyton Dixon, from Bible owned by Mrs. Fann Throckmorton Nicolson.","Clipping from The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore. Concerning \"The Throckmorton family of England and Virginia\" by Jane Griffin Keys.","Painting in Alexandria. She married Bowler Cocke II, and their son was William Cocke who married Jane Armistead.","Photostat positive and negative of painting, owned by Mrs. Maria C. and Nathan ? Talcott, of Maria Byrd, daughter of William Byrd II and wife of Charles Carter, with son Charles Carter and Maria Carter Armistead ?","Thomas Lewis Preston Cocke, son of William Armistead Cocke, Oakland.","Mrs. Elizabeth Randolph Preston Cocke, with Sally Lyle Preston Cocke, eldest daughter of Edmund Randolph Cocke.","Mary Booth Curtis Cocke, wife of Thomas L. P. Cocke.","\"Historic Mansion of Mathews County,\" concerning \"Hesse.\"","\"Oakland.\" Short History on back.","\"Mrs. Cocke, Mistress of Oakland and Hostess of the Lees at Derwent,\" by Alice M. Tyler from The Richmond Times-Dispatch.","\"Derwent Must Be Saved\" from The Richmond News Leader.","\"Lee's Hideaway Still Stands.\" Reprinted from The Washington and Lee University Alumni Magazine by Dr. Leslie Lyle Campbell.","\"Southerner Heard First and Final Shots of War Between States, was friend of Lee\" by Charles F. Preston.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Part of plat showing land on the Piantantank River of Lady Skipwith, George Curtis, Colonel Kemp, Augustin Horthus and William Marloe.","Physical Location: Oversize File. Sale of land in Kingston Parish, inherited from George Curtis, who bought the land from Edward Wyatt.","Thomas Curtis, Gloucester County to Charles Curtis, Middlesex County concerning deed of same date which was to fulfill Thomas Curtis' bond to Charles Curtis.","P. Beverly, Clerk of County Court. Concerning testimony of Nicholas Cobb, defendant; by his attorney, Thomas Gregson, in dispute over land purchased from George Curtis, now deceased.","Charles Curtis (Kingston Parish, Gloucester County) gives all land to son Augustine, to daughters Sarrah Henry and Sous Anna Iveson, Negroes and linens","Charles Curtis on Piantatank River to John West, Chisanassirk River, Accomack County. Land surveyed by John Smith. Shows location of the house.","Nicholas Foster. Floor plan of a house (Note watermark).","How to stay busy during the day. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 432.","Requests that the family visit her at \"Westover.\"","Includes bound in letter, 1792 April 14, from Christopher Pryor to Mrs. Maria Armistead, \"Hesse.\"","Cousin Maria Carter, daughter of Landon Beverley, gave birth to a son in October. Uncle William III and Aunt Mary Willing Byrd are going to tour through New York and Philadelphia. Health. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 178.","Pocket money for her visiting. Cautions against flattery. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,Volume 10, page 178.","Coming marriages of Lucy Burwell to Edmund Berkeley, Rebecca Burwell to Jaquelin Ambler and Jenny Burwell to Mann Page of \"Rosewell,\" and Miss Hannah Fairfax to Warner Washington. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 177-178 and Volume 15, pages 433-434.","Concerns Mr. William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 15, page 435.","Family news.","Her marriage to William Armistead. Published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, pages 179-180 and Volume 15, page 435.","Vote getting. Lewis' coming marriage. Launching of ship by the father of Lewis.","Suit against Clark Courtney and his mother Anne Mabry concerning land \"at Eatons warehouse on Rappahannock River.\"","Virginians' reaction to Lord Dunmore as Governor. Tryon is well received at New York, as is Col. Fanning. Family news. Partly published in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 180.","Accounts with William Jackson, James Clark, Major Thomas Boswell, John Robinson, Richard Hodges, Robert Matthewes, William Bentley Estate, Francis Elliot, and John Hibble.","John New, John Fox and Danall New, Senior to William Armistead, Sheriff, Gloucester County, Virginia.","Visit of Mr. William and Mrs. Armistead to their church. Route over Pudding Creek Bridge.","News about fighting in Norfolk and man of war near York. Sent cotton and worsted.","The Armisteads' moving to North River to avoid the enemy. The Armisteads have kept prisoners.","The evils and hardships brought upon the people by persons without authority.","Extends sympathy and discusses the comforts of relgion in the troubles brought by the war.","Submission to the catastrophies brought by man and God. News of the Russian General, and General Howe building on the Delaware.","Birth of Mrs. Armistead's child. Captain Deane carried Major Skith in his ship. Resignation to the will of Providence.","Mr. Smith came to Elizabeth Town, N.J. but was denied a permit for New York. Lack of Negroes.","Accounts.","Accounts.","Scope and Contents Account.","Memorandum of money received.","Copy book on Astronomy.","On reverse, John T. Griffin assigns the bond to Major William Lewis.","Account for the year.","Money payment in Half Joes. Land papers brought from Augusta.","\"Invoice of Sundry Goods Shipped on board the Planter Capt. William Arthurs for Virginia...\" Furniture, linens, carpets, dishes and silverware.","Corn and wheat deliveries, requested by Mr. Lynham. Her son Charles Carter Armistead is placed with Mr. Waugh in Port Royal.","Account for nails and German steel.","Scope and Contents \"Invoice of Sundries shipped on board the Ann \u0026 Mary, Captain. John Wheeler...\" Horses, tools, medical implements, riding equipment and spices.","Memo from Rowles Grymes and Co.","Lucy's visit to home of Col. William Byrd III?. Published in 10 Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 10, page 183.","Offers to send Negro girls to help her daughter.","Protests the manner of payment of bill of exchange. Includes copy of request for bill of exchange from William Cocke to Rowles Grymes and County, London, 1787 November 30.","Sends tobacco to be sold to cover cost of requested items. Draws a bill of exchange upon them.","Agreement about Negroes written by Mr. Page.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Return of Cocke's bill of exchange resulted from his not reporting it.","Children's education in spelling, Greek, and reading. The new Constitution will lead to a navy.","Scope and Contents Her brother Charles Carter will send for her daughters. Plans to return to Hesse soon.","Shipment of tobacco sent by the ship Williamson under John Miers to Rowles Grymes and County","Shipment of tobacco and other goods.","Scope and Contents Damages from a hurricane. A legal \"execution\". Aunt and Uncle Lewis Willis.","Arrival of tobacco and confusion of orders.","Accounts against Cocke. On Reverse, note from Mr. Weaver and W.A. Fry.","Scope and Contents Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","\"Invoice of Goods...\" shipped care of P. Parker at Norfolk.","Scope and Contents Traveling and illness. Mr. Page and Mr. Byrd may help her move.","Sends by Willis, a tobacco note for Mrs. Maria Armistead's travels.","Receipt for tuition of Master Charles Carter Armistead.","Receipts for money for Benjamin Harrison Jr.","Receipt of Cocke's draft through Alexander Donald.","Shipment of tobacco on the Brandon. Requests information on the most popular kinds of tobacco.","Items to be sent to the care of P.L. Grymes. Notes of exchange.","Account of work done around his house. Lists cost of items used.","Receipt for payment on coffee.","Dispute. Copy sent to Mrs. Maria Armistead.","Wife Sally Sarah desires news of her sister Jane Armistead Cole. One of Washington's sisters married Mr. Milton. Growth of the area. Advantages of this farm.","Sale of Cocke's tobacco which was of poor quality and \"injured by the spot.\"","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account of sale of tobacco.","Account due John and Thomas Gilliat for sugar, salt and iron.","Death of partner James Rowles. Sale of tobacco.","Payment of a debt to prevent having to sell Negroes. His wife Betsy. Miss Nancy Armistead \"is almost devoured by Sweet Hearts.\"","Scope and Contents Supplies of tea, earthenware, cyder sic and herring from Mr. Gilliat. Mother Mrs. Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke will visit soon.","Judy Armistead's ill health; suggests cures. Charles Carter Armistead is over the measles; Mr. Thomas Ryan praises him.","Sends all requested items except loaf sugar.","Wheat harvest. Possibility of a Spanish war; Spanish ships have been seen in New York and Virginia. Mentions brother Charles Cocke and his son Henry.","Confusion in the settlement of Cocke's account with Donald and Barton of London.","At Manchester, with Mr. Pankey, inquired after hogsheads of mother Elizabeth Hill Carter Cocke. Tobacco; one had been sent to William Mitchell.","Poor tobacco sales of the previous crop will prevent his getting out of debt. Present crop does well. People have started growing wheat.","John Hall brought a runaway Negro to Napier. The boy said he belonged to William Cocke of Cumberland.","Sends account of tobacco shipped in the Williamson.","His sister Elizabeth Adams wishes Cocke to sell her corn. Consulted Major Thomas Massie and William Fry.","Monies due from estate of Thomas Adams.","Account for carrying hogsheads to market.","List of monies due Cocke.","\"Appraisement and Inventory of stock and plantation tools and utensils on Mrs. Elizabeth Adames' plantation in Amherst County.\"","Acting for James Brown, sends coffee, and iron by Mr. Fenwick. Prices given.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sends account and asks it be paid up, to enable the settlement of the estate of James Grymes.","Sent corn. Hired a new overseer, Smith. Sale of wheat. The trial of a Negro.","Accounts, from November 1790 to date, for salt, iron, wheat, leather, waggonage of tobacco, pork and draft on Donald and Burton.","Agreement that Moore will cultivate land for 5 years and then become the owner.","Accounting of money.","Bill for carrying tobacco of Mrs. Adams to the canal.","William Creacy (or Cresey) took too large an order of money on Weaver.","Account for women's clothing. On reverse, account of items furnished Mrs. Maria Armistead and for tuition for Charles Carter Armistead.","Exchange of servants. Harry's death.","Agreement for building a house, \"with a plain Cornice.\"","Death of Mrs Elizabeth Adams, settlement of part of the estate between her daughter Sally Sarah and William Cocke (her son).","Schooling of her son Charles Carter Armistead.","Account for money lent.","Agreement to rent Negroes and plantation on Rockfish River, Amherst County, part of estate of Thomas Adams, deceased.","Family accounts and death of William's mother (Mrs. Elizabeth Fauntleroy Cocke Adams.)","Sends account.","Sale of slaves and horses. Crops.","His fall from a horse.","Repaying William Cocke for building a bridge across Knockbuckle Stream, by wheat growers.","Wheat receipts.","Account of sale of tobacco and settlement of bonds.","Shipment of tobacco from Tappahannock.","Clothes and family news.","Scope and Contents Sale of Negro living at house of Thomas Taylor Byrd husband of Mary, daughter of William Armistead, Frederick.","Money due on a draft.","Scope and Contents Family matters. Marriage of daughter Nancy Ann Cleves to Mr. John P. Pleasants.","Account.","Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors, concerning William Armistead's will.","Scope and Contents Case of Powell v. Armistead's Executors. Mr. John Warden is an able friend. Consulted Thomas Tabb.","Death of Godfrey; consolation. Illness in the family.","Sarah Daingerfield to Mrs. Maria Armistead, Hesse. Health, the phaeton and chocolate.","Account.","Scope and Contents Death of Mrs. Maria Armistead. Her papers in the Powell v. Armistead lawsuit.","Family reunion. Marriage of Mrs. Randolph. The coming marriage of her brother Phil to Miss Betsy Page.","Family news. The Hesse estate.","Leasing Hesse house to Mr. Van Bibber and the house's burning down. Living in Matthews County.","Deed for property in Gloucester County on Piankatank River.","Arranging insurance for Cocke's barn.","Flour business.","Settlement of account.","Receipt for flour.","Scope and Contents Enclosing Bishop James Madison's draft on Hollins, for his son, Peyton Randolph.","Newspaper.","Agreement that Ashton will be an apprentice miller.","Account sheet.","Agreement to hire Powers as overseer.","Scope and Contents Hessian fly affecting the wheat. His cousin, John Coles, has nervous fever. Asks for money.","Scope and Contents Report on son William A. Cocke in Chemical and Moral classes.","Portfolio subscription. Requests news of Mr. R. H. Atkinson.","Scope and Contents Drought. Acquiring Burnett seeds for Peter Bowdoin of Hungais, Northampton County, Va. and Genl. Nathaniel Carzell of Sussex County, Virginia.","2 receipts for payment on a debt.","Promissory note.","Treatment of a Negro girl.","Scope and Contents Traveling. Family news. Character of Napoleon.","Receipt for interest paid on a bond.","Partitions land and describes how he wishes to be buried.","The E.F. Academy, Eternity and God. Father appointed to Port Gibson.","Illness of Uncle Richard. Family news. Hot Spring resorts.","Promotion. Departure from Camp Bejara. Genl. Cushing coming to visit. Friends in Santa Anna are Bob Hughes, Major Kenly, Dr. Tilghman and Dr. Field.","Love letter. Hopes she rejects the suit of Mr. Nelson.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Preaching at the Poplars and at Mr. Taliaferro's. Dined at Airville.","Scope and Contents Marriage? Witt's injuries.","Account for money paid and received.","Illness, and death of Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow. Their school, composed of Mann Jones, John Dixon, and John and William Fox. Cousin Francis Tomkies is coming to Gloucester.","Family news and weather. Farming.","Minister Cole Hodges and Mr. Rodher. Sending a package for the Judge.","Tobacco shipping. On second sheet, printed list of merchandise and marketing information.","Scope and ContentsCertificate that account of Richard P. Jones, written by William H. Allmand, is correct.","Settlement of a suit. His cruise to Madiera and the Canary Islands.","Requests medical attention for his man Jonah.","Scope and Contents \"Papers connected with the suit of Gov. Thomas of Maryland and his unfortunate wife Sally McDowell.\"A Genl. Jones was counsel for Thomas.","Scope and Contents Illness of his wife and siser Ann. Providence. Mentions Mr. Mann and Dr. P. Lewis.","Sale of property in Highland and Adams counties. Traveling.","Sends supplies. Wheat shipment.","\"Horses bought in Ohio. . .\"","Tobaco sales. \"I hear the distant thunder rumbling in our own beloved country.\" Quoted Virgil on the war in Europe.","\"Sale of Forkes Plantation,\" planned with Rush Floyd.","Scope and Contents Charles Le Baron, Mobile Alabama to Richard P. Jones, Gloucester County, Virginia, brother of Harriet who married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Charles Curtis and their daughter married Thomas L.P. Cocke. Settlement of estate of Mr. George L. Fauntleroy.","Miss Booth. As Dr. Booth had few debts, the sale of a slave should settle the account for his own services.","Sale of tobacco.","Scope and Contents Settlement of estate of Dr. Booth. Money is to be left wtih Mr. Curtis if she is not at Wareham.","Scope and Contents Troubles sent by God, especially the death of Mr. Langhorn. Mr. Jacob C. Sheldon is sick. Family news.","Contract made with R.F. Northern for carrying mail.","Projected celebration at Yorktown. Patriotism. Preservation of the Republic.","Payment on a mortgage assumed from T.L. Phillips.","Form for monthly return of the captain.","Upon Genl. Taliaferro's orders, collected guns in the county. Guns of Col. Hayes and Col. Taylor. Completion of arsenal. Asks for job on Taliaferro's staff.","Family news and agriculture. Formation of a company in Cumberland.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke, writer's brother sent news about obstructing roads and fords. Promotion of officers. Cousin Robert Preston. War maneuvers.","Scope and Contents Movement toward Alexandria. Expects an attack. Thomas L.P. Cocke is needed at home. \"Most officers, as they make more money by their offices than they did by their professions or trades get less credit for patriotism.\" Agriculture.","Fight at Manassas. Cally Heath came down.","Letter. Family news. His description of Battle of Bull Run.","Politics of the artillery company. Behavior of Pendleton. Clothing.","The members of his mess. Food is of fine quality. Family news.","Troop movements. Housing. Family news.","Scope and Contents Troop movements near Winchester and Harrisonburg. Uncle J.T.L. Preston is well.","Flanking McClellan's force. News of his brothers.","Scope and Contents Edmund R. Cocke was well after the recent battle.","Hot weather. Cousin Charles Moncure. Edmund leads a relaxed life.","Scope and Contents Philadelphia press reports movements of Yankee forces inaccurately. Will fall back to Richmond before fighting. Tom L.P. Cocke's company is near Port Royal. Furloughs.","Their man Abner. Troop movements in the rain. Vaccinations. Shoes and clothing. Wheat.","Work on breastworks. Furlough of Dr. Weymouth.","Attempts to get a discharge from a hospital. Getting a substitute.","Scope and Contents Busy in legislature. Horses and mules being vulnerable to Yankee theft. Problems with Negroes. Marital attachment of a Negro couple.","Scope and Contents \"In the event Thomas L.P. Cocke is not sent into the Army\"; from Elizabeth Randolph Cocke, Robert D. 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Trenholm); tells of difficulty in buying supplies with Confederate money since the people have no confidence in the paper currency; no fighting in the valley since the 19th at Cedar Creek.","1864 December 3. John Letcher, Lexington, Virginia, to J. Hierholzer, Richmond, Virginia. Was involved in several habeas corpus cases tried by Judge Brockenbrough; reports news that the Confederate Army will retreat soon to a safer, more secure position near Mount Crawford, and that conditions have greatly improved since the \"Cedar Creek disaster\"; considers General Early a good officer; comments on the \"puzzling\" state of things in Georgia and Tennessee brought about by Hood and Sherman; praises General Lee and his leadership qualities.","1865 May 15. John Letcher, Lexington, Virginia, to J. Hierholzer, Richmond, Virginia. Has had no mail since the evacuation of Richmond, but hopes since the war has ended matters will resume to normal; feels anxiety because he does not know whether or not Virginia will fall under the authority of the new state of West Virginia; wheat crops are being ravaged by \"the fly\"; rye, oats, and grass crops are promising, as well as corn; predicts years of hard labor to restore the country and business.","1865 September 3. John Letcher, Lexington, Virginia, to J. Hierholzer, Richmond, Virginia. 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Also, before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Manuscripts and Rare Books Librarian, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Murphy family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Murphy family"],"persname_ssim":["Murphy, Jonathan G."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Murphy family","Murphy, Jonathan G."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":7,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:41:18.235Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_1013"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Merritt Family Papers, 1780/1909","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9370#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Merritt, William H. 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Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9370#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9370.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Merritt Family Papers","title_ssm":["Merritt Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Merritt Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1780-1909"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1780-1909"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1780/1909"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Merritt Family Papers, 1780/1909"],"text":["Merritt Family Papers, 1780/1909","01/Mss. 39.1 M55","/repositories/2/resources/9370","Brunswick County (Va.)--History--19th century","Vicksburg (Miss.)--History","Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century","Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century","Greensville County (Va.)--History--19th century","Horses--United States--History--19th century","Horses--Virginia","Lawyers--Virginia--Brunswick County","Lawyers--Virginia--Greensville County","Lawyers--Virginia--History","Practice of law--Virginia--History","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","Slavery--Mississippi--History","Slavery--Southern States--History","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--Slavery","Correspondence","Financial records","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.","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. 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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Box and Folder List compiled by Kassia Halcli, SCRC staff, in October 2011.","Letters, chiefly 1862-1865, written by Nathaniel Venable Watkins to his wife Nancy Daniel Watkins. During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.","The collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.","The collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons.","Charles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.","Addition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.","Asks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.","Tells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.","Describes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.","Scope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.","Gives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.","Describes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.","Complains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.","Discusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.","Talks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.","Describes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.","Writes of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.","Acknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.","Describes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.","Gives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.","Gives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.","Scope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.","All are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.","All is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.","Discusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.","Describes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.","Writes that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.","Gives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).","Scope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.","Writes of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.","Describes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.","Describes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.","Dissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).","Writes of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.","Describes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.","Says that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.","Mentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.","Has been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.","Explains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.","Tells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.","Tells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.","Describes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).","Mentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.","Describes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.","Gives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.","Tells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.","States that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.","States that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.","Expresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.","Scope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.","Describes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.","Letter almost completely illegible.","Describes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.","Discusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.","Acknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.","Writes that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.","Writes that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.","Acknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.","Scope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.","Writes regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.","Acknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)","Scope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.","States that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.","States that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.","Writes about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.","Discusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.","Discusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.","Very pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.","Acknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.","Happy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.","Speaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.","Concerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.","Relays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.","Describes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.","Concerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.","Fears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.","Concerning a request for a furlough.","Chances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.","Has sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.","Attempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.","Relays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.","Sees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.","Is very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.","Asks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.","Relays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.","Relays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.","Fears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.","Concerning his activities at home.","Is delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.","Is worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.","Comments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.","Gives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.","Is upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.","Due to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.","Regretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.","Relays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.","Was sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.","Was very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.","Informs him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.","Attempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.","Was shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.","Insists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.","Hopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.","Scope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.","Gives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.","Scope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.","There was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.","Relays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.","Is quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.","Ransom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.","Receives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.","Relays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"","Gives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.","Refers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.","Is continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.","Is frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.","Relays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.","Many railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.","Relays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.","Relays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.","Is worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.","Refers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.","Discusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.","Mentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.","Things are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.","Relays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.","Encourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.","Refers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.","Refers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.","Is spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.","Reports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.","Refers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.","They are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.","Was sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.","Relays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.","Is happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.","Mentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.","Questions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.","Discusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.","Rainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.","Gives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.","Updates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.","Nathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.","Scope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.","Wishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.","Is sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.","Informs Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.","His financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).","Is sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.","Gives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.","Relays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.","Refers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.","Informs him of her father's (?) death.","Responds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"","Scope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.","Refers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.","Wishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.","Relays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.","Often mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.","Encourages him to continue the study of his letters.","Relays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.","Relays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.","Refers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.","Refers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.","Relays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.","Scope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.","Including one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.","Mentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.","Washington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.","Other letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.","Also letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.","To his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.","Includes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).","Also letters from Mildred S. Watkins.","Sarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.","Including letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.","Includes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.","Also letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.","Letter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.","Includes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.","Includes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. Courtenay, Lawrence Smith (Professors at the University of Virginia); and Richard H. Watkins.","Special Collections Research Center","Ballentine family","Daniel family","Read family","Watkins family","Watkins, Nathaniel Venable","Ballantine, Elisha (Rev.)","Daniel, James B.","Read, Charles Lewis, 1794-1869","Sherrill, Nancy Read","Watkins, Richard H.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers, 1846/1889, bulk 1862/1865"],"collection_ssim":["Nathaniel V. 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His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAsks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter almost completely illegible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVery pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a request for a furlough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his activities at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDue to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThings are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThey are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpdates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him of her father's (?) death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOften mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncourages him to continue the study of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWashington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letters from Mildred S. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. Courtenay, Lawrence Smith (Professors at the University of Virginia); and Richard H. 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During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.","The collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.","The collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons.","Charles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.","Addition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.","Asks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.","Tells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.","Describes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.","Scope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.","Gives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.","Describes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.","Complains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.","Discusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.","Talks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.","Describes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.","Writes of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.","Acknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.","Describes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.","Gives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.","Gives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.","Scope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.","All are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.","All is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.","Discusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.","Describes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.","Writes that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.","Gives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).","Scope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.","Writes of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.","Describes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.","Describes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.","Dissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).","Writes of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.","Describes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.","Says that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.","Mentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.","Has been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.","Explains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.","Tells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.","Tells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.","Describes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).","Mentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.","Describes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.","Gives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.","Tells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.","States that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.","States that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.","Expresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.","Scope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.","Describes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.","Letter almost completely illegible.","Describes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.","Discusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.","Acknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.","Writes that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.","Writes that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.","Acknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.","Scope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.","Writes regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.","Acknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)","Scope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.","States that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.","States that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.","Writes about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.","Discusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.","Discusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.","Very pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.","Acknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.","Happy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.","Speaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.","Concerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.","Relays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.","Describes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.","Concerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.","Fears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.","Concerning a request for a furlough.","Chances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.","Has sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.","Attempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.","Relays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.","Sees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.","Is very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.","Asks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.","Relays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.","Relays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.","Fears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.","Concerning his activities at home.","Is delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.","Is worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.","Comments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.","Gives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.","Is upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.","Due to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.","Regretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.","Relays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.","Was sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.","Was very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.","Informs him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.","Attempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.","Was shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.","Insists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.","Hopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.","Scope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.","Gives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.","Scope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.","There was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.","Relays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.","Is quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.","Ransom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.","Receives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.","Relays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"","Gives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.","Refers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.","Is continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.","Is frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.","Relays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.","Many railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.","Relays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.","Relays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.","Is worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.","Refers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.","Discusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.","Mentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.","Things are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.","Relays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.","Encourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.","Refers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.","Refers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.","Is spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.","Reports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.","Refers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.","They are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.","Was sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.","Relays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.","Is happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.","Mentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.","Questions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.","Discusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.","Rainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.","Gives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.","Updates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.","Nathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.","Scope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.","Wishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.","Is sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.","Informs Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.","His financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).","Is sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.","Gives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.","Relays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.","Refers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.","Informs him of her father's (?) death.","Responds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"","Scope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.","Refers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.","Wishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.","Relays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.","Often mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.","Encourages him to continue the study of his letters.","Relays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.","Relays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.","Refers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.","Refers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.","Relays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.","Scope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.","Including one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.","Mentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.","Washington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.","Other letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.","Also letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.","To his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.","Includes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).","Also letters from Mildred S. Watkins.","Sarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.","Including letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.","Includes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.","Also letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.","Letter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.","Includes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.","Includes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. Courtenay, Lawrence Smith (Professors at the University of Virginia); and Richard H. Watkins."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"famname_ssim":["Ballentine family","Daniel family","Read family","Watkins family"],"names_coll_ssim":["Ballentine family","Daniel family","Read family","Watkins family"],"persname_ssim":["Watkins, Nathaniel Venable","Ballantine, Elisha (Rev.)","Daniel, James B.","Read, Charles Lewis, 1794-1869","Sherrill, Nancy Read","Watkins, Richard H."],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Ballentine family","Daniel family","Read family","Watkins family","Watkins, Nathaniel Venable","Ballantine, Elisha (Rev.)","Daniel, James B.","Read, Charles Lewis, 1794-1869","Sherrill, Nancy Read","Watkins, Richard H."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":208,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:46:13.986Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8397","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8397","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8397","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8397","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8397.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Watkins, Nathaniel V. Family Papers","title_ssm":["Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1846-1889","1862-1865"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1846-1889"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["1862-1865"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1846/1889, bulk 1862/1865"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers, 1846/1889, bulk 1862/1865"],"text":["Nathaniel V. Watkins Family Papers, 1846/1889, bulk 1862/1865","Mss. 39.1 W32 and 2008.306","/repositories/2/resources/8397","Virginia","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Cavalry Regiment, 3rd","Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 34th","Granville County (N.C.)--History--19th century","Peninsular Campaign, 1862","Prince Edward County (Va.)--History--19th century","Property tax","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","Slavery--Virginia--19th century","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Correspondence","Receipts (financial records)","Collection is open to all researchers. Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library. 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.","Nathaniel Venable Watkins","Processed by Beth Holmes (1989) and Derek Stepp (1990). Box and Folder List compiled by Kassia Halcli, SCRC staff, in October 2011.","Letters, chiefly 1862-1865, written by Nathaniel Venable Watkins to his wife Nancy Daniel Watkins. During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.","The collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.","The collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons.","Charles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.","Addition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.","Asks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.","Tells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.","Describes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.","Scope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.","Gives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.","Describes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.","Complains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.","Discusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.","Talks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.","Describes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.","Writes of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.","Acknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.","Describes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.","Gives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.","Gives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.","Scope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.","All are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.","All is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.","Discusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.","Describes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.","Writes that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.","Gives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).","Scope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.","Writes of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.","Describes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.","Describes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.","Dissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).","Writes of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.","Describes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.","Says that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.","Mentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.","Has been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.","Explains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.","Tells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.","Tells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.","Describes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).","Mentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.","Describes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.","Gives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.","Tells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.","States that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.","States that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.","Expresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.","Scope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.","Describes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.","Letter almost completely illegible.","Describes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.","Discusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.","Acknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.","Writes that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.","Writes that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.","Acknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.","Scope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.","Writes regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.","Acknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)","Scope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.","States that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.","States that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.","Writes about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.","Discusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.","Discusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.","Very pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.","Acknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.","Happy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.","Speaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.","Concerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.","Relays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.","Describes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.","Concerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.","Fears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.","Concerning a request for a furlough.","Chances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.","Has sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.","Attempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.","Relays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.","Sees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.","Is very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.","Asks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.","Relays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.","Relays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.","Fears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.","Concerning his activities at home.","Is delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.","Is worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.","Comments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.","Gives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.","Is upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.","Due to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.","Regretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.","Relays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.","Was sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.","Was very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.","Informs him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.","Attempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.","Was shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.","Insists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.","Hopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.","Scope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.","Gives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.","Scope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.","There was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.","Relays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.","Is quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.","Ransom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.","Receives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.","Relays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"","Gives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.","Refers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.","Is continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.","Is frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.","Relays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.","Many railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.","Relays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.","Relays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.","Is worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.","Refers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.","Discusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.","Mentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.","Things are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.","Relays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.","Encourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.","Refers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.","Refers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.","Is spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.","Reports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.","Refers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.","They are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.","Was sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.","Relays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.","Is happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.","Mentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.","Questions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.","Discusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.","Rainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.","Gives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.","Updates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.","Nathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.","Scope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.","Wishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.","Is sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.","Informs Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.","His financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).","Is sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.","Gives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.","Relays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.","Refers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.","Informs him of her father's (?) death.","Responds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"","Scope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.","Refers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.","Wishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.","Relays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.","Often mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.","Encourages him to continue the study of his letters.","Relays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.","Relays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.","Refers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.","Refers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.","Relays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.","Scope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.","Including one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.","Mentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.","Washington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.","Other letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.","Also letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.","To his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.","Includes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).","Also letters from Mildred S. Watkins.","Sarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.","Including letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.","Includes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.","Also letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.","Letter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.","Includes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.","Includes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. 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His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAsks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAll is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter almost completely illegible.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVery pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAcknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHappy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning a request for a furlough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eConcerning his activities at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDue to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInsists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRansom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThings are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThey are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWas sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eQuestions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpdates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms him of her father's (?) death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOften mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEncourages him to continue the study of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRelays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWashington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTo his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letters from Mildred S. Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluding letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlso letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. Courtenay, Lawrence Smith (Professors at the University of Virginia); and Richard H. 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During the Civil War, Watkins served with Co. H, 4th Virginia Heavy Artillery, which became part of the 34th Virginia Infantry Regiment. Watkins appeared to have saw little combat, spending much of his time in defensive positions guarding artillery batteries. His unit was stationed at Gloucester Point (during the Peninsular Campaign), near Richmond (Chaffin's Bluff) and near Petersburg. His letters concern camp life, religion among the soldiers, his work as a clerk for courts-martial; and he gave directions to his wife concerning the management of their farm in Granville, North Carolina.","The collection also includes correspondence of other members of the Watkins family of Prince Edward County, Virginia and of the Daniel family of Granville County, North Carolina. Some letters concern and are written by Richard H. Watkins who served in the Prince Edward Dragoons, 3rd Virginia Cavalry and who was a farmer in Prince Edward County, Virginia during Reconstruction.","The collection includes letters concerning slavery before and during the Civil War as well as letters written from formerly enslaved persons.","Charles Lewis Read is the father of Jane Eliza Read who married James B. Daniel. Their daughter, Nancy Venable Daniel, married Nathaniel Venable Watkins. Betsey Anne Ballentine was the sister of Nathaniel Venable Watkins.","Addition 2008.308 contains material for the Read, Daniel, Ballentine and Watkins families. The donor organized the papers and this order has been maintained.","Asks cousin if he will act as agent for their joint property in Virginia; encloses ten dollars for taxes on this property; tells of wave of immigration to California and Oregon; inquires about prices of negro boys and girls in Virginia; states the price in Missouri; and says this it is too high there.","Tells of his arrival at the University, his course load and his lodgings, including his roommate, Mr. Tallaferro (?) of Tidewater; relates his impressions of the University and surrounding area; asks that his family write to him.","Describes, rather disparingly, Christmas season in Prince Edward Court House; gives various items of family news; encourages Nathaniel to perservere in his studies at the University of Virginia; explains that Nathaniel has better future prospects than he does.","Scope and Contents Tells of trains being occupied with troops heading toward Petersburg and for the Peninsula, therefore he may not be able to travel toward Petersburg or Richmond; reports rumor of fighting near Newport News, but states that no one known anything; hopes that God will bless his wife and children in this trial. Including letter from Nathaniel V. Watkins, Richmond, Virginia, to Nannie V. Watkins, Townesville, North Carolina, Sunday evening, including news of travel to Richmond and descriptions of his acquaintances. Note: Addressed in error to Townesville, Virginia.","Gives description of his surroundings and plan for improving camp; talks of possibility of fighting soon on the Peninsula, Yorktown and of reinforcement of Fort Magruder; talks of the food available; describes the officers of his company; requests some items.","Describes his activities, such as standing duty; talks of prayer meetings which are held in the tent of the Orderly Sergeant; states that most of the Officers are pious; writes of potential fighting on Peninsula; requests that his wife and children write him more often.","Complains that he has received no mail in a couple of weeks even though others receive it; talks of the fighting on the Peninsula and their role across the river in detail; mentions his feeling of indifference before battle; tells Nannie not to be alarmed by news in papers, but only to rely on word of those in his company; mentions his deep desire to see her and the children.","Discusses possibility that the mail is responsible for his lack of letters; exhorts Nannie not to believe rumors in papers; states that troop morale is good and reinforcements come; mentions that all ladies have been banned from their lines and that most men are well; hopes that all is well at home; tells Nannie how important she is to him.","Talks mostly about how much he misses Nannie; mentions possibility of fighting in Gloucester Point; states that all men are well except Johny Booker (?) who is being sent to Richmond.","Describes in great detail activities and fighting on the Peninsula; mentions the Yankees' use of hot air balloon and sighting of two war steamers. Including, April 13, 1862, acknowledges letter from Nannie, narrates Sunday's activities including preaching, Bible study and prayer meetings; tells Nannie to have her father take control of their farm; asks negroes at home and sends his love; mentions General Joseph E. Johnston, the Peninsula fighting and alledged Confederate victories in the West.","Writes of his activities at home; asks father to visit him, says he is a good boy; illustrates letter with two small pictures.","Acknowledges receiving his letters; asks for another letters soon; writes of visiting a sick friend; narrates several items of family news.","Describes his surroundings, the big (York) river and ships on the river; (does not mention the Peninsular campaign or his activities therein); asks Charley to watch out for his little sister, continue to learn, and to mind his ma and grandma. Illustrates bottom of letter with picture of a horse.","Gives many details of everyday life; mentions that her mother is unwell; describes activities of two brothers also fighting in war; mentions a friend who might be converted.","Gives detail of his activities over the past few days; mentions enemy shelling of Confederate troops on Peninsula on Sunday evening perhaps to lower morale; tells of exchange of fire with enemy steamers; discusses increase in his relgious feelings due to his current situation. Including, April 16, 1862, acknowledges receiving Nannie's letter; thanks her for expressing her support of him and of his cause; asks about things at home on their farm; sends his love to the negroes; expresses feeling that he will be home in six months.","Scope and Contents Asks Nannie to excuse the manner in which he writes as he is often interrupted by boys talking to him; acknowledges receiving her letter; tells of great joy in camp because almost everyone received mail; states that mail is an incredible morale booster; asks Nannie to have her and her childrens' photograph taken for him; mentions that Gloucester Point was quiet, but that there was heavy fighting on the Peninsula; reports figures of those killed and wounded on both sides; says that Colonel McKinney of the 5th North Carolina (?) regiment killed in the fight; reports that their fortifications are twice as strong as when he arrived three weeks ago; mentions his view of Yorktown, York River and the Yankee Fleet; gives entire menu of the day's meals in detail. Including April 19, 1862, mentions large amount of reinforcements arriving from the Army of the Potomac and that General Ambrose Powell or Daniel Harvey (?) Hill is in Yorktown; tells of arrival of another first rate married man in his company; relates camp stories; says that all men are well and that he would be enjoying camp life like the others if he had not left so much behind.","All are well in camp except Daniel Booker who has the mumps; yesterday was a gloomy day for him, but that generally he feels as content and happy as others in the camp; asks for a bottle of ink and an ink stand; says that there is no news of interest because they do not know what is happening on the Peninsula; reports that he receives his Christian Observer regularly and enjoys it as it looks like home; describes a visit in Richmond as the cost of several purchases made there; comments on the cruelty of this war; asks for news of his children and negroes; explains decrease in their rations due to increase in army.","All is quiet both in his camp and on the Peninsula; notes seeing many transports carrying Yankee soldiers on the river; asks for more news and details from home; mentions his lack of trust in newspaper reports; complains of constant noise, bustle and confusion; asks for more news from home; inquires about his negroes and exhorts them to keep everything straight; writes that he is sorry he didn't see them before he left; describes being shelled by Yankee steamers; mentions increase in religiousness of a friend.","Discusses religious activities, such as Bible study and sermons, and mentions that several men have made confessions of faith; gives advice to Nannie on how to handle their separation, educate the children and states that they should be thankful for their fate which could be worse; states that Peninsula is still quiet, but that fighting must take place soon; the men are confident; says that Confederate lines are more strongly fortified than at Manassas and Centreville; army numbers eighty to a hundred thousand and is armed with enough amunition, cannons and artillery; mentions possibility of iron-clads; gives names of commaders-- General Joseph E. Johnston commands Army, General Hill the left wing resting on the York River, General James Longstreet the center, and General John Bankhead Magruder the right wing resting on the James River. Including letter dated April 28, 1862, exhorts Nannie to write longer letters and more frequently; gives detailed instructions for cultivation of his farm.","Describes negative, poor morale of men after they heard news of New Orleans defeat; expresses disappointment at increasing amount of profanity among men and that this will not help their cause with God; tells of his visit to Yorktown and Captain Baskerville; states that men in Yorktown are in good spirits, but more exposed to the weather; writes of several religious activities; comments on the beliefs of his officers. Including letter, April 30, 1862, mentions that he could see the enemy when he visited York; states that tomorrow he will have been in the service for one month.","Writes that they were issued muskets for a forced march; reports that they began the march, but turned back and now remain in camp; does not know reason for march; assures her he will be fine.","Gives details of their march from Gloucester Point; describes hospitality of people of King and Queen County as they passed through; says he does not know reason for leaving the Point; tells of several deserters; gives his love to his family and says they should all be grateful (incomplete).","Scope and Contents Now in the Army of the Peninsula, the Grand Army; describes various activities such as listening to sermons, visiting acquaintances in surrounding camps, bathing, and drilling; says his company has been divided into two-- one half, including our boys, to be left artillery, the other armed with muskets; mentions 18th Virginia Company and 23rd North Carolina Company; describes sight of six or seven thousand men on drill; reports that they are having an easier time in Light Artillery than the infantry have; knows nothing about whereabouts of army.","Writes of news received for Peninsula campaign including names of those wounded in their community; gives much family news regarding illnesses, gardens, etc.","Describes a miserable march and the manning of his gun; says that men stood the march well; says if he is made infantry he will attempt to transfer to another company; doesn't see how this force of eight or ten thousand can he whipped by any force. Including letter, April 18, 1862, gives instructions of where to write him; expresses concern for those at home due to outbreak of fever.","Describes the situation in the camp; says that he and the men are well; states that he cannot visit Richmond as he must be accompanied by an officer and have a pass signed by his captain and by General Hill and General Robert Emmett Rodes and this is almost impossible; gives two reasons for officers wanting to keep men in camp-- impending battle and to keep men away from liquor in Richmond; states his desire and work to transfer to another regiment to be in artillery.","Dissatisfied with his regiment because it is now infantry and because of selfishness at their captain; mentions also that he feels superior and better qualified than many of his officers; states that his friend Doc is at home on a 20 day furlough because of his dysentery (incomplete).","Writes of his homesickness and concern that he loves her and his family too much, and that he would trade all the glories won in all battles for an hour at home with his wife and children; mentions health precautions of drying his feet well; writes again of his transfer attempts; says that he and most of the men have been suffering from diarrhea.","Describes in much detail, the daily activities of camp for the past three days; mentions a failed attempt to join an artillery unit. Including letter, May 28, 1862, gives instructions for care of farm; requests more news from home, tells of busyness of camp. Enclosure: Two newspaper clippings from the Central Presbyterian.","Says that he is in Richmond due to a pain caused by passage of gravel from the kidneys to the bladder, a routine and not serious problem among men in the army; mentions a skirmish near the Chickahominy River where the Yankees were whipped; says they have been getting enough to eat despite rumours to the contrary; says morale is good; they are confident of holding Richmond; the tide of victory has turned in their favor and war will be over in a short time; thanks God for protecting his health and family; relates story of a fight where thankfully his company was spared. Including letter, June 2, 1862.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of May 26 which encouraged him greatly; discusses his dislike of infantry service and desire to obtain a substitute; mentions that he has recovered from last week's illness; gives brief account of fighting on May 31 and June 1, Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), although his party escaped involvement; gives more instructions of management of his farm. Including letter, June 5, 1862, requests new pair of shoes and blacking. Including letter, June 6, 1862, requests chewing tobacco and a blanket; tells of his stay in Richmond.","Mentions comfortableness of present camp compared to some others; describes in more detail the Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks) on May 31 and June 1; notes location of enemy (Union troops); comments on what they gained-- 200 prisoners, a commissary, tents and some artillery; describes prisoners, says that they are not better educated and certainly not more moral than southerners; tells of eating oranges and drinking good coffee obtained from the enemy; mentions death of a man in his mess from having his leg amputated; says that he is very thankful that he was spared from battle; thanks wife and family for all their prayers.","Has been transferred to Captain Bagby's company, Colonel Thomas Goode's Regiment Wises' Brigade; says he is now satisfied to be infantry because it is needed more and is happy to be out of the Chickahamoniy swamps; mentions that brother Dick's regiment is camped nearby and they have been able to see each other.","Explains family's nighttime prayers for his (NVM) safety; gives news of family members; describes her activities at their farm and general farming conditions; mentions a man from Clarksville who was visiting and buying provisions for the government.","Tells of much sickness in camp which he had luckily escaped; mentions improvements of new location, especially availability of good food; discusses the fact that his regiment probably won't fight soon due to their weakened condition and lack of training in infantry; expresses thankfulness again that his company was spared involvement in the recent battle in which there was much loss of life; acknowledges receipt of wife's letter and praises her support; sends his love to his family.","Tells of Doc's visit from Richmond, and thanks Nannie for the clothes and supplies she sent; repeats that it is impossible for him to get a furlough unless he becomes sick or obtains a substitute; gives a new address for his mail; exhorts her to write as often as possible, and to have faith that God's will will be done and will be good; acknowledges receipt of her letter and is sorry to hear that the negroes are sick with dysentery; gives instructions on the running of the farm; describes the helpfulness and attentiveness of woman and young girls with the sick in Richmond.","Describes in detail the health or sickness of various family members and friends; gives an acount of a recent battle (Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)) which appeared in a letter from brother Dick (Richard W. Watkins).","Mentions that they have moved their camp a mile or so and are now on the James River; says that he likes his officers except for their profanity and that his new captain was generous in granting Johnny Booker a discharge and Abe suck leave; requests that she send Mr. Hayson some food to repay him for his kindness; mentions officers again and gives an unfavorable report, but does say that they are pious and allow the men religious freedom; states that things are run more efficiently with better food and medical care now that they have been fully reorganized; says that discipline is strict and duties light; feels that he is managing in the army better than he expected to; gives more instructions for the care of the farm.","Describes a night reconnaissance maneuver to observe the enemies activity on the river (James); says that he enjoyed the experience and getting out of camp; tells of dream he had while sleeping out in the clover which reminded him of home; asks Nannie to write him; inquires after the activities and work on his farm; gives instructions for work to be done on the farm; writes that he is well and describes condition, illnesses and wounds of others; wishes he could be at home; discusses possibility that sickness in camp is a result of lack of vegetables in their diet; tells of eating half-ripe cherries for which he would have shipped his negroes.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter for which he had been waiting for a long time; expresses concern for her health; exhorts her not to conceal her problems from him; mentions that he would prefer it if she would live at the farm if she is not too lonely as it would be better for the negores; expresses his growing disgust with army life, the injustices and officers failing in their duties to their men; says he is lucky to be removed from the main body of the army because he is able to get plenty of butter, chicken; gives prices of several food items; says he doesn't understand why there is so little fighting, while men wait ready and die of exposure; describes building of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; gives detailed instructions for the running of the farm; sends his love. Includes a postscript from June 27 with news of a friend.","Gives more news from camp; acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; sends his love to his family and negroes. Letter is virtually illegible; ink is extremely light.","Tells that his regiment avoided a great battle yesterday which occured 2-3 miles down the James River (one of Seven Days' Battles-- on June 30 June McClennon inflicted heavy losses on the Confederates while withdrawing across the Chickahominy River to a new base at Harrison's Landing on the James) because they were on pickett duty; mentions that there has been heavy fighting for the past week; hopes that they are demoralizing McClellan's army and that this will end the bloodshed; notes that he takes meals with overseer's family when he comes out on pickett; thanks God that he was spared; exhorts Nannie to have faith that all will be well; sends his love; gives news of some comrades.","States that he has returned to camp and received her letter; details the battle which raged from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with a short intermission; notes that there is no definite word on the result, but he does not think they gained much; hopes that they will meet again soon.","States that enemy has been driven back and demoralized; says that losses have been estimated at not less than 10,000; writes that his regiment has not participated in any of the battles; describes a feeling of pain he has due to his separation from his family; wishes the North would realize the impossibility of conquering the South; describes strength of the position of fortifications at Chaffin's Bluff; requests news from home about their reaction to the battles and about the farm and family.","Expresses his weariness with the war and his desire to return home; states that he thought that furloughs would be possible after the battle (Seven Days' Battles) because McClellan's forces should no longer pose a threat; adds that McClellan's forces were not as devastated as he had first thought; discusses the slow mail service; writes that there were no religious services this Sunday; adds that there have been services off and on in the past, but nothing regular since they left Gloucester Point; states that there is a ditching party working this Sunday, but fortunately he has never been asked to work on the Sabbath; laments that they have been without a regular chaplain; feels that this would aid the men immeasureably; sees the army as a great missionary field; requests a pair of shoes and a box of blacking; sends his love.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of June 19; notes that the difficulty with the mail must be near her; states how thankful and uplifted he was to receive such an ecouraging letter full of news from home; gives thanks that he and their friends have been spared from the battle and sickness; requests that Nannie answer his former questions about the farm; gives detailed instructions on things to be done on the farm; writes that they are now moving one mile to a nicer campsite; believes that McClellan's forces are stronger than the papers admit, but demoralized; tells how he and Doc (his friend) often exchange letters and talk about their wives which keeps their spirits up; sends love to family and friends.","Acknowledges receipt of her letter of July 3; thanks her for answering his questions; requests that she answer his remaining questions; writes that it is impossible for him to get a furlough at present because there are many sick in his company and regiment; states that eight men died in the last nine days; adds that most of their men have been absent from home much longer than he has; asks her to kiss the children for him.","Scope and Contents Discusses his application to Colonel Goode, through his Lieutenant for a furlough; states why it was denied; mentions that he will not despair yet; mentions that he is in very good health and that the new cause of sickness is fever; states that since he cannot come home she must bring the children to Richmond to see him; mentions that they do receive visitors at the camp. Including letter, July 13, 1862, writes of his Sunday spent on watch in the country; laments that he is cut off from all religious priviledges; thanks Nannie for sending so much news of home; hopes that their time will come soon to see each other. Enclosure: July 7, 1862. Pattie Watkins, at Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward County, Virginia, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Details the sickness, care and death of their niece Mildred from diptherla; writes how much good it does both her and their mother to receive his letters; gives news of sickness, wounding and death of neighbors and friends.","Describes his conversation with Colonel Goode and aborted trip to Richmond in search of a furlough; writes that he has asked Mrs. Howlson to ask the Secretary of War about his case; mentions that after denying his furlough, Colonel Goode made a visit to Mecklenburg; believes that McClellan will make one more effort to take Richmond before giving up, either from the James RIver or from Fredricksburg, or attempt to cut off Petersburg; describes everyday camp life; feels that is a splendid gymnasium for young men and invalids. Includes letter, July 17, 1862, mentions another death from sickness; requests that his son, Charley, write to him; gives some instructions for the farm.","Letter almost completely illegible.","Describes another attempt to attain a furlough; requests that his wife look into finding a substitute for him as others have them; says he would be able to bear army life better if he could get home for a week every five months or so; tells of his activities in camp; states that the war in Virginia is quiet at this time.","Discusses his latest attempt to gain a furlough which was unsuccessful; again asks Nannie to seek a substitute for him and also ask her father's advice on the subject; complains about being kept in camp when they are doing so little, only drilling and ditching; states that they have meat about once a week, otherwise they mostly eat bread. Including letter, July 26, 1862, telling of the hot weather; states that the Yankees must be suffering more from it; writes that General Wise would not let them ditch during the worst of it. Letter is unfinished.","Acknowledges receipt of three letters from Nannie in six days; thanks her and reminds her how much they encourage and help him; tells of the captain's brother who has been spending a great deal of time at their camp both preaching and handing out tracks (tracts); describes the rotation of guard duty; writes of attempts to start a Bible study and prayers at night in the tents, but adds that there are too many interruptions to make this possible; describes Sunday's dinner. 3 pp. AL. Including ALS, [July 28, 1862], adding that he would give anything to see his family, but that a furlough, even if a substitute is provided, is out of the question at present; writes that he likes the idea of Nannie coming to Richmond and bringing the children, as he might be able to meet her there for a day.","Writes that her letters bring him much joy and that his happiness depends on her; adds that he would love to see Minnie (his daughter) as she learns to walk and talk; states thay he would still rather see his wife than anyone else. Including letter, July 30, 1862, discussing his lack of ability to concentrate due to the crowds of men who often engage in profane talk even though he is in one of the most moral companies; describes being interrupted by the field artillery Wise's Brigade which were practicing nearby; tells her about artillery and how the guns work; adds that he is glad she is not home alone.","Writes that he keeps all her letters and often re-reads them when he doesn't get new ones; describes the say as rainy; adds that his tent is often crowded and he is growing to hate crowds; discuss the arrival of some good food; asks Nannie to send him a box of fruit and vegetables from home to Richmond through a friend there; tells the prices of food stuffs which he feels are high; notes that due to presence of a large army in the area it is difficult to obtain food stuffs; Instructs Nannie on what to do with his flock of sheep on their farm. Including letter, August 1, 1862, reporting that he was awakened the previous evening by gunfire down the river and sending his love to his family.","Acknowledges receipt of Nannie's letter and is glad because she thought that perhaps Nannie or Nathaniel were sick; discusses sickness of their brother, Dicks, also a soldier and illnesses of friends, neighbors, and relatives; describes their new Methodist preacher; states that she likes their refugees very much; discusses crops; sends her love.","Scope and Contents Relates his growing disatisfaction with life as a soldier, the profanity around him and their idleness during the day; writes that he feels like a dying man who must fight in order to keep from smothering. Including letter, August 4, 1862, mentions again the captain's brother who has his headquarters at their camps and distributes tracks to soldiers; again asks Nannie to send him a box with fresh food which is not available in camp; hopes that Aunt Mary will do as his wife has done and entrust the care of \"her boysamp; to the heavenly Father; writes about the Sunday sermon; wishes she could have heard it; asks Nannie to encourage preacher to divide time between their camp and another; says that it would do the men good because although most of the privates and some officers are Christians, the regimental officers are profane and godless men; sends his love.","Writes regarding the condition of Henry who is sick; feels that he should stay in camp until he is well enough to travel; gives news of Daniel Booker who is on sick leave from the regiment; states that his is recovering nicely; discusses the prices and condition of crops in the area; mentions his visit to Nancy (Nathaniel's wife) and children; gives his regards to Dock and Sam.","Acknowledges receipt of several letters; writes that he is on picket to stop soldiers from stealing fowl; describes activities of regiment; likes peacefulness of forest; wishes Nannie could be with him; discusses again whether it is right to get a substitute; says he does not regret joining the Army and that every man should do his part; states that he is happy with his company; desires only to do his duty and then come home not to win military fame; writes of his new found love and appreciation for his wife; wishes he could be with her. Including letter, August 8, 1862, describing Boulware's farm. (Incomplete.)","Scope and Contents Notes that they have been living better due to some reinforcements from King and Queen County; discusses Nannie's moving to live with her father. Including letter, August 10, 1862, discussing the receipt and distribution of the boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables which Nannie had sent; mentions the Sunday sermon; speaks of a rumor he'd heard that said he had been discharged from the Army. Including letter, Nathaniel V. Watkins, at Camp Chafin's Farm, to his son Charley Watkins, August 9, 1862, describing his life around camp and asking Charley to be a good boy and learn to read and write.","States that he will only be able write short notes for a few weeks as he will be occupied as recorder for court marshall proceedings with General Evans as president of the court; writes that here had been considerable movements of troops in all directions, but he has not yet heard what it means; describes the passing through of about 140 Yankee officers on their way to be exchanged; sends his love.","States that she thought he had been sick or transferred to Jackson; writes that she is relieved he has not been; states her gratfefulness for his letters which are so full of love and encouragement; gives news from home, especially of children's activities; mentions that she will attempt to persuade Mr. Hines to go to her husband's camp as a regular preacher; agrees that the Army is a good opportunity to do good; says that the negroes would like to have been at the sermon and meeting he mentioned in his last letter; states that she is happy that he is where he is; believes it is Providence and that all is in God's hands.","Writes about how it seems that everyone has gotten home except he; feels that this separation has caused them to recognize and appreciate their love; states that the court marshall is not keeping him as busy as he had anticipated; mentions possibility of Nannie meeting him in Richmond. Including letter, August 15, 1862, describing a good dinner he had the evening before; requesting Nannie to send stewed tomatoes; adding that his regiment is the only one to be doing detached work, the others have all been sent to Jackson; writes that the enemy soldiers are of the lowest classes and that they cannot possibly know the devastation of war which has all been fought on southern soil; wishes for peace now; inquires about his crops.","Discusses court marshall cases which are keeping him busy; writes of box full of food which sis[ter] Sue sent; believes that his battalion is being kept by the river for defensive purposes; writes that their separation is becoming harder to bear, notes that he has not been home because he has been blessed with health; believes that they will remain stationary for at least a month otherwise all the court marshalls would not be being held.","Discusses the progression of the war; mentions that a North Carolina Brigade (Martin's) is on opposite side of the river; feels that Yankees are waiting for reinforcements before they strike; notes that their numbers are increasing too, but he is not sure where they are coming from; says that he has been feeling a but sick, but it is nothing serious; requests some items he will be needing for the winter; company is again feeling up to par; wishes he could be home for the coming winter.","Very pleased to have acquired a new tent, which sleeps four comfortably; remarks how well a soldier sleeps; acknowledges receiving her letter of August 14, 1862; this is a lonesome and empty year for him; Doc (?) has been offered the appointment to Lt. General of the 25th North Carolina regiment, but has not accepted yet; rest of army has moved to other side of river, and their regiment is the last remaining area; Yankee troops have given up the fight for Richmond from below; McClellan has moved his base; says that he is feeling much better since he wrote last; acknowledges receiving letters from Daniel (?) and Mr. Booker (?), who speak of despair in the country; does not yet know when a furlough will be offered to him, but he receives one day in winter; remembers fondly days of abusing the Yankees; sends his love.","Acknowledges receiving her letter of August 27, 1862; glad to have heard from Martha (?); Doc (?) did accept his newly assigned post and is now in Richmond; begs his wife to tell him if troubles arise at home; concerned with their runaway slave Tommy; gives some suggestions for the upcoming harvest; her Pa (?) might consider getting more help, because the negroes \"for their own sakes\" should not be left alone; has received a two day pass and will be going to Richmond to get away from camp; wishes he could break the blockade and go home; asks if his wife and children might come to Richmond; thinks it would be best to sell crops for cash to the neighbors; no war news to report; sends his love.","Happy to hear he has received the box of vegetables so soon; their borther Dick visited but was not looking well; Dick did get several new recruits among the prisoners; illness has struck hard amny of their friends and cousins, but their neighborhood and immediate family are fairing well; have had some severe rains which have damaged Mr. Redd's (?) tobacco crop, but the corn crop is excellent; fruit is scarce, partly due to a drought; Horace Booker (?) was involved in the Battle of Cedar River, and took General Prince.","Speaks of the children Charley and Minnie and how they are handling the situation; fears Minnie may forget him; hopes the war does not continue though Lincoln's administration as some tell her; she misses him and sends her love. Including letter from Charley Watkins, to his father, Nathaniel V. Watkins, is having a good time at his grandpa's but misses his father.","Concerned with certain aspects of the war; relays news of family and friends; gives details of crop situations.","Relays news and health of family and friends; news of the battles of Manassas and Warrenton Springs have reached the family; gives details of crop situations.","Describes his camp life and the wildlife surrounding the camp.","Concerned with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail service are arising; advises his wife on farm matters and especially on crops of tobacco and wheat; problems concerning his slaves and their runaway slave Tommy are mentioned; also discusses using negroes in camp; describes his abundance of free time in camp; his court work continues; descriptions of the camp, camp members, and surrounding area are made; camp provisions are discussed, such as various clothing and food stuffs; many religous functions are taking place in the camp; mentions battles and fighting around Williamsburg, Manassas, Harper's Ferry, and Washington; mentions uprisings in both Kentucky and Missouri; prisoner exchanges are taking place; believes peace is coming soon.","Fears spread of diptheria, scarlet fever, and measles; conveys news of family and friends; news that corn and tobacco crops are doing well; detailed descriptions of making cloth and dyeing are given.","Concerning a request for a furlough.","Chances for a furlough are becoming slim; sickness, namely remittent fever has hit the camp as well as himself; camp life such as new housing, company provisions, and numbers of news arrivals is discussed; mentions that provisions such as warm clothing are needed from home; concerned with the sale of his slave Tommy; news of the war is increasingly discouraging; details of a new exemption bill are discussed; resuming his work with the court; advises his wife on crops of tobacco and wheat as well as their orchard of apples and peaches; pros and cons of using a substitue are given.","Has sent him the provisions he requested; suggests he should transfer to the Prince Edward cavalry, under the command of General J. E. S. Stewart (Stuart); relays family news.","Attempts boosting his morale and advises him on his problems with getting a furlough; fears that the Yankees will attempt cutting off Richmond from the rest of the South; suggests he not purchase any more slaves and instead should invest in land which is more valuable; slaves as a property are uncertain; relays family news, health of negroes and children.","Relays family news; mentions Brother Dick's opinion of General \"J. E. B.\" Stewart (Stuart) and his raids into Pennsylvania; sickness is hitting friends and family hard; there is a spirit of marrying about; prices for tobacco are high; there is a real need for salt.","Sees no signs of war ending any time soon, and in fact, the North seems even more united; news concerning his negroes is discussed in detail; obtaining a substitute does not look possible at the present time; their new housing has been completed; they are starting up a literacy club to pass time; the weather is getting worse; discusses his limited company duties; describes the court in which he works, speaks of slave use in camp and at the court; relays news of friends in his company; religious events which occur in camp are explained; has been quite depressed; glad to hear of his wife's growing independence; worried about hs mounting debt; gives farm advice; asks for certain provisions from home; frustrated with his continued denial of a furlough; troubles with the mail continue; tells of the blockading of the James River by using both \"sharp-shooters\" and submarine batteries; discusses the extensive ditches and breastworks surrounding Richmond; wishes to sell 300-350 of his 1200 acres; there is no news concerning military battles; mentions the Charlotte cavalry.","Is very concerned with the fact that his wife has been ill; seeks his wife's advice in many matters; while there is an abundance of clothing, the scarcity of shoes is an extreme problem; unless he receives a furlough, is determined to leave the service; continued improvments in camp are carried out; is quite critical of certain commanders; describes religious activites in camp; relays news of his tobacco crop and its going rate; still eager to sell some of his land and pay off his debt; gives details concerning their literary club; discusses, in detail, their execution of firing drills; mentions the Seven Pines; is coping with the bad weather rather well, unlike the negroes in camp; complains about provisions of beef, pork, and lack of butter and sugar; postage is getting high; frequent resignations of generals are taking place; Pickett's division is moving from Richmond to Charleston, South Carolina; signs of peace are becoming more apparent; there are wide-spread rumors of disaffection in the Northwest; gives advice concerning farm and crop trip are given; refers to his stopping at the Wolf Trap depot; (?) in his part of the army; refers to the Southern Literacy Messenger and claims it is a very good paper; Yankees have crossed at Fredricksburg, Virginia and there is a threatened advance being made by Burnside [?]; troops in Richmond and Petersburg are being moved to aid Gen[eral] Lee; there is also action taking place on the James River.","Asks advice on certain family matters; relays family news; dyptheria is becoming quite common among children; tells of troubles with certain negroes as well as the use of negroes in fortifying Weldon; relays facts of a neighbor's will, including provisions for his children and negroes.","Relays news of brother Dick and his fellow soldiers running the blockade for cheaper provisions; updates her on family news; both the weather and roads are poor; refers to the Prince Edward cavalry and the Lee Guards; the weather is contributing to an increase in poor health.","Relays news of their mother's illness as well as other family matters; the poor weather is contributing to an increase in illnesses; refers to the Prince Edward troop and Lee Guards.","Fears his children will forget him; writes of the camp surroundings and the \"big guns;\" wishes his son to learn his letters; has sketched a rough picture of a sickly dog they named Yankee.","Concerning his activities at home.","Is delighted to hear that his wife's health is improving; his chances for a furlough are increasing with the new lottery system; gives details of their shrinking Bible classes and prayer meetings in camp; artillery work is being done around camp; the weather continues to cause problems, especially to their new housing; gives details of the camp's winter provisions; relays stories of his times on guard duty; the size of their company continues to grow; comments on the lack of gentleman remaining in the camp; makes other judgements of camp companies; there is little going on, in and around camp; the mood in camp seems to be low; his health is generally good; gives advice to his wife concerning the next season's crops as well as possible land sale; is attempting to acquire a little negro to care for his wife while she is recovering; their daughter Minnie has also apparently been ill; recommends his wife acquire the Southern Literacy; is unhappy to learn that some of his negroes have been drafted to work on fortifying Weldon; a land dispute has erupted at home which he believes his wife can handle; Southern women will have to accept more responsibility when the war is over; prospects for peace are brightening, possibly by late spring or summer; it is believed also that Lee's army is in better health and spirits than it has ever been; there is a good deal of movement occurring with the Confederate troops; gives details of numerous army and especially naval victories for the South; the union army is rumored to lose 300,000 men by May 1, due to the end of their terms; there is also unrest growing in the northwest and Kentucky, due in part to the raising of black troops; the enemy has also given up on the idea of taking Richmond by way of Fredricksburg. 8 items, ALsS; 2 items, ALs.","Is worried about the late snow, which is proving harmful to their livestock and planting; whooping cough is running rampant among the negores; and they are beginning to get ill as well; relays family news; understands brother Nathaniel V. Watkins has bought a furlough; gives account of brother Dick's (?) charge of a regiment of Yankees; has heard news of friends in the north; refers to the gratifying tobacco prices in the region.","Comments on making it through the extremely harsh and wet winter, which has put off planting; understands he has received a furlough; they are having problems with the spread of whooping cough.","Gives a detailed account of brother Dick and his brigade's attack on a Yankee party; this attack was under the command of a General Fitz Lee; refers to a battle at Kelly's Ford, where the Confederate troops did not fare so well; relays news of family and friends, including those who have been wounded and killed; refers to charges made by the Prince Edward Cavalry, and the reactions made by General Jeb Stuart; the family is suffering with colds and the whooping cough; the children, especially the negro children, are suffering the greatest.","Is upset that he has not received a letter from her as of late; fears the problem lies with the postal service; bustle and confusion are present in his quarters; changes with leadership are occurring in camp; the Confederate army is in desperate need of naval officers; has been in the service for a year now and is growing quite tired of army life; desperately wishes war would end; relays news of certain camp members; gives details of recently received packages from Richmond; receives a furlough for the 16th of March; health continues to be well; states that recruiting is a suitable way for officers to receive long furloughs; there are few men left to recruit, due to the new Conscript Act; weather improves but then grows worse again; no fighting is expected in the area; there is a growing tiredness of war, yet pride keeps the soldiers loyal; relays details of his return to camp; have been given permission to cultivate their own gardens; his faith in God is growing stonger; asks for provisions from home; as well as news concerning his farm; is growing quite worried over the spread of diptheria among children; provisions in camp are becoming scarce; gives his wife some farm advice.","Due to the weather, the camp, especially the roads, need work; has cut down on his chewing of tobacco at his wife's request; provisions in camp continue to worsen; he refuses to eat any of the meat supplied to the camp; due to the weather and condition of the roads, there is little movement among the armies; have kept the enemy in check during the winter; the cases of diptheria have begun to lessen, and he hopes his family is doing well; planting in the surrounding area has begun.","Regretfully informs him of the death of their son Charley R. Watkins.","Relays news of health of family and friends; is concerned about Nannie V. Watkins and her health; the children there are finally getting over the whooping cough, but now suffer with cases of chicken pox and scarlet fever; the planting of their crops has begun; gives details of a cavalry unit from South Carolina which was stationed near their home; speaks, in detail, of a southern sympathizer in Baltimore.","Was sorry to learn of the death of his son Charley R. Watkins, but is happy to hear that his daughter Minnie H. Watkins was feeling better; gives details of how Nannie V. Watkins is reacting to Charley's death; is grateful that God has spared his own family.","Was very sorry to hear of Charley R. Watkins's death; the children there have nearly recovered from the whooping cough.","Informs him that their orders to evacuate the bluff have been cancelled; expresses his regrets at Charley R. Watkins's death; wishes him well and hopes he enjoys his stay at home.","Attempts desperately to console him; knows how he feels, because her child Lilie (?) also has passed away; hopes the area's health will improve with the coming of warmer weather.","Was shocked and upset to learn of his son Charley R. Watkins's death; attempts comforting Nathaniel; writes of his service in the cavalry and the state of the Confederate troops; states what a great negative effect the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson has had on the army; gives details of General \"J. E. B.\" Stuart and his attempts to raise a large cavalry force, including his own, the Hampton brigade, and Fitz Lee's brigade; writes of the difficulties in acquiring newspapers; it has been rumored that Lincoln has called out an additional 500,000 troops; refers to his service on a board which examines and condemns horses which are unfit for service.","Insists that Nannie come and stay with her; relays news of the family; the children there are getting well again; writes of the religious services held in the area; the crops in the area are suffering from a lack of rain; it's been very cool and dry; it seems to be more difficult acquiring furloughs; is having trouble getting summer cloth woven in time.","Hopes Nannie V. Watkins will come for a visits and that he will be able to join her; a hailstorm has damaged the wheat and watermelon crops; the corn crops are doing well; the health of the family is generally good; states that she will be sending him provisions.","Scope and Contents Wishes to visit her sister-in-law Pattie Watkins but thinks it wise to wait until late July or August, when they should be over the whooping cough; their daughter Minnie H. Watkins had again taken ill but has fully recovered; have commenced cutting wheat but the rain is slowing them down; the crops of corn and pumpkin are doing well; refers to soldiers running the blockade and confiscating Yankee provisions; relays news of family and friends; the neighborhood id getting healthy again; deeply mourns the death of their son, Charley R. Watkins; gives details of church services held in the area; states how much his family, the Smileys (his overseer), and his negroes love and miss him; refers to her boarding of Confederate soldiers; has had a problem with one of the negroes burning down his house; is ashamed of the luxury in which she lives compared to the hardships soldiers must face; assumes he is keeping up with his Bible class; expresses her dislike for the \"drinking and profane officers;\" mentions the task of exchanging their wool for cotton; Smiley (their overseer) has been possibly ordered into service, and Nannie will have to watch over the farm; will send him the shoes he needed; has heard that the war effort is going well; Grant is weakening in the west and Lee is in control of the east; is hopeful about their success at Vicksburg and their holding of Fredericksburg; refers to the tyranny of the Yankee troops and the actions taken against the Southern civilians; expresses doubt concerning the actions of West Tennessee; God will see the South through the war and deliver them the victory; the prospects for peace are very bright.","Gives details of his return to camp following his short furlough; travelled with 500 Yankee prisoners which were to be exchanged; refers to the Yankee raids in VIrginia; his duties in camp have increased; the victory at Fredricksburg was both a boost and damaging to the Confederate troops, due to the death of \"Old Stonewall\" discusses his chances of acquiring another furlough; refers to the dependent condition of their negroes; all the men in camp are in fine spirits; wishes to invest his money in Confederate bonds; is interested in the movement of Pickett's division; poor provisions are being offered to many companies; believes war will end by late summer; writes about various camp members and friends; fears there may be another battle at or near Fredricksburg soon; General Robert E. Lee is increasing his cavalry forces; refers to the numerous Confederate victories; relays the experiences of a Confederate prisoner's stay in a Yankee camp; it is rumored that Yankee's are holding 7,000 negroes on Canary Island; states the Quarter Master is quite inefficient; refers to a Congressional Act concerning provisions for paying off debts; in anxious to hear of matters concerning his farm and crops; fears for the wheat crops in the South; wishes his wife to visit his sisters in Prince Edward County, Virginia; misses his son, Charley R. Watkins, very much; needs provisions from home.","Scope and Contents Relays family news; gives her reactions to the fall of Vicksburg; refers to the wet and warm weather which kept them from working on the crops; due to the rainy weather, the rivers are impassable; gives details of a company of soldiers and their stay overnight; one of the neighbor's negro woman has run off; have commenced weaving their cotton; are experiencing little ailments, but are generally in good health; wishes he would visit. Including letter from Millie Watkins, to her brother, Nathaniel V. Watkins. Is a little under-the-weather but will write soon and wishes him to do the same.","There was a massive transport of Confederate troops to Richmond, due to a new Yankee advancement on the capital; refers to a Yankee attack of a bridge over the Southhanna River; does not speak well of the general in charge at Richmond; fears Richmond may be taken; states that Southerners are much too secure in their thoughts and actions; is hopeful now that Robert E. Lee has entered Pennslyvania; gives details of a North Carolina cavalry unit's stay at their farm; Robert E. Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania is believed to be going well; papers of both the North and South are writing in terms of peace; men returning home for horses are not finding this task easy; has learned that Vicksburg has fallen; there South must put their faith in God and assume He will make the right decision; is disgusted with those who feel the South will lose; is relieved to hear that Lee has recrossed the Potomac; the Southern people are growing tired of the war; it is rumored that Yankees are advancing on Weldon; refers to President Jefferson Davis' proclamation calling for another day of fasting and prayer; frequent raids are being made by the Yankees; fears defeat; the extreme amounts of rain are causing problems with the crops; gives details of the neighbors; often refers to her dead son Charley R. Watkins and their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; relays news of their family and friends, as well as the ailments afflicting them; have begun hiving bees; gives news of church matters; conveys news of the livestock; mentions the scores of family and friends killed, wounded or taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg; rivers have become impassable; there are many cases of theft occurring; gives details of her visit home to Brookland [?]; refers to the work being done by the negroes; a survey and sale of a parcel of his land has taken place; refers to the cruel treatment exercised on a neighbor's negro.","Relays details of a visit by relatives; recent deaths and illnesses affecting friends and family are discussed; facts concerning the schooling in the area are given; refers to the numerous soldiers killed in \"the Battle\" (of Gettysburg); relays church news; mentions that state of their vegetable gardens; hopes he is over his chills.","Is quite worried about the sickness prevailing within her family; distemper; has killed a great number of their cows and oxen; their crops are suffering as much as she assumes they are in North Carolina; refers to the neighbors aiding them with their recent problems; relays news of visits by family and friends.","Ransom (?) has driven the Yankees from Weldon (?); is becoming increasingly impatient for the end of the war; they have heard gunfire nearby; the war effort is not going well; refers to a gunboat battle on the James River; recounts again how many of their friends were killed in the Battle of Gettysburg; hopes for an exchange for those soldiers who were taken prisoner; believes the South must once again renew their faith in God if the war is to be won; refers to the upcoming \"fast day\" and hopes it will be faithfully observed; is quite worried about her husband and \"the chills\" which he has been experiencing; mentions frequently the number of friends who are coming down with dysentery, diptheria, and typhoid fever; gives a detailed account of recent deaths; recent church news is given; the schooling of the local children has once again commenced; gives a detailed account of the progress in their crops of wheat, corn, tobacco, and oats; there is a shortage in their stock of sheep as well, due to the stealing of the sheep by runaway negroes; often mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; is considering visiting family in Prince Edward County, Virginia; refers to the necessity of weaving their own cloth; mentions the increasing number of robberies in the area including the illegal entry into their own home; is delighted to learn that furloughs are again being issued.","Receives news of Nathaniel's hopes for a furlough or substitution; makes many references to their children; relays family, church and neighborhood news; sickness in the area continues, and the negroes are being hit hard; discusses schooling in the area; news of the crops is minimal; refers to troop movement and Nathaniel's move to Charleston, South Carolina; is angered at those young men escpaing military duty; mentions artillery fire in the area; refers to the \"sharp-shooters\" in Charleston; Beauregard (?) will save Charleston; states that \"our officers are strict;\" refers to the duties of her husband is performing; is quite worried about Nathaniel's health; refers to her chores at home; mentions a neighbor's trip to Petersburg and the Natural Bridge; the well-being of their negroes is discussed, as well as the trouble some negroes are causing; relays news of theft in the area; believes the war effort is still going well; reminds Nathaniel to avoid the temptation of alcohol.","Relays church news; refers to the well-being of friends and neighbors; home chores and laboring on the crops continues; mentions their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; refers to the emptiness of many local stores; schooling of the children continues; gives details of the trading being done at the \"Fork\" a local election is taking place; stealing is occuring by the female negroes; updates on their negroes are made; is having problems finding someone to manage the farm another year; refers to revivals taking place in the army; lectures her husband on attending his Bible class and on the evils of drinking; discusses Nathaniel's hopes of getting a furlough or substitute; relays news of General Beauregard's efforts at saving Charleston; fear of a \"great battle\" in Tennessee is growing; mentions a fight at Chattanooga (?); is pleased to learn Nathaniel has accepted a higher and less taxing position; is worried that he has sent to Jones' Island, \"the most dangerous place around Charleston.\"","Gives details of Richmond's and Petersburg's attempt to feed General Robert E. Lee's troops at Christmas; relays news of his condition to camp; is worried about the fact that their caretaker has been sent into the army; the number of furloughs granted has increased; is sorry to hear of the unrest in the neighborhoods; refers to the desertions being made to the enemy; there is a real need for more horses; asks for many provisions; the army appears to be still optimistic; gives instructions concerning his crops; refers to the intense fighting going on around him at Chaffin's Farm and Welson.","Refers to the fail of Atlanta; comments on recent Yankee advancements; the chase between Early (?) and Sheridan (?) is ongoing in his area; contemplates and reflects on the times they live in; wonders about the success of \"Old Bob\" (Robert E. Lee) and his tactics of war; refers to the plundering done by Yankees; the cost of a calvary are proving to be too much.","Is continuing his religious committment in camp; frequently comments on his hopes for a furlough or Nannie visiting; camp life is often discussed; advises Nannie on what to do with his crops and other farm matters; refers to the fail of Atlanta, Georgia, Savannah, Georgia, and possibly Petersburg, Virginia; spirits are still high and the number of desertations have lessened; is upset over the greed and corruptness spreading throughout the southern people and officers; negroe sales are becoming difficult; believes negroes should be fighting along with Confederate soldiers; flood damage is affecting travel; refers to talks and fears of Reconstruction and emancipation; a delay in payment is hurting the Confederate army; sharp-shooters are mentioned frequently; Richmond may have to be evacuated; feels the war will end soon; discusses weaknesses of the South; provisions are needed; rumors of an armistice are surfacing; feels President Lincoln is reloading his army; refers to General Wise and his hopeful speeches; the local railroads may be taken; gives advice on how to properly raise their daughter Minnie H. Watkins; fighting has increased in area; mentions an exchange of prisoners; refers to the strengths of the armies; news has spread of General Sherman and his march through the South; gives a description of General Robert E. Lee and his command.","Is frequently updated on family news; wishes his wife to visit him; due to the recent epidemic of measles, is worried about his daughter Minnie H. Watkins; feels the Southern people are not doing enough for the cause; is quite hurt by the conduct of his negroes at home; gives advice on his crops; asks for provisions; is worried over the disappearance of his negroes; the overuse of trains has slowed the mail; soldiers remaine determined; desertions have ceased; Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, have artially have been evacuated; restraints have been placed on the press; worries about General Sherman are rising; relays news of religion in camp; rains are damaging the roads and is restricting the movement of troops; mentions a victory at Kinston (?); refers to North Carolina Governor Vance's appeal for provisions for General Lee's army; gives news of shelling incident in camp.","Relays news of his move from Petersburg, Virginia; refers to Early's (?) disasterous campaign in western Virginia; gives a description of camp life; there are a number of surrounding forces; sharp-shooters are constantly at work; gives farm advice.","Many railroads have been seized by the enemy; rumors are spreading of Yankees around Richmond, Virginia; it is rumored that General Sherman has been defeated; Confederate troops are hopeful; relays news of his regiment and their fighting; hopes to raise a negro regiment are rising; religious news in camp is discussed; relays news of his time of the picket line; heavy fighting continues around Petersburg, Virginia; refers to General Robert E. Lee's fight with General Sherman; the southern people put much faith in General Lee; intense shelling of cities are occuring; troops are encouraged by victory at Petersburg, Virginia.","Relays news of family visits; refers to health conditions; the Prince Edward County, Virginia cavalry is on display; gives update on crop conditions; insists that Nathaniel takes care of his tobacco; relays news of the commotion being caused by the freed negroes; are having many problems with the Yankees; likes President Andrew Jackson better than President Abraham Lincoln; Johnson understands the negro.","Relays farm news; health problems are prevalent in the family; children's progress in school is continuing; refers to religious event taking place; bankruptcies are spreading.","Is worried and anxious to hear from her family since the war has ended; relays news of sickness in the family; gives miscellaneous family news; life after war is rough; salaries are smaller and prices are higher; puts her faith in God.","Refers to problems Nathaniel is having with increasing debts; tells Nathaniel to put his faith in God; he is doing much better; has formed a Conservative Party in hopes of defeating the new Constitution of the Radicals; relays farm news.","Discusses his move to Farmville and 212 acre plantation he has acquired; matters are going well; refers to Nathaniel's debt problem and the sale of his land; invites Nathaniel and his family to live with him; complains of the cough and cold he has had since the war.","Mentions a compromise made with his creditors; the exchange of land, livestock, and money are involved; is taking advantage of the Bankruptcy Act; his family is sick with colds; prefers staying at his own home rather than moving in with Richard; hopes to open a little school and take in boarders.","Things are going well; gives news of family and friends; relays church news; is concerned about her garden and fowls; mentions how their daughter Minnie and Nannie are doing.","Relays news of his crops and her garden; refers to sicknesses in the neighborhood; updates her on the family and neighborhood news; mentions his involvement in the church; is having a problem with debts; drought conditions and later heavy rains damage his crops; refers to his tenant farmers and their inadequate work compared to slave hands; blames negroes and Yankees for the hard times; there is a lack of both old and new scholars; is unhappy to be separated from his wife and children; refers to the condition of his livestock; gives advice on the raising of their children; is busy organizing church records of membership.","Encourages Nathaniel to keep his land soley owned and not to go into partnership; mentions the numerous problems in the area all stemming from sickness and the Yankees; advises Nathaniel on his debt problems; they must all put their faith in God; death is running rampant through areas of Virginia; his own child had died; refers to the effects of the death of General Robert E. Lee; the search for wealth is overshadowing the need for character; mentions his dislike for the new state Constitution; gives crop news; discussses the many problems with finding labor; relays family news.","Refers to numerous family matters and chores; mentions the quiet Christmas they spent; discusses the health of the family; since negroes are moving further south, laborers are scarce; there is a shortage of ice; gives news of schooling in the area; the mild winter was appreciated.","Refers to the religious revivial in the area; comments on Nathaniel's debt problems; relays family news; drought conditions continue; their sisters are not well and have gone to certain springs to recover; mentions the celebration of their mother's 81st brithday; discusses their garden and livestock; relays crops news; there are a great many deaths around Farmville and Richmond, Virginia.","Is spending time at the spring to recover from her spell of pneumonia; she has also developed breast cancer but hopes the water will cure it; pleads with Nathaniel to watch over their mother.","Reports a death in the family; diptheria is taking its toll on the neighborhood; her health is improving; relays family news; mentions the status of their crops and livestock.","Refers to Nathaniel's school and thanks him for admitting Eddie (?); relays family news.","They are having trouble filling seats of administration in Formsville; carpet baggers and scalawags are only ones avaliable; gives his detailed advice on raising an orchard; relays crop news; the drought continues; his legal matters are not yet cleared up.","Was sorry to learn of the death of their child; instructs them to put their faith in God; is concerned with their sister Patty's recovery; relays church news.","Relays family news; mentions the chores keeping her busy at home; refers to the growth of Farmville, Virginia; congratulates him on the arrival of his new daughter; the weather has been bad; discusses Nathaniel and the teaching he's doing for her sons Eddie and Henry.","Is happy to hear of Nathaniel's good health; relays family news; mentions the growth of Farmville, Virginia; gives details on the schooling of the local children; there is a scarcity of laborers; refers to her chores at home; writes him a copy of a letter informing them of their sister's death; various members of the family are ridden with ailments.","Mentions the numerous chores her husband has recently given her; her health is suffering; relays news of their crops, garden and livestock; updates them on the family news; is upset that the family seldom sees each other.","Questions the progress made by his sons Eddie and Henry in at Nathaniel's boarding school; also inquires about the payment.","Discusses the health of the family; apparently Minnie's mother, Nannie V. Watkins, is accomodating a houseful of people; relays family news; is upset with the condition of her fowls.","Rainy weather is preventing planting; refers to the poor health of the children as well as other family members; relays news of family visits.","Gives details of her trip to visit her aunt and uncle, Nannie V. and Nathaniel V. Watkins; refers to Nathaniel's boarding school; relays crop news; Nathaniel feels he is extremely over-worked.","Updates her on the events at home; relays news of his tobacco crop; refers to the progress of his boarding school and other schooling in the area.","Nathaniel's continuous working is giving him health problems; they are living in extremely hard times; he must continue teaching due to the poor tobacco crops; relays miscellaneous farm news; gives details of event taking place at his club metting; mentions the difficulties in sending his daughter, Minnie H. Watkins to Farmville, Virginia, for schooling; his family is quite poor but happy; believes life for him is worse than life in Prince Edward County, Virginia; does not trust the corrupt railroads; gives advice on his daughter's studies.","Scope and Contents Describes, in detail, their little cousin Asa Watkins; relays family news and news of other children in the area.","Wishes she and her family would move back to Virginia and close to him; refers to the bad temperament of his son Asa; gives details on his garden; mentions how many beautiful children there are in his neighborhood.","Is sorry to hear of her mother's (Nannie V. Watkins) poor health; suggests more servants and family visits would help her; requests that Minnie come to school near him; is doing quite well due to good crops and good health; relays neighborhood and family news; despite the hard times they are keeping their spirits up in the area; mentions a meeting of the stockholders in the Richmond and Danville Railroad; hopes his son (Asa Watkins) will be a machinist as they are so desperately needed in the South.","Informs Nathaniel of the declining health and eventual death of their mother (?); recalls how blessed they were with good parents; refers to the many virtuous qualities held by their mother; refers to Nathaniel's offer to teach his children; relays the studies and future plans of his daughters; is sending his daughter to school in Lynchburg, Virginia, for music training; the hard times make it impossible to visit one another; the crops are poor in the surrounding country; gives family news; goes over financial matters with Nathaniel; mentions his numerous farm chores; prices are quite low for tobacco; refers to his mounting debts; the abundance of lawyers in Farmville, Virginia, is hurting his law business; refers to their quiet Christmas at home; is disgusted with the number of \"demagogues and negroes\" filling the legislature; fears Catholics will be next.","His financial problems continue; apparently, farther south, matters are a little better because speculation and development are higher; his farm is serving as an expense rather then a source of profit; must continue teaching to pay for farm expenses; refers to his recent nervous breakdown due to over-work; mentions the horrors of teaching; relays family news; although he would like to, he is too poor to relocate; refers to his crops of cotton, tobacco and molasses; mentions the upcoming railroad from Keysville (?) to Clarksville (?).","Is sorry to hear of Nathaniel's bad health; has been forced to give up his low profession and concentrate on his farming; mentions his poor health; refers to the troubles of their sister, Pattie Watkins Scott and the nursing of her husband (?); is now taking in boarders and is teaching; relays crop news; is getting poorer each year; refers to an attempt to form a Farmer's Club; deer hunting seems to be the last profitable venture in Virginia.","Gives details of the schooling and boarding of their children.","Relays family news; refers to their good cotton crop in the area.","Refers to her running the farm and matters of the household; is also maintaining a school in the house; mentions her declining appearance; has been forced to raise her step-son Emby (Scott) in a strange manner; gives details of her garden and livestock; is upset that she seldom sees her even closest family; refers to the declining health throughout the family.","Informs him of her father's (?) death.","Responds to Richard's request for a loan; refers to family illnesses; discusses her trip to Texas; apparently times in Texas are not as hard; also revisited Mobile and states its people are \"real Virginians.\"","Scope and Contents Thanks them for sending Emma Watkins to care for them while they are ill.","Refers to the loss of her daughter Lizzie and Nathaniel's son Charley R. Watkins; relays family news; mentions her family's religious practices; refers to the schooling of her children; times have been hard since the outbreak of the war; prices are higher and children are being forced to work; can no longer keep servants. Includes letter from Mary Ballantine, to her uncle, Nathaniel V. Watkins informing him of her sister Lizzie's death.","Wishes she could visit; relays family news; her health is improving.","Relays family news; are having a rough winter which is hurting their crop beds; refers to the schooling of their children; mentions the chores performed by the family.","Often mentions the prospect of Nathaneil's receiving a furlough; refers to a woman's chore of weaving at home; relays news of schooling going on; negroes are fortifying Raleigh, North Carolina; mentions her many chores at home; relays news of their crops and livestock; is relieved to learn that the Ironsides have been forced to leave the area of Charleston, South Carolina; relays family and neighborhood news; there apparently are a number of southern deserters; are having trouble with the theft of poultry in the area; refers to her Pa's effort to get him a substitute; believes the South is fighting God's war; fears Nathaniel will get too lazy; often refers to the progress of their children Charley R. Watkins and Minnie H. Watkins; is worried about Nathaniel's poor health; makes many references to their happy life before the war; is very upset at the number of men in the South escaping their military duty; is upset at the religious unrest in the South since the outbreak of war; relays news of sickness and death spreading throughout the neighborhood.","Encourages him to continue the study of his letters.","Relays family news both before and after the war; discusses money matters; relays news of their provisions in camp; refers to the South's greatest victory at Manassas, Virginia; although the Yankee army is rumored to be quite large, Nathaniel believes they are \"despirited and demoralized\" refers to success in Kentucky; makes references to General Robert E. Lee's expertise; believes an attack of Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania is coming; refers to the North's destruction of Northern Virginia; puts his faith in God; relays news of his company's activities and camp life; is worried about the increased depreciation of Southern currency while prices of goods are still rising; they are suffering for supplies in Lee's army; relays religious news of the camp; gives advice on farm matters at home; mentions his long hours of picket duty; refers to the increased sickness of home.","Relays both good and bad news concerning crops in the area; discusses financial matters; wishes he could visit; refers to the problems of his livestock and negros eating away at his farm; relays news of his crops and livestock.","Refers to his son (Asa Watkins) and his numerous amusements; relays neighborhood news; is behind in his farm work; low tobacco prices add to the already hard times.","Refers to the increasing hard times they are living in; mentions the many demoralized Negroes; her children are frequently sick; sickness is prevalent throughout the South; relays family news; refers to the Southern hatred of Yankees.","Relays news of her caring for an ailing neighbor friends have also been wounded in battle; many horses are dying in battle; there has been an increase of sickness in area.","Scope and Contents An envelope for a weekly offering made by Nannie V. Watkins at Shiloh Presbyterian Church, two school compositions written by Minnie H. Watkins, an invoice of goods bought by Nathaniel V. Watkins, two news items reporting the death of Dr. Elisha Ballantine, a note written by a parent requesting prayer for their conversation, four items of miscellaneous verse and two unidentified fragments.","Including one written February 16, 1866, telling of \"poverty\" and \"straightened circumstances\" and one referring to the death of his mother, Mildred Morton Watkins.","Mentioning measles epidemic of 1858 which affected the health of 18 Negroes and his political views during the war. Also letter from Thomas W. Daniel, Monterey, Virginia, to his cousin, Nathaniel V. Watkins.","Washington College (Washington and Lee College), commenting on slavery and giving advice to his son at college. Also includes letter from Patty Watkins.","Other letters from his brother-in-law Elisha Ballantine, sisters Susan M. Watkins and Pattie Watkins.","Also letter from from Mildred S. Watkins to her granddaughter Minnie H. Watkins.","To his brother Nathaniel V. Watkins from Richmond, 1848, Prince Edward and Charlotte, 1848 and 1850, Philadelphia, 1854, and South Carolina, 1857; to his mother Mildred Morton Watkins from Cuba, 1858.","Includes letter from Nathaniel's mother (Mildred Morton Watkins).","Also letters from Mildred S. Watkins.","Sarah S. Skinner served as a governess in James B. Daniel's home in the 1850's, to Nannie (Daniel Watkin's) and from Martha H. Bliss, Shelburne, Vermont, to Nannie Daniel Watkins, Waterloo, North Carolina.","Including letter to Nancy Daniel Watkins from an old schoolmate about Sarah Skinner, a New England governess, letter from C. A. Watkins of Missouri to his cousin Richard Watkins, copy of will of Henry N. Watkins of Oldham, Prince Edward, copy of deed of five slaves to Nathaniel and Nannie Watkins by James B. Daniel, and letter from J. Morton to Richard Watkins.","Includes letters from Mildred R. Daniel, Lucy Jane Daniel, Charles Read Daniel, Martha E. Daniel, Jane E. Daniel, Patty Watkins, P. S. Daniel, Mollie O. Watkins and James N. Daniel. Also includes simplified genealogy.","Also letters from Nannie (Daniel) Watkins to father and mother.","Letter from ex-slaves who went to Tennessee with Mr. Barbes in 1875. Includes letters from Polly Graham (one of five slaves given to Nannie Watkins on her wedding day by her father James B. Daniel in 1859) and her daughters Martha and Sarah.","Includes a deed for slaves from Mildred S. Watkins, a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of slaves from James B. Daniel and a receipt for the purchase of a female slave from G. A. Wilson.","Includes letter from Henry U. Watkins; Nathaniel Jackson; E. Ballantine; Benjamin S. Ewell; Michael DeVere, Edward H. Courtenay, Lawrence Smith (Professors at the University of Virginia); and Richard 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.","Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.","Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00085.frame","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988),","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","See:  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois.","Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.","There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).","See also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","Blenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","Well my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","[Page 3]","the rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","[sideways across page 2]","The Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","Monday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","[Sideways on page 3]","ious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.","Scope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.","Scope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Scope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..","Physical Location: See medium oversize file.","Scope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..","Scope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. Manuscript Volume 1.","Scope and Contents Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell by Major Burr Powell son: a description of the battle at Manassas Junction on 1861 July 21in a letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's Brigade, to his Mother (Copy); Civil War Journal (May 1 - May 27); list of names: dead? under Civil War battles; Civil War Journal 1862 December 18 -1863 March 28; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally Sarah Powell,1776 January 27, (Copy). Manuscript Volume 2.","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth. Manuscript Volume 3.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation lists, and marriages performed, accounts and prayers. included of pages concerning members of Powell Family. 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Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. 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The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: ."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOther Information:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdditional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00085.frame\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988),\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General","General"],"odd_tesim":["Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00085.frame","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988),"],"phystech_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eWhen available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e See:  Southern Women and their Families in the 19\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003eth\u003c/emph\u003e Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68\u003c/p\u003e  "],"phystech_heading_ssm":["Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:"],"phystech_tesim":["When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","See:  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePowell Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026amp; Mary\nLibraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Powell Family papers, Special Collections Research Center, William \u0026 Mary\nLibraries."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLeven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e \nIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e \nSee also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003eth\u003c/emph\u003e Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by B. Cottinger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore instructions about the claim being made against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrivate financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions Laura's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBriefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWar's effects on postal service; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of L. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails about progress of the war; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses her pay for tutoring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives information on job prospects; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFound a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his house and surroundings; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his teaching position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; much town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a letter from Kate?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on news of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses teacher's pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nBlenheim  October 24th\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday morning [1864]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nWell my lady-love do you know\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethat it has been almost three weeks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esince the arrival of your last letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me, and two weeks since I answered\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eit, and not a line have I had from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou since, no nor a word from either\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePa or Sis since the 9th of the month.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou all must think I am dead, buried,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand forgotten, at least you quite forget\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethat I get the blues horribly shut up here\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the country when none of you write\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elast the very first letter I had had from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eanyone for 10 days, or from anybody\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebut her for 16.  I have no correspondents this\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyear at all except you all \u0026amp; you ought to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewrite to me often.  And pray miss what are\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou so occupied with that you can't find\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime to write, friend Markoe or your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epoor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ea letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehave spent the day with her, \u0026amp; thro' Mrs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStewart that John Tabb was at church\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewith you and [?] Powell. I suppose\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou have not been so quiet that you\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Page 2]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehad nothing to write about and I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eam just disposed to be charitable\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etowards you at all, so if you want to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eget into my good graces you had better\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eset yourself right down \u0026amp; write me\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etwo or three good long letters.  Mother\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewrites me that Willie Dupuy is at\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehome wounded in the shoulder \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt Watkins in the hand but neither\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eof them dangerously, however.  I suppose\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou have heard all about them, tis not\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eworth while for me to tell you, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI reckon Willie will manage to see\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Nina before he returns to the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave you ever heard anything from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Markoe since you went down\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the cars with him, Sis seemed to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethink you are decidedly smitten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWell I suppose as you are so long writing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me you hardly care to hear what I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehave been doing, so I have a great mind\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enot to tell you, and in fact I hardly\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003equite know where to begin it has been\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso long but just for my own gratification\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSouth Carolinians at his house, sent from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethe hospital, they have been there a long\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime very sick \u0026amp; are just now getting\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewell enough to visit about. One of them\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eis a Col Dogan, without exception\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[Page 3]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nthe rudest, most boisterous, vulgar\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eman I ever saw, well yesterday week\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI heard his voice down stairs \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eknew he had come to stay all day\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso I dressed myself, slipped out the\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eback way and went over to old\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every pleasant day indeed, I found\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eher [?] an exceedingly intelligent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eagreeable girl, I took to her very much\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eindeed \u0026amp; I think she did to me, but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eshe has just lost her father so the vis-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eiting will have to be all on my side\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor a while.  When I get back in the even-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eing here was Col D still \u0026amp; he staid until\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026amp; Cordi-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eal as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026amp; says\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eshe is coming up for me soon some Fri-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estaid here all night.  I found him a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every agreeable gentleman I forgot to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esay that Sunday while we were at din-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ener Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026amp; brought\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eher Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Page 4]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ely to see me and I enjoyed their visit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 but he is six feet tall very handsome\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand is a quiet gentlemanly widower but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH sent a horse for me \u0026amp; I went over there \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estaid all night, and then saw the third\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eone of the most accomplished elegant\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003egentlemen I have ever met with. I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecame home on horseback Wednesday morning\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein time for school \u0026amp; when I came out of school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efound Cousin John here.  He says if it is good\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eweather next Friday he is coming up to take\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eme down to his house to stay until Sun-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday where I will come home with the Dr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrom church.  Thursday all the gentlemen\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrom Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprisoner and if he is not exchanged soon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewill come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026amp; my-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eself walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eour nearest neighbors \u0026amp; I paid my first\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003evisit there, and her son who went down\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the cars the day you did with Bell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehonest, good, solider, but not over burdened\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[sideways on page 1]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewith intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebut I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eget some for me, \u0026amp; if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor you \u0026amp; me too, I have only two \u0026amp; I want some very much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnd now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethis letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewill be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026amp; I shall send\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026amp; [shirt sleeves?] for your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esilk dress \u0026amp; a little of my perfume but it did not turn\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eout well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[sideways across page 2]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso if you have gotten cartridges \u0026amp; have a chance I wish\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou would send me some by him.  Have you made your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ealpaca dress yet \u0026amp; how did you make it particularly\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethe sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewhat to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4th of next month \u0026amp; I think I must make it by that\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eof unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026amp; knit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eon my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003emind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every anxious to know what Mother will do, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elike her to be near you, or I think we could go to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee her there.  Write soon to your own loving\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSister Hattie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nMonday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebe able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehe will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003egot an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[Sideways on page 3]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edress \u0026amp; shall have to set to work immediately to make\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eit, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003email at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.L.P.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; discusses Union troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSend the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily life and schedule; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of people she has seen or heard from.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePleads with her to visit them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses tuition for Mildred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a check for Mildred's tuition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send socks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious matters; lists social events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. 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Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.","There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).","See also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","Blenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","Well my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","[Page 3]","the rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","[sideways across page 2]","The Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","Monday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","[Sideways on page 3]","ious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.","Scope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.","Scope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Scope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..","Physical Location: See medium oversize file.","Scope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..","Scope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. Manuscript Volume 1.","Scope and Contents Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell by Major Burr Powell son: a description of the battle at Manassas Junction on 1861 July 21in a letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's Brigade, to his Mother (Copy); Civil War Journal (May 1 - May 27); list of names: dead? under Civil War battles; Civil War Journal 1862 December 18 -1863 March 28; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally Sarah Powell,1776 January 27, (Copy). Manuscript Volume 2.","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth. Manuscript Volume 3.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation lists, and marriages performed, accounts and prayers. included of pages concerning members of Powell Family. Manuscript Volume 4."],"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"],"persname_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":751,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:47:41.769Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8863","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8863","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8863","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_8863","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_8863.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Powell Family papers","title_ssm":["Powell Family papers"],"title_tesim":["Powell Family papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1775-1929"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1775-1929"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1775/1929"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Powell Family papers, 1775/1929"],"text":["Powell Family papers, 1775/1929","01/Mss. 65 P875","/repositories/2/resources/8863","African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Women--United States--History--19th century","Correspondence","684.00 items","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 is organized into 5 series. Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.","Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .","Other Information:","Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00085.frame","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988),","When available, microfilm, photocopies, digital surrogates, or other reproductions must be used in place of original documents.","See:  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois.","Letters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.","There are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).","See also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","Blenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","Well my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","[Page 3]","the rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","[sideways across page 2]","The Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","Monday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","[Sideways on page 3]","ious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.","Discusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.","Describes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.","Says he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.","Scope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.","Says she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.","Tells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.","Scope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.","Tells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.","Gives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.","Scope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..","Physical Location: See medium oversize file.","Scope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..","Scope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.","Includes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. Manuscript Volume 1.","Scope and Contents Book includes a biographical sketch of Col. Leven Powell by Major Burr Powell son: a description of the battle at Manassas Junction on 1861 July 21in a letter from Dr. Hunter McGuire, Surgeon of Jackson's Brigade, to his Mother (Copy); Civil War Journal (May 1 - May 27); list of names: dead? under Civil War battles; Civil War Journal 1862 December 18 -1863 March 28; Leven Powell, Hampton to Sally Sarah Powell,1776 January 27, (Copy). Manuscript Volume 2.","Also includes recipes and how to dye cloth. Manuscript Volume 3.","Includes visiting, baptismal and confirmation lists, and marriages performed, accounts and prayers. included of pages concerning members of Powell Family. Manuscript Volume 4.","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","Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Powell Family papers, 1775/1929"],"collection_ssim":["Powell Family papers, 1775/1929"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["01/Mss. 65 P875","/repositories/2/resources/8863"],"unitid_tesim":["01/Mss. 65 P875","/repositories/2/resources/8863"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creator_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center"],"creators_ssim":["Powell, Cuthbert (1775-1849)","Powell, Charles Leven (1804-1896)","Special Collections Research Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["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."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Gift: 682 items and 2 MsV., 1952."],"access_subjects_ssim":["African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Women--United States--History--19th century","Correspondence"],"access_subjects_ssm":["African Americans--Virginia--History--19th century","Freedmen--Virginia--History","Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, Va., 1864","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","Women--United States--History--19th century","Correspondence"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["684.00 items"],"extent_ssm":["3.25 Linear Feet"],"extent_tesim":["3.25 Linear Feet"],"genreform_ssim":["Correspondence"],"date_range_isim":[1775,1776,1777,1778,1779,1780,1781,1782,1783,1784,1785,1786,1787,1788,1789,1790,1791,1792,1793,1794,1795,1796,1797,1798,1799,1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812,1813,1814,1815,1816,1817,1818,1819,1820,1821,1822,1823,1824,1825,1826,1827,1828,1829,1830,1831,1832,1833,1834,1835,1836,1837,1838,1839,1840,1841,1842,1843,1844,1845,1846,1847,1848,1849,1850,1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858,1859,1860,1861,1862,1863,1864,1865,1866,1867,1868,1869,1870,1871,1872,1873,1874,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880,1881,1882,1883,1884,1885,1886,1887,1888,1889,1890,1891,1892,1893,1894,1895,1896,1897,1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1903,1904,1905,1906,1907,1908,1909,1910,1911,1912,1913,1914,1915,1916,1917,1918,1919,1920,1921,1922,1923,1924,1925,1926,1927,1928,1929],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCollection is open to all researchers. 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Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement of Materials:"],"arrangement_tesim":["Organization: This collection is organized into 5 series. Series 1 contains papers of the Powell Family; Series 2 contains copies of historical letters; Series 3 contains legal papers; Series 4 contains cartes de visites; and Series 5 contains diaries, record books, and other miscellaneous volumes. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged chronologically by date."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eCuthbert Powell (1775-1849) was born in Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia to parents Leven Powell (1737-1810) and Sarah (Harrison) Powell. He was one of eleven children. Cuthbert made his fortune alongside his brother, Leven Powell, Jr. (1772-1807), as a merchant and ship owner. He retired to \"Llangollen,\" Loudoun County, Virginia in 1812 after a decline in business. Later he was elected to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly; the Virginia State Senate in 1829 and the Virginia House of Delegates in 1840. In 1788, Cuthbert married Catherine Simms, daughter of Col. Charles Simms. The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. 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The couple had ten children including; Anne Maria Powell (1800-1885), who married 1st cousin Dr. William Levin Powell; Dr. Llewellen Powell (1802-1870), who married cousin Sarah Elizabeth Harrison; Charles Leven Powell (1804-1896), who married Selina Lloyd; Mary Emily Powell (b.1807), who married cousin Cuthbert Powell and later Rev. George Adie; Ellen Douglas Powell (1813- 1862) who married Judge William H. Gray; Cuthbert Harrison Powell (1814-1897); and Jane Simms (Fanny) Powell, who married Wellington Gordon. 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Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials:"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Leven Powell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary; include the correspondence of Leven Powell (1737-1810), who was the father of Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849). Leven Powell served in the American Revolution, Virginia House of Delegates and U. S. House of Representatives. Leven Powell Papers, 1774-1806. 93 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 P87","Tabb-Powell Family Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Tabb-Powell Papers, 1797-1894.1,847 items. Collection Number: Mss. 65 T14Geographic interest includes; Alexandria, Leesburg, Winchester, and central Virginia; and Henry [Marshall County] Illinois."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eLetters and papers of Charles Leven Powell, his wife Selina (Lloyd) Powell and children of Loudoun County, Virginia; Henry, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia; and Alexandria, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also included papers of Charles Leven Powell's father, Cuthbert Powell. Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e \nIncluded with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e \nSee also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003eth\u003c/emph\u003e Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eIncluding a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by B. Cottinger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMore instructions about the claim being made against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFurther discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContinued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHis mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHad a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTheir father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrivate financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCompares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDaughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions Laura's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSaw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFather suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e21 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e20 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWould love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBriefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInformation concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSuffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBlockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOrders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWar's effects on postal service; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of L. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLove letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTrying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeneral information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeath of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDetails about progress of the war; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePreparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReligious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInforms her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResponds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eShe has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProblems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHer husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses her pay for tutoring.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives information on job prospects; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFound a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his house and surroundings; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTalks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStates that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAttempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses his teaching position.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHas been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticle in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCongratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTown news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMakes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; expresses religious views.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the weather; much town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her a letter from Kate?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on news of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on typhoid fever; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; discusses teacher's pay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMuch family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTranscription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nBlenheim  October 24th\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSunday morning [1864]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nWell my lady-love do you know\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethat it has been almost three weeks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esince the arrival of your last letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me, and two weeks since I answered\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eit, and not a line have I had from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou since, no nor a word from either\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePa or Sis since the 9th of the month.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou all must think I am dead, buried,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand forgotten, at least you quite forget\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethat I get the blues horribly shut up here\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the country when none of you write\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elast the very first letter I had had from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eanyone for 10 days, or from anybody\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebut her for 16.  I have no correspondents this\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyear at all except you all \u0026amp; you ought to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewrite to me often.  And pray miss what are\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou so occupied with that you can't find\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime to write, friend Markoe or your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003epoor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ea letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehave spent the day with her, \u0026amp; thro' Mrs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStewart that John Tabb was at church\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewith you and [?] Powell. I suppose\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou have not been so quiet that you\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Page 2]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehad nothing to write about and I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eam just disposed to be charitable\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etowards you at all, so if you want to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eget into my good graces you had better\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eset yourself right down \u0026amp; write me\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etwo or three good long letters.  Mother\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewrites me that Willie Dupuy is at\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehome wounded in the shoulder \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCapt Watkins in the hand but neither\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eof them dangerously, however.  I suppose\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou have heard all about them, tis not\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eworth while for me to tell you, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI reckon Willie will manage to see\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMiss Nina before he returns to the army.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHave you ever heard anything from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Markoe since you went down\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the cars with him, Sis seemed to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethink you are decidedly smitten.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWell I suppose as you are so long writing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto me you hardly care to hear what I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehave been doing, so I have a great mind\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enot to tell you, and in fact I hardly\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003equite know where to begin it has been\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso long but just for my own gratification\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSouth Carolinians at his house, sent from\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethe hospital, they have been there a long\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime very sick \u0026amp; are just now getting\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewell enough to visit about. One of them\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eis a Col Dogan, without exception\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[Page 3]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nthe rudest, most boisterous, vulgar\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eman I ever saw, well yesterday week\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI heard his voice down stairs \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eknew he had come to stay all day\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso I dressed myself, slipped out the\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eback way and went over to old\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every pleasant day indeed, I found\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eher [?] an exceedingly intelligent\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eagreeable girl, I took to her very much\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eindeed \u0026amp; I think she did to me, but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eshe has just lost her father so the vis-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eiting will have to be all on my side\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor a while.  When I get back in the even-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eing here was Col D still \u0026amp; he staid until\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026amp; Cordi-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eal as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026amp; says\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eshe is coming up for me soon some Fri-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estaid here all night.  I found him a\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every agreeable gentleman I forgot to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esay that Sunday while we were at din-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ener Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026amp; brought\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eher Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Page 4]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ely to see me and I enjoyed their visit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e18 but he is six feet tall very handsome\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand is a quiet gentlemanly widower but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH sent a horse for me \u0026amp; I went over there \u0026amp;\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003estaid all night, and then saw the third\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eone of the most accomplished elegant\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003egentlemen I have ever met with. I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecame home on horseback Wednesday morning\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein time for school \u0026amp; when I came out of school\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efound Cousin John here.  He says if it is good\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eweather next Friday he is coming up to take\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eme down to his house to stay until Sun-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday where I will come home with the Dr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrom church.  Thursday all the gentlemen\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efrom Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprisoner and if he is not exchanged soon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewill come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026amp; my-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eself walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eour nearest neighbors \u0026amp; I paid my first\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003evisit there, and her son who went down\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ein the cars the day you did with Bell\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eStewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehonest, good, solider, but not over burdened\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[sideways on page 1]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewith intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eand going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebut I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eget some for me, \u0026amp; if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efor you \u0026amp; me too, I have only two \u0026amp; I want some very much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnd now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eto Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethis letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewill be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026amp; I shall send\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026amp; [shirt sleeves?] for your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esilk dress \u0026amp; a little of my perfume but it did not turn\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eout well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[sideways across page 2]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nThe Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eso if you have gotten cartridges \u0026amp; have a chance I wish\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eyou would send me some by him.  Have you made your\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ealpaca dress yet \u0026amp; how did you make it particularly\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ethe sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewhat to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4th of next month \u0026amp; I think I must make it by that\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etime. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eof unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003enothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026amp; knit\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eon my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eI have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003emind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003every anxious to know what Mother will do, and\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elike her to be near you, or I think we could go to\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee her there.  Write soon to your own loving\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSister Hattie\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nMonday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebe able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ehe will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003egot an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eday week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ebid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\n[Sideways on page 3]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\nious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edress \u0026amp; shall have to set to work immediately to make\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eit, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003email at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.L.P.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComplains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003efamily news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; discusses Union troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSend the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRefers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePoem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFamily news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSpeaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eComments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e34 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses daily life and schedule; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescription of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of people she has seen or heard from.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExplains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRecommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExtends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePleads with her to visit them for Christmas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eApologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNote accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWrites to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes description of S. Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOffers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEntreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses tuition for Mildred.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends a check for Mildred's tuition.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTeases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIs happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExpresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. 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Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAdvises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays that Uncle J. Powell does not think Lexington is a good place to open a school and Lynchburg would be better; discusses prices for boarding; says that her Father may have to look for a tutoring job for a family and then she will have to find work as close to him as possible; discusses sewing she has done; gives news about family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses the remedies \"Mother\" has tried for her sore throat; describes Mrs. Wildman's receipt for asparagus; says \"Ma\" is experimenting on her throat and then will tell Minna how to treat hers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes her daily schedule, including teaching for \"the girls;\" says the \"Captain\" and the girls included her in a visit to Mrs. Cooke's; describes the people she met there and the house.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays he spent Christmas at Uncle Frank's and Aunt Jane's; reports on what he has been doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses whether Emily ? will move to Fairlee as a servant?; asks if she will take someone from the \"Home for Fallen Women,\" if Emily declines.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSays she went shopping for her and is sending her some articles; discusses fashions; says her Aunt Ann is still unwell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells her to take of herself while she is sick; discusses whether she should come home; tells of people there that are sick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses Mary's furniture and which of it she can use; discusses Frank ?'s health; says Mrs. Hammond has died after being very ill; discusses health of friends and family; gives news of what her family is doing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of safe arrival of Maud's baby daughter and her appearance; sends greetings to Becca, Nina, and herself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGives advice on letter writing and spelling. 1 page. letter. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNews of family and friends.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAsks her to send socks.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiscusses religious matters; lists social events.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDescribes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents 4 items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. Also includes land certificates and letters to Lloyd Powell.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Physical Location: See Oversize file. Concerning the transfer of 100 acres of land in St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhysical Location: See medium oversize file.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed on front by R. E. Lee and on verso by Mary Custis Lee, Lexington, Va..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eScope and Contents Signed on front and back by Mary Custis Lee.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes detailed descriptions of battles and movements of armies. 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Prominent correspondents include Johns Hopkins, Eleanor Agnes Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee, Hunter Holmes McGuire and James Monroe.","Letters concern Robert Young Conrad, Hunter Holmes McGuire, civilian affairs during the Civil War, the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, freedmen, Reconstruction, and the education of women. Many letters are written by women.","In addition, there are a number of letters from and concerning members of the Dupuy family of Prince Edward County, Winchester, Virginia including Robert Young Conrad (president of the Virginia Secession Convention) and his son Holmes Conrad (U. S. Congressman).","Included with the finding aid is \"The Powell and Lloyd Families of Alexandria, Virginia\" by Frank Snowden Hopkins (1988).","See also  Southern Women and their Families in the 19th Century Papers and Diaries Series C Reel # 04,05,06,07 in Swem Library's microforms area, call number HQ1438 .V5 S68","Including a statement, 1786 April 8 by J. Nicholson that the witnesses Joshua Lamb and John Lamb (both Quakers) and Joseph Greenwood affirmed and swore that this was the last will and testament of Thomas Hepborn.","Reports on the status of the ship The Rising Sun; says she will dispose of her cargo as soon as possible; says the ship was detained by the British (War of 1812), but given up.","Signed by William Hodgson and Thomas Van Le, Jr.","Her daughter ? Nancy, had a healthy baby boy who is nursing well; Nancy is staying with her now, and her husband Mr. Wallach, spends almost every night there also; is concerned that Nancy will live a hard life because of her husband's financial situation; on the other hand, her daughter Catherine ? will be \"free from the trials attended on a state of poverty,\" being married to Cuthbert Powell, who owns a large farm in Loudoun County; much Simms family news; mentions Mrs. Trist's grandson, Nicholas Trist.","Signed by B. Cottinger.","Fatherly letter giving his opinion of a certain young lady and marriage, as well as general advice.","Discussion of his engagement to this daughter Selina, and the seriousness of the matter, especially in concerning finances; tells of his poor financial state as related to a dowry, or the lack thereof, for his daughter; gives his approval of the \"alliance,\" but hopes they will delay the marriage for some time.","Has given great consideration to his claim against the French government and has turned the case over to Stephen Pleasonton, who is the auditor for the Dept. of State and who is now handling all claims; since Mr. Pleasonton is a personal friend and he (James Monroe) is greatly interested in his Burr Powell case, he knows he will get an answer soon; will also be returning the agriculture pamphlet.","Sends extract of Mr. Pleasonton's reply concerning the claim against the French government and asks that he reply with the necessary information; will also do anything he can to help.","Further discussion of his claim against the French government and dealings with Stephen Pleasanton and Isaac Coxe Barnett.","More instructions about the claim being made against the French government.","Further discussion and explanation of the case involving Burr Powell and his claim against the French government.","Continued information concerning Powell's claim against the French government.","The new court system has kept him extremely busy; social life has slowed down; the fashion these days to relieve boredom is to ride horseback; expresses concern for his own colt in the country; inquires after Dr. Nelson and his medical career; also asks about a large, gay party at South River; recommends books for good reading including Schlegel's History of Literature.","Has received the results of his claim from Mr. Pleasonton and regrets the outcome, which he disagrees with; does not feel anyone is to blame.","Asks her to come visit over Christmas; describes the social events in Arlington; mentions her cousin George Calvert; says the big event is the fair for the benefit of orphans.","Describes a walk she took and the surrounding countryside, including the wildflowers and startling a herd of deer; had many visitors, including a very graceful lady who is said to have been \"addressed\" by Mr. Van Buren, a \"jolly goodnatured ... commodore and some of the ugliest officers,\" and Mrs. Porter and her scholars; tells of books she has read, including Tales of a Grandfather, The Sorcerer, and The Talisman; loving memories and looking forward to their next meeting.","Have just returned from a visit to her grandmother's and her cousin, Ann Marshall; they all are saddened by the death of Mr. Fitzhugh; describes the country from South to West River, where she had visited, and comments on meeting a lovely girl, Bella Carter; mentions the jealousy of another male suitor?, Seldon Page; mentions Mary Custis. 3 pages. letter signed.","Sends his best wishes for her new life with Charles L. Powell; will be able to attend the wedding as well as \"Brother Nelson\"; is uncommonly warm; is sending a bonnet for her and a small diamond breast-pin for Father by the steamboat Franklin, commanded by Admiral Nevitt; describes the long ribbons attached to the bonnet, which are for going once all the way around the bonnet before knotting them by the ear, not for tying a bow under the chin; also includes a diagram of how to tie them in the current fashion; admits to having been helped in choosing the bonnet by Miss Olivia Donaldson.","Discusses events in Washington D.C.; says she went to \"the President's\" on New Year's day; discusses Mr. Marshall's sermons; mentions books she is reading; asks Selina to come visit her.","Says her health is improving; encourages her to ask her for help when she needs it; discusses the articles she is sending her including a lemon tree, curtains, a mattress; discusses how these things will get to her; gives news about the children; Bec, Nanny, Frank, and Fred.","His mother-in-law has told him of the wonderful news of the birth of another daughter Hattie, and that both mother and baby are safe; will be up to visit in about a week; comments on balancing the sexes in the family, and that he has \"no notion of supplying my brother's and sister's children with wives\"...\"we shall hate to transport them his daughters to the wilds of the west\"; all is well at home, a new hen house is being built, but the garden is too wet to work; is lonely but is visiting neighbors; family news; religious sentiments expressed about her, their new daughter, and their family.","Gives account of his trip to Wheeling, including a sweet good-bye from daughter Rebecca; was not able to locate Robert Gray or ? Throckmorton at Harper's Ferry, but later met them at Point of Rocks; detailed description of a railroad and train cars; tells poignant story of a dog on the train searching for his master.","Has had many family visitors since his departure and family news; there is a measle outbreak at \"Llangollen,\" and all of the \"negroes\" have it; she had her teeth filed by Dr. Overfield?; a fire in Upperville destroyed Robert Armistead's new store and the adjoining saddle shop; they have had a beautiful snowfall, covering all of the blossom-filled trees, which melted quickly, doing no harm to the fruit; had a letter from brother John, who advises that he Charles L. Powell \"go directly to Texas\"; loving stories about their daughter's activities.","Had a bad thunderstorm the day she left; inquires about her trip and her relatives; details of children's activities; has let Becca sleep with him.","Their father will be taking a trip West this spring, accompanied by cousin William; family information; social life in Leesburg very quiet; misses her and her family.","Details of his trip from Alexandria; spent the night with relatives; warns her about catching a cold on a windy day; tells of conversations with their young son.","Private financial matters; tells of his busy schedule as a representative from Virginia to the U.S. legislature; gives his negative opinion concerning a bank? bill introduced by Henry Clay,which he feels the President would veto; Daniel Webster shares his opinion; life insurance inquiry.","Will not be home when expected because the House of Representatives is not going to adjourn until Monday; the Congress received their second veto from President Tyler regarding the Bank Bill; describes an assault made by Sen. Henry A. Wise upon Sen. Edward Stanlyin Congress.","Asking about her visit to Washington and the Chamber of National Institute; speaks of floods, bad weather, but comfortable where he is, because of Margaret's? kindness; describes lifestyle and \"humorous remarks of Charles Lamb,\" sexual relationship with her.","Wishing thumb to heal; speaks of cattle and other animals at \"Llangollen\" that he misses; asks about children; saw Ann? mentions Virginia Taylor's visit; will visit wife before harvest; reference to brother, Leven, and his wife, and Sarah?","Hustle and excitement of the House of Representatives; hoping to adjourn on Monday the twenty-second, but difficulties cause many night meetings; political discussion about Tariff question and Tuck bill.","Discusses her story at \"the Springs;\" tells about the politics the company there discussed; gives her own view of these issues; gives news about family and friends; hopes that Congress will soon adjourn so that he can come home.","Compares episode of thief robbing hen house to thieves in Washington trying to rob \"public treasures\"; wants to buy books for her; tells how he wishes to be with her and the rest of his family.","Writes of the bad weather and that they are able to get out very little; says Mr. Powell went to the Inauguration on horseback; tells what books the family members are reading; mentions the issue of white servants; discusses Rebecca's feelings of becoming a young lady; says that they could not get the house they wanted for next year; mentions Mr. Powell's feelings of frustration for not being able to better provide for them; gives more news about the Inauguration; news of family and friends.","Daughter, Harriet, left with Uncle William to spend holidays with them; daughter Minna had a birthday party, inviting Aunt Mary's children and Eskridges; family news; death of Maria Lee.","Discusses her religious feelings; discusses her traveling plans; describes her relationship with each of her relatives where she is staying; says she is staying with Fan and helping her with her wedding.","Discusses the housekeeping and how Rebecca is taking care of the house while she is away; discusses the health of family members; tells how they are altering last year's dresses; says \"Mother\" is quite weak and \"Father\" is very dependent on her; gives news of Brother Nelson and Jeanie (sister?); gives travel plans of family; says Mr. Powell has gotten six teeth put in and looks much younger.","Describes their arrival home with her brother Nelson; gives news of \"little Nan\"?; asks about Rebecca and Minna's trip; tells her to be happy and to follow God; says Charlie is doing well in school.","Family news; mentions Laura's? wedding.","Tells what she did during her visit to Locust Hill; tells what is going on in town; gives news of family and friends. Including news from letter from \"Mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell telling of her many activities.","Discusses Jesus and how one must search for and do things that please Him; asks that she watch her sister, Minna, closely so that she will not overexert herself; Ariana? had a baby boy; describes son Charlie's and daughter Nina's reactions to reading school and learning; family news.","Speaks of John's? carriage and velocipede that once was Minna Lloyd's, describing how she rode the vehicle; describes what a Holly tree is; (has genealogical information about Minna Powell, Lloyd Powell, and Charlie Powell in a different hand, which appears to have been added later.)","Gloucester Court House,Va. Speaks of her \"companion in Matilda Lee?; received visit from Nannie Guy and Maria Harrison; describes celebration in honour of General Taylor's election; describes Mrs. Janney's travels; town gossip and family news.","Family news; speaks of going to Locust Hill; inquires and tells about adventures of many townspeople; obliged to Mrs. Tabb for taking care of her and other daughter, Minna.","Speaks of Cousin Lucy's? party; describes Christmas scene around her house and gifts that the children received; describes Cousin Elizabeth Janney and compares to Cousin Harriet; family news.","Discusses who has come to visit her; describes Cousin Lee's wife, Maria, and their wedding; asks about her Christmas; describes the book marks she made for Christmas presents; asks how Minna is doing.","Speaks of snow and bad weather; notes that daughters, Rebecca and Minna, have been gone for almost three months; Fanny (Powell) Gordon is going to visit Fredericksburg; mentions a letter from Jeannie? who found General Jones, in Washington, quite \"agreeable and handsome\"; Cuthbert Powell is much better, and he speaks of going to Gloucester to join a Mr. Hale; Nina is afraid of everything; family news; mentions hiring of a slave, Margaret.","Rebecca's description of her Uncle Tabb's Dr. John Prosser Tabb house seems far in advance of Old-Virginian architectural styles; speaks of death of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.","Speaks of dancing as a family as a \"social amusement,\" but says that it does offend some \"in the religious world;\" says that one must respect the public opinion of the community where one lives; had severe weather; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Hatty Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Minna Powell, Gloucester Court House, for letter and \"glove-knots\" and sending love to Aunt Rebeccaand Uncle John Prosser.","Her brother Charlie and sister Nina have sore throats, and her father has a bad cold; snowy weather; Hatty went with Aunt Ellen to Selma and Raspberry Plain; Mr. Armistead Rust is to be married before March 4; family news.","Scope and Contents Reports on the snow storms they have had; mentions the coming wedding of Armistead Rust and Lilly Lawrence; tells how he likes working at the store; describes one of their customers; describes the house they may rent next spring. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia Says she is glad to hear Minna's health is improving; gives news of family; says her brother Nelson soon sails for California to dig gold, and may not be back for five years; reports on how he expects to live; says that there are measles and mumps in town.","Maris's? father announced as candidate for re-election; General Rust's family going to New York to attend a wedding; father is renting Carper's house; bad weather and snow causing many colds and illnesses; Mrs. Eskridge's father died; father may go to the Inauguration; family news. 4 pages. letter signed.","Saw Representative John S. Pendleton at the House of Representativesin Washington, D.C.; Pendleton wants a senate appointment; he will not go to Leesburg because he does not want to \"meddle with party movements\"; mentions \"County Repeal of the dog law.\"","Scope and Contents Mother and Father are both sick; \"brother\" has gone to inauguration; describes how to make eggnog, and gives her opinion of it; describes riding horses to the cliff and tells of adventures. 1 page. letter signed. Including letter from Harriet Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 February 27, incomplete letter concerning outbreak of the mumps and family and town news.","Father suffering from piles; mumps are still prevailing; do not have parties during Lent; family news.","Scope and Contents Speaks of gossip saying that Mr. Benedict is having an affair with Mrs. Henderson; describes procession in Washington, D.C. and the inauguration; family news. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Va., to Rebecca Powell, Gloucester, Virginia, 1849 March 26, concerning family news and the time of year.","Scope and Contents Expresses joy that Minna's health is till improving; says she is recovering from her cold; says Lloyd and Hattie have been ill as well; discusses the issue of Rebecca upsetting her aunt Rebecca by being late for a meal; says her aunt is easily vexed in \"her condition\"; gives news of friends and family; describes their new servant Robert. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Charles S. Powell, to Rebecca Powell, , undated, concerning Uncle Prosser's desire to put Minna on \"short allowance,\" and Minna's consumption of beef.","Describes their move to another house which she says is comfortable but small; hopes that the Gloucester air is getting rid of her cold; says their father is busy with court dealings; says many in the area have mumps including Hattie; says that Hattie is getting a tooth plugged; says she does not want Lloyd to leave to live so far away; discusses mesmerism (hypnotism).","Speaks of her bad health; her husband is busy preparing for court; mentions a party at Exeter; Mrs. Fontleroy had a girl so Mrs. Knox is a grandmother; much more family news and information.","Scope and Contents Rebecca Powell will be coming home within a week or so; Fanny? is at Locust Hill with the mumps; family news; Uncle William Graypersuaded Father to go to Gum Springs, Va., until after the election; election day events seemed to be going against Father. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Sister Minna\" Powell, Gloucester Court House, Virginia, 1849 April 26, concerning family news.","Describes Minna's cough and how they are treating it; tells her what clothes Lloyd and Charlie should wear if it gets colder; says she has been doing little except taking care of Minna; discusses new dresses for the winter and corsets; gives news of friends and relatives; discusses travel plans, to come home for the winter.","Discusses dresses, materials and costs; discusses bonnets; gives news of family; thanks her and Hattie for taking care of the household duties while she is away.","Says Minna is now well and that they are anxious to come home; gives news of Jeanie (her sister?), and Rebecca; gives news of \"Mother\" and \"Father\"; discusses books.","Says Mr. Powell had his \"likeness taken\" at the Daguerreotype rooms; says Minna's health continues to improve but that she may have one tonsil taken out; discusses the remedies she is taking; says she feels stronger also; gives news of friends; gives news of Rebecca, Jeanie, and \"sister\" Ann; discusses walking shoes.","Gives advice on her health and over-exertion; describes the illumination that took place in the neighborhood; tells of visits she has made; tells stories about Minna's sister, Nina; gives news of family and friends; says Hattie has lost her \"excess of fat\" and is walking three times a day.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses bonnets; discusses appearance versus reality as concerning materialism; discusses the opportunities for her in Alexandria; discusses the role of children in the family; gives news of friends and family; mentions that \"brother\" John may move and that if they move to Illinois, they will be closer to him.","Says they got there a few days ago and that Mr. Powell, Mr. Grey(?), and \"brother Llew\" have gone to the sale of slaves (\"the sale of the negroes\"); discusses her visit in Alexandria with her grandparents; Discusses the bad weather in Leesburg and the bad condition of the roads; says their family must economize rigidly; says Mr. Powell found the law business in Alexandria too small, so they will not be moving there; expresses her disappointment at the outcome; gives news of family.","Scope and Contents Reviews Christmas gifts received by everyone; describes a \"reading party\"; describes Christmas decorations of the Church; family news. Including note signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, 1849 December 29, concerning when daughter, Rebecca, is to return home.","Tells of the recent social events of the area; describes the format of a reading party; says her mother-in-law could not make it to their home because of the snow; asks her how her mother is doing; says there are still small pox in the area; discusses how many servants she has and what each does; says that Rebecca's Uncle George took Cuthbert to an asylum in Baltimore and hopes he will be happier there then when he was \"out.\"","Gives news of Rebecca's Uncle Richard and Aunt Elizabeth who live in Illinois; says she plans to get a description of the Illinois life from them; gives news of Ellen? who is unwell and is going to a doctor in New York; discusses how Rebecca can get home; describes family activities; says they have been able to do little because of the rain and mud; says she lies on her back all day sewing while her children read to her.","Scope and Contents Reading parties are the only way she can socialize; reports Maria Grady's death; reports about a big baptist meeting going on there headed by Mrs. Lucket; much town news. 4 pages. letter signed. Including letter signed from Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 26, 1850, concerning Rebecca Powell's trip home and Maria Grady's \"triumphant death.\"","Scope and Contents Speaks of terrible weather; boasts of learning to spin rolls of cotton on a spinning wheel; reports death of Rebecca Gray, Robert Gray's daughter; describes her daily routine; discusses Mary Grady. Including letter signed from \"devoted mother,\" Selina Powell, Leesburg, Virginia, to \"Bec,\" Rebecca Powell, Alexandria, Virginia, January 1850, concerning bad weather, family news, and attendance to the convention.","Says many in the family have been very sick for a couple of days and that she has had to nurse them; says Minna is now sick; and never had fully recovered from the chicken pox she had before; gives advice of how to be a good guest; advises her on her studies.","Says she has a toothache but must wait until May to get them pulled; describes a humorous reading party; says there was a case of small pox in the area and that many are being revaccinated. Including letter signed from \"mother\" Selina Powell to Rebecca Powell. Discusses her travel plans home; tells her to follow her grandparents' advice; gives news of family.","Expresses joy that her younger siblings are recovering from the measles so well; reports on health of \"Grandma\" and \"Grandpa\" Lloyd; gives news of Aunt Rebecca, Jeanie, and Minnie; Tells what she had done each day.","Inquires about many weddings in Leesburg and about who will need new dresses; speaks of ball thrown by Maria Washington; other city news.","Gives general description of Henry and discusses the family's move there; discusses the house they will build; advises what they should bring; reports on the emigrants in the area; discusses their travel plans in detail; asks Charlie to bring Newfoundland puppies; gives news of family there.","Describes presents sent to grandchildren; tells of Christmas scene in Alexandria; wants granddaughters to meet a polite gentleman that impressed her. Including poem, 1852, by R. C. Powell, beginning \"'Ours the cross.' Yes it is ours,\" giving a religious viewpoint.","Speaks of how she makes embroidery patterns and what colors are preferred; inquires about some of her friends; John Leven Powell says that Brooke? looks badly; aunt Fanny trying to match Brooks with Lucy Gordon; speaks of a Mr. Beverley breaking out around his face and \"bleeding profusely\".","Scope and Contents Mr. Gordon? will be a delegate to the democratic convention in Richmond, Virginia; much use of her eyes results in inflammation of her eyelids; \"Llangollen\" property is deteriorating; much town news and family news; mentions her dower right.","Speaks of helping Frank and Lucy ? with their new baby; describes female servants and her experiences with them; describes health of her daughters, Harriet, Rebecca, and Minna; reports of a few cases of \"cholera\"; reports of a good garden.","Gives a detailed report of Minna's health, expressing hope that her headaches are definitely getting better; tells about people who have visited the family; mentions a desegregated school in \"abolition ground\"; tells what her sisters have been doing since she left; discusses Rebecca's journey.","Mrs. Janney's baby died while she was ill; a Mr. Anderson, a Presbyterian Minister, says that his wife, Miss Harper, is a relative of Selina's (her father's Aunt); speaks of Fred's? wedding; tells of episode when she goes to visit a Mrs. Brown?; describes a visit they made to some neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Mentions Fanny's ? wedding; family news; possibility that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon ? might be elected to legislature; family does not wish Rebecca Powell to return home this winter.","Describes a visit they made to some new neighbors; describes Mr. Lombard's house that is being built; reports on the food they are preparing and what is available to them; says the winter goods have still not come in; mentions sewing that her daughters are doing; news of family and friends.","Describes their busy preparations for winter; describes their daily routine; says she is glad to have Lucy and Fred stay with them; describes their Sunday school; reports on Scholastics (a servant) who is now reading well; news of family and friends; discusses dresses and styles; asks about Rebecca's Uncle Nelson; mentions that Rebecca's Uncle Gordon was elected; asks about Fan's? wedding and hopes she and William will be happy.","Speaks of his daughter's trip, whom she should visit, and money matters; hopes to soon reap the financial benefits of his store; mentions Bishop Whitehouse's determination to give the college broad foundations; family news.","Family news; sleet and bad weather; religious discussion and viewpoints; Lucy and John? have a daughter now.","Scope and Contents Mr. Powell, Charles and Richard Lloyd are busy with new business as \"Land Agents\"; town of Henry, Illinois now has a newspaper and a steam mill; hopes to have a railroad passing through soon; there is not a decent Church and she wishes to see one built; Lloyd Powell, son of Selina, studies German because there are so many Germans in their town to do business with.","Scope and Contents Sarcastically teases her sister about differences between lifestyles of \"Far West\" and the East; Uncle Fred ? went to Springfield to see that railroad went from Peoria through Henry, Illinois; mentions problems with scarlet fever; family news.","Speaks of liquor laws and problems with drinking; describes lectures; such family and town news; mentions other religious lectures.","Expresses desire for daughter Rebecca to return home; Minna Powell still having problems with headaches; family news; Fred? went to Chicago to see stockholders of the Peoria and Rock Island Railroad; asks for Rebecca to send asparagus seed and large lima beans; mentions Thackery's lectures, and gives her opinion about his books and religious teachings.","Scope and Contents Family news; \"land business\" will provide many opportunities for travel; Rebecca planning to go to Leesburg soon. Including note from Charles L. Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"darling,\" Rebecca Powell, , 1853 March 11, sending his daughter ten dollars and writing her as to how to handle her expenses and requesting her to bring home her Grandfather's papers.","States that even though he just left yesterday, she wanted to put a letter in the books to be sent to him; comments on their inability to see each other even though he is only seven miles away.","Mentions his job as a traveling salesman and how he hopes to soon be Uncle Richard's Lloyd administration; resolved in town meeting to build the Railroad Peoria and Chicago.","Scope and Contents Expresses her disappointment that she cannot see Rebecca before Rebecca returns to Henry, Illinois; describes the friendship between them; news of friends in Baltimore.","Tells of carriage accident involving Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dulaney, where their horses were scared by the Clifton Mill and threw Mrs. Dulaney; she and father attended Dr. Rutherford's lectures; emphasizes that ladies got to vote, as well as gentlemen, on whether they were satisfied with the lectures; new wharf boat has arrived.","Describes the towns of Rushville and Pittsfield; said he enjoyed Pittfield more, but that Uncle Richard Lloyd sent him an assignment for Rushville; says he will be there about a month; asks about friends and family.","Scope and Contents Rebecca has come home; Minna joined the church with her family; gives religious views; family news. Including letter from Minna Powell, Henry, Illinois, to \"Brother\" , 1853 May 11, referring to Rushville, as location of brother; tells of beautiful spring weather and describes scenery.","Will soon be coming home; complains of sore throat and headaches; has had scarlet fever; family information.","Gossips about \"Miss Jane,\" a mutual friend; says he and Dr. Winslow found her in her parlor with a man; says the servant did not want to let them in and that it was an uncomfortable situation. Including letter written in margins from \"Cousin\" Jane to Rebecca Powell concerning religious publication, an Episcopal convention.","Expresses how much she misses him; discusses reading material.","Describes Aunt Ellen's Powell Gray recovery from an illness; much family news; describes wedding that she went to; expresses romantic interest in a Dr. Claggett; includes printed poems.","Describes physical appearance of \"Llangollen\" as well as her feelings towards the place; reminisces about when family lived in Virginia. Talks about old friends; family news.","Scope and Contents Tells her little sister Nina about old friends and family; gives details of things she has been doing. Including letter from \"Hatty\" Harriet Powell, \"Llangollen,\" Virginia, to \"Mother,\" Selina Powell, 1853 October 10. Concerning warmer clothes; advantages of \"flannel draws\" over a \"wadded petticoat.\"","Scope and Contents Says she has been extremely ill and so have many in the area; says she has been traveling in order to improve her health; tells of her problems with Custis and his lessons; says Robert is still holding his office in Washington but wishes to leave; asks how she likes \"the West\" and if her husband is finding success; news of friends.","Reports Lucy's? death and grief everyone feels; Nelly? is to be baptized; other family news.","21 items.","Tells of their Christmas and New Years celebrations. Also includes \"Mother\" Selina Powell, to Rebecca Powell. Expresses hope that Rebecca can be with her relatives in Baltimore; discusses the nature of receiving advice and making her own decisions concerning her travel plans.","Speaks of attending a party; mentions \"matching up\" procedures at party; family news; details Christmas gifts.","Mentions religious feelings; speaks of a railroad being built nearby; Virginia? had her annual get-together on December 26; of family members; mentions a friend's visit to the Crystal Palace; Mrs. Augustine Washington had the first male child born at Mt. Vernon recently; family news; mentions Rear Admiral Leven Minn Powell.","Mentions Brooks'? wedding; describes details of the wedding; much family news.","Tells of her day spent with Lizzie King and Jane Norris; describes a dinner given for a couple about to get married; news of other friends.","Mentions sicknesses of Nelson Lloyd and John Lloyd; speaks of a Douglas Forrest who attends Yale College; has to take a boat to Washington D.C.; gives price rates per acre of land at that time; gives prices for a lot of land.","Family news about cousins Nannie and Fanny?; mentions Uncle Nelson's Lloyd recovery; travels by omnibus.","Family news; describes her garden and its contents; Regina? was married; Mr. Livingston? requests influence of Charles L. Powell to obtain the consulship of London through General Baercel?; mentions Mr. McFaddin as being the mayor of Henry.","Family news; describes the scenery at Locust Hill; some of Uncle George's ? children have chicken pox.","Identified as much of note added in unknown handwriting, possibly that of Selina Lloyd Hepburn.","Description of Minna's gravesite; tells what he's doing to improve its appearance.","Describes trip to Niagara Falls; describes places visited in New York and where he lives; describes his studies.","Describes courses he is studying at school; describes the first time he saw a man dive under water and the suit he wore below water; staying at a boarding house.","John Lloyd who died in 1854; estimated price value are given.","Describes study habits and classes; mentions prices of a ring and a clock; describes his financial situation. .","Describes in detail her Quaker wedding to Frank? on 1854 December 14.","Nina's Christmas gift from Charles arrived safely; mentions wedding of a fellow student; serenaded the couple with a \"horse fiddle\"; describes his activities in his spelling class; mentions plans to return home in the spring.","Expresses religious beliefs; lists prices for renting his room.","Describes Charter Oak, an attraction in Hartford; describes his visit to an armory; staying with a Mr. Parsons and describes his family.","Scope and Contents Discusses financial settlements he is making for his father concerning the house, lands, furniture; says Uncle Fred and Uncle Neb are leaving Henry and they are all \"disgusted\" with Henry and that he thinks his (father's) decision not to come back was wise; mentions the family move to Winchester, Virginia","12 items, 1856. 16 items, 1857","Describes their Christmas which was spent at Uncle Fred's and Aunt Lute's; describes a Christmas ball and a New Year's ball in detail; says he has had some problems with dyspepsia; asks about cousin Kate's wedding to a senator.","Reports on Aunt Lib and Uncle R?'s new son, Richard; says he rented out their house in Henry; says he has been away from \"home\" now for three months; and will not go to New Orleans, Mobile, and Augusta; describes how he decorated Minna's grave, and expresses hope that her resting place will soon be Virginia; asks about their school; sends money from a large profit he made selling land.","Describes his visit to Louisville where he saw his cousins and went to many social events; says that the train ride from Kentucky was very rough; says he will be in Vicksburg in a week and then will go to Wilmington, North Carolina; Mobile, Alabama; New Orleans; and Memphis, Tennessee; asks about family and friends.","Describes his stay in Vicksburg, and his visit with Mr. And Mrs. Eilbeck Mason and Miss Louisa Fox; says that he did not see Cousin John Russell while in New Orleans; discusses his travel plans; asks about Hatty's teaching.","Expresses joy that she is well from the influenza; says he has recently traveled to Portsmouth, Va,, the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi; says he will now go to Texas; discusses travel plans; asks her to pick out one of her friends for him; discusses Charlie's new job in St. Louis.","Scope and Contents Describes St. Louis and the Virginia House Hotel; inquires about the new scholars the family has taken on; harasses Nina for not writing. Including note from Charles L. Powell, St. Louis, Missouri, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1856 May 4, concerning his happiness about Nina joining the Church.","Describes hard times in Illinois; intent to move back to Virginia when business picks up; family news.","Speaks of influenza and other illnesses prominent in the town; reports the death of Mr. Adies ?; Ellen Powell is in Washington Infirmary; house is being renovated; family news.","Says he just returned from Henry; says Charlie is on his way to Henry to start his new job in Uncle Fred's store; describes Henry and the house they used to live in; reports that Uncle Fred is building a house; gives new of Scholastics and Monsieur Carlo; says he will go to Pennsylvania next and then visit them.","Reports that Lloyd Powell is on his way to Virginia; describes their yard and home in Henry; yellow fever is not a problem this year in Illinois; he went to a concert given by the Baleis.","Inquires about the \"weddings fair\"; discusses his travels and the loneliness involved in his job; mentions his relief that the campaigns and elections are over; sends messages to friends at home.","Nina has begun studying Latin and learning how to draw; mentions the extension of the Chicago and Pern canal down to Henry; much family news.","Tells what each family member is doing; discusses religion and the duties of a Christian; gives news of friends who have joined the church; discusses Minna's grave; discusses letter writing; tells of recent marriages and engagements; gives her philosophy on why he should not begin to chew tobacco; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Valentine's Day and Washington's Birthday; mentions last year's parade and the marching continentals; reports of bad rain storm that tore up the railroad track and caused problems with mud and flooding; family news. Includes note signed from Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1857 February 22, telling her to turn to their 'one friend' for strength and advice.","Scope and Contents Describes a storm which kept him in Henry, Illinois, unable to travel; gives recent travel plans, including a trip to Philadelphia by boat; gives news of friends and family in Henry; says many river towns are flooded.","Reports his knowledge of Lloyd's Powell return to Winchester; relatives are going to the Episicpal Church for Easter; reports Dr. Hoagland ? as being a bad tenant in their house in Illinois; mentions happiness that Nina Powell is joining the church today.","Gives news of relatives in Alexandria; tells his travel plans; says he finds the women of Virginia far more appealing than those of South Carolina.","Uncle Fred? and Aunt Lucy? are leaving for Virginia; sending his mother his daguerreotype, a photograph; reports that Lloyd is in St. Louis; Bridget, a past boarder, had a little girl; family news.","Describes the family vacation and adventures; describes the baths; mentions the parties they have attended; family news.","Family is on vacation; describes activities and scenery at Capon Springs; family news.","Speaks about taking inventory at the store; family news.","Says they just got back from Capon; asks her not to take silver nitrate for her headaches; says they have all improved their health by the visit to Capon; says \"brother\" Nelson is now there hoping the springs will help him; says they did not get the house that they wanted to rent; gives news of friends; says Rebecca, Hatty, and Lloyd are there. Including letter from Charles L. Powell to Nina Powell. Says that he misses her and wishes she could have been at Capon; asks about her headaches.","Describes his travels from Baltimore to Henry; mentions shortage of money due to bank failures; gives detailed news of the town, including improvements being made; news of Henry relatives; mentions that the bank failures will result in fewer land dealings and therefore, less work for him; asks about the young ladies of Winchester.","Inquires about Mr. Waler's? lectures; attends the Methodist Church now; reports of the adventures during hunting season; mentions the new idea of pavement sidewalks.","Describes a severe snowstorm and its effects on Henry; tells how he spent Thanksgiving day; describes their new cook with whom he is infatuated; mentions the death of Robert Conrad?; gives messages of friends in Winchester.","Reports of Nina getting her teeth straightened; describes method; reports that the number of scarlet fever cases is greatly reduced; she is very busy with the boarding school; tells of a fight between Charlie McCormick and a police officer; mentions Hunter Holmes McGuire; family news.","Discusses the death of Robert ? and the reaction of the town; gives news of friends; sends her love to her mother and relatives; wants to know what Dr. Chase said about her teeth.","Writes about Nina's plans to go home; says she is concerned about her traveling when her teeth are in such a condition.","20 items.","Refers to the \"hard times\" everyone is experiencing; describes farm activities; family news; describes how to make a mousetrap.","Describes midwest weather and the usual fall-like temperatures; says that they are all much healthier because of the mild weather; says ties are hard and the bank in Henry just closed, but that the town is continuing to improve; asks about Mrs. Powell's occupation, teaching; mentions the death of Robert Conrad and describes his character; messages to family members.","Reports of freezing temperatures of -15 F and snow in Henry; mentions sleighing in the snow; reports story of a bank robbery.","Reports of Lloyd's Powell trip to St. Louis to try and find Charles a job; family news; mentions a Mr. Lombard who plans to return to Henry and open a bank of issue.","Discusses who owes him letters from home; says he could not find a job for Charley Charles L. Powell, Jr.? in St. Louis because of the poor economy; gives news of Randolph Powell, of St. Louis, and John Webb Powell, of Utah; says he will be home during the summer.","Mentions that she missed his birthday with a card but thought of him that day; expresses religious feelings and beliefs; family news; lists people recently confirmed in the Church; outbreak of typhus fever at the University ?","Tells of his travels; describes Memphis, Tenn.; gives news of \"cousin\" William Powell who resides in Memphis; gives news of Mr. And Mrs. Mason, residing in Vicksburg; describes Leake County where he sold some of his Uncle Nelson's land; gives news of \"cousin\" John Wilson of New Orleans and of \"cousin\" John Chilton, who may send his daughter Sarah to school in Virginia; tells his travel plans, stating he will be in Virginia in a month; gives news to family and friends.","Describes scenery where he is; tells of a May party that some school girls had; describes his boat riding trip; family news; mentions arrival of Mr. Winn, the new Presbyterian minister.","Reports having been sick with a bad cold; family news; Nina has problems with other schoolgirls because her parents operate the school; trying to plan Charlie's return home for the summer.","Asks about fourth of July entertainment; Mr. Winn gave an exceptional sermon; Uncle Richard? bought a piano and a side-saddle; family news.","Inquires about boarding students; inquires about vacations at Capon Springs, West Virginia; tells of his success at duck hunting; family news; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Gives news of Uncle Richard's and Uncle Fred's families; says that Frank's baby is still ill; gives news of Hammond and Minna; comments that he will not see his family for another year; gives news of Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. and his employment possibilities; asks about Uncle Neb of Clark, Va?.","Gives her opinion about chewing tobacco, smoking, and other bad habits; incorporates religious duty into her opinion; some family news.","Discusses his habit of chewing tobacco and how he should discipline himself to quit.","Discusses the weather; reports on Hammond; reports that Mr. Chandler of Henry is getting married in Boston; says they will stay at Mrs. Taber's for the winter; gives news of Charlie (Charles) L. Powell, Jr.; comments on the involvement of women in politics in Henry; news of friends; comments on the decreased enrollment at the family school, saying they will at least have a lighter workload; mentions Stephen A. Douglas.","Expresses her disappointment in Charlie's having tasted tobacco; tells him that he is doing wrong to continue this habit; voices many religious views.","Reports that river is flooding the town; talks of Christmas holidays; family news.","A birthday letter for Nina's sixteenth birthday; describes the weather; family news; Min? is the \"editress\" of the \"Minnehaha\"; tells of the affairs of a Miss Amanda?.","Gives account of how he spends his days with emphasis on his Sunday activities; tried to quit chewing tobacco but couldn't; tells of episode where Uncle Richard? lost his saddle bags in the town of Bradford; river was frozen and people are ice skating; family news.","Tells where the girls boarding with them are going for Christmas; describes their Christmas plans; recollects their last Christmas with Minna; gives religious advice; sends her love to Lloyd.","18 items.","Would love for her to stay with him; mentions a sister Hannah.","Reports that Lloyd Powelland Uncle Richard ? have gone to Memphis, Tenn.; tells of the building of a road for $10,000; describes a surprise party he attended; mentions Valentine's Day and how many he has received; family news.","Reports that Uncle Richard and Frank are with him in Memphis, to see if they want to move there; says that he does not believe Uncle Richard will leave Illinois, but that Frank probably will; says that they tried to look up William Powell but he had moved to Arkansas; discusses the possibilities of his parents establishing a school in the area, and the risks involved.","Gives news of Uncle Richard and Uncle Fred; says Uncle Fred and Frank will close their business and leave Henry; tells of a conversation with Bishop Otey of Memphis on the subject of establishing a girls school there; gives details of the proposal in case his father is interested; gives news of the private school situation in Arkansas; reports on his business dealings in Arkansas; discusses financial matters.","Gives news of Uncle Fred who has been ill; says that the women of the town are all inspecting the new spring goods brought in from Saint Louis; discusses his daily schedule; says Charlie Charles L. Powell, Jr. is in singing school; asks about Nina's walks and lectures on the benefits of exercise to health and appearance.","Describes spring in Illinois; inquires about relatives in Alexandria; comments on Uncle Nelson's helpless state; discusses the chances of recovering Uncle Nelson's lands in Arkansas; describes the area of Henry where the family used to live; comments that she now weights 108 lbs., which is more than her daughters weigh; sends his love to Grand Ma Powell, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Neb.","A baby girl was born who is Nina's cousin Uncle Richard's daughter?; describes a fishing trip; mentions finding several Indian graves with skeletons and other items; tells story of a \"mad\" dog who bit many people.","Gives news of Illinois relatives; describes a trip that he and Uncle Richard took through Stark County, emphasizing the changes that have taken place in the last five years; comments on Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. development into a young man; reports that Uncle Richard will leave the land business on September 1st; discusses his involvement in the business and his desire to visit Virginia.","Scope and Contents Expresses his relief that his brother Charles arrived safely in Va.; comments on how scattered the family is at present; mentions Cousin Fanny Cochran's wedding in Middleburg, Virginia; discusses Mr. Hyde's trip in the \"aerial vessel\" Atlantic from St. Louis to New York, as reported in the \"Republican\"; reports that Frank has another son, Horatio Nelson; news of other Illinois relatives; describes the July 4 festivities.","Discusses an unprofitable year for his business; discusses a business proposition made to his brother Charles and Harry and Benton Janney by Uncle Richard, concerning the opening of the store; gives news of Illinois relatives; comments that his Uncle Richard, who just turned 43, may begin to use his middle name again and become Richard H. Lloyd; comments on how, in the past twenty years, the Powell family has spread from \"New York to Salt Lake City, and from the 'Lakes' to the Gulf of Mexico.\"","Reports that Uncle Richard, Minna will stop at Fulton County to visit relatives; gives his opinion about Minna not returning to Winchester Va. for school, stating that she has become too undisciplined and used to complete freedom in Illinois to be effectively taught in a school; describes Frank's son Horatio Nelson; comments on the family's health, saying that his father Charles L. Powell weights twenty pounds more than he does and his mother Selina L. Powell weighs only six pounds less, and also weighs more than any of her three brothers in Illinois; asks her if she is finished school and will make her debut.","Reports that Charley (Charles) L. Powell, Jr., Harry and Benton Janney have begun their business named \"H and TB Janney and Co.\" Asks about the boarding school and discusses the difficulties of running one; reports that Frank's family and Mrs. Hammond? are on their way to Memphis to live; reports that Uncle Fred is planning an extended visit to Virginia, and then will probably move to Memphis; says he and Uncle Richard dissolved their partnership and that Uncle Richard plans to move to Memphis as well; reports that crops are poor, so his business will be slow; plans to see them for Christmas.","Reports that there is a County Fair next week; describes in detail an incident of a burning well; expresses sorrow that the family school will be so small this year; reports that the 'W. S. Fair' in Chicago is now over.","Scope and Contents Discussing fall and winter goods being stocked at \"Lloyd's Big Brick\" in Henry, Illinois","family news; mentions marriage of Miss Hutchins, and deaths of 2 children of Mrs. Clara Ferguson; received invitation to wedding of \"Miss Mittie;\" gives his opinion of marriage.","A French teacher at the boarding school died; mentions excitement due to 'John' Browne's execution and that there are 26 companies of soldiers at Charlestown, West Virginia; mentions growing discontent of slaves; describes how men have loaded pistols ready in their homes; tells how many people are being imprisoned; tells of other strains between North and South; some family news; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Reports that Uncle Richard's baby has been christened Elizabeth Jenkins Lloyd; comments that this is the day that John Brown is to be executed; comments on the number of arrests in Virginia of strangers traveling through the state. Including newspaper clipping, n.d., of a poem about infants.","Discusses Professors Wise and LaMountain's attempt to establish daily balloon transportation from the \"Western\" states to the East Coast; family news; says he is anxious for the family in Illinois to move south; mentions the execution of \"Cook and his Confederates\" involved in John Brown's attempted insurrection on December 16.","Invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Scope and Contents Mentions and encloses invitation to a \"Leap Year\" party; describes events at the party; describes weather and reports of a sleighing party; reports marriage of Mary Ann Hoyt, friend of the family. Including note from Maggie J. Richmond, Henry, Illinois, to Charles L. Powell, Jr., Henry, Illinois, 1860 February, inviting him to a \"Leap Year\" party.","Talks about Uncle Richard's? baby girl; gives report of Charles L. Powell and some family news.","Discusses \"spring fever\" concerning work; describes weather; speaks of Uncle Nelson's Lloyd death and how it should be a happy time; thanks his father for \"Alexandria Gazettes\" containing articles about the Whig convention; family news.","Writes about her feelings during the time following her brother Nelson's death; recounts the last days she spent with Nelson Lloyd.","Talks about assessed value of some land or property and makes reference to Lloyd Brothers and Co.; speaks of crops and the effects of the weather; mentions how road being finished would provide trade with those on the other side of the river; township will vote on how to acquire additional funds to complete the road; mentions the whig convention and how they now represent such a small minority of people.","Talks of spring dresses and bonnets; mentions hearing address by William McDonald; discusses opening of a shoe and book manufactory; speaks of beating \"the 'Yankees' with their own men;\" family news; religious advice; mentions use of telegraph.","Discusses agriculture and effects of weather on crops; talks of visiting New England and of dislike of their attitudes; expresses extreme negative opinion of 'Yankees.'","Family news; mentions work at the store; discusses events around town. Including poem? written in Latin on both sides of envelope. Locks of hair also enclosed.","Discusses crops and agriculture; describes Illinois scenery; family news; inquires about trip to Capron Springs; mentions \"Uncle Richard's\" card selling tour.","Discusses Congressional race; mentions Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky and his visit to Illinois; talks about rise in crime; family news.","Discusses confusion about having joined the church; religious discussion; some family and neighborhood news.","Inquires about trip to New England; mentions \"Alexandria Sentinel;\" family news.","Discusses climate and busy season of Christmas; debates issue of Civil War and effects; gives religious advice; family news; Robert Young Conrad.","Discusses problems due to political and financial situation of the country; talks about boils on his hand; family news; mentions kindness of Mayor Turner.","Nina's eighteenth birthday; discusses the weather; talks about sleighing and skating; mentions \"Pickwick Papers\" and describes hunting interest; makes reference to several literary works.","Talks of trade being slow; election of a Mr. McFadden as \"Justice of the Peace\"; mentions sleighing and the weather; describes hayride in snow and people he went with.","Discusses his indebtedness to his father and his financial situation.","Discusses political situation and \"imminent danger of Civil War\"; comments on government involvement and troops in a war; mentions social life.","Scope and Contents Discusses the imminent war and that it will be the third one in her lifetime; talks about effects of a war from past experience; family news. 3 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from \"grandmother\" Catharine Powell, Bellevue, Va.?, to Rebecca Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 January 20, inquiring about being able to paint for her.","Describes his dog and its habits and actions; talks about a fight at a warehouse; family news.","Discusses pros, cons, and possibilities of a war; talks about being able to cross North/South Line if he comes to Virginia; describes weather; mentions indoor winter activities; refers to marriage and courting habits; family news.","Briefly discusses the Navy; describes wedding of Nellie Hall and a Mr. Kellogg; family news.","Information concerning troop movements around Harper's Ferry; mentions a Col. Bowen, superintendent Barbour, and a Col. Moore.","Discusses explosion of armory at Harper's Ferry; speaks of united Southern forces; mentions involvement of friends including Powell Grady; Powell and Holmes Conrad; family news.","Suffering from inflammation of eyes; discusses possibility of Illinois and Virginia residents being separated during the war; Virginia's succession from the Union; Democrats opposition to the war with the South; talks about surrender of Fort Sumter; confusion about whether to leave or stay in Henry; some family news.","Discusses Colonel Robert Lee and movement of troops; mentions Georgetown Heights, Alexandria Heights, and the Valley counties; some family news; mentions Rockingham Rifles.","Blockade established at the mouth of the Ohio; Southern trade suspended; some family news; inquires about situation in Virginia concerning the war.","Discusses a proclamation of Lincoln; politics and effects of the Civil War; dominance of Lincoln's party in Louisville, Kentucky; some family news.","Orders to stop mail from Virginia.; Alexandria occupied by North; Fairfax cavalry taken prisoner; family news.","War's effects on postal service; family news.","Thanks her for package of food and lists contents; speaks of newspaper Richmond Dispatch as a rare luxury; describes camp life; enemy is at Williamsport, Md.","Discusses camp life and its required adjustment; mentions accidental shooting of two men as their only pessimistic experience so far; gives account of battles reported in the Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun; majority of men in army are under 21; describes how soldiers try to get food from surrounding farmers and their families.","Scope and Contents Discusses uniforms, saying that they are everywhere, and that a \"John Brown\" has increased the \"military spirit\" in Virginia; asks about Lloyd; discusses books he has read and that she recommends; describes their daily schedule and when she has time to read; discusses food in season; news of family and friends.","Prepares for battle; states that he is ready to do his duty for his country; mentions that the Continentals lost two men in the engagement the day before.","Regrets that he cannot keep their date for the afternoon due to Army business.","Scope and Contents Mentions her husband's attack of dysentery; family news; gives news of friends and family; hopes war will soon be over so that the family can all be together; expresses religious feelings; wishes that they could write more freely; tells him to send his letters to E. J. Lee in Maryland who will forward them South to them. Including note, from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Winchester, Virginia, to \"Charlie,\" Charles L. Powell, Jr., , relating more family news.","Asks for specific items of clothing to be sent because he does not know when he can return home; refers to Haresack? and asks that she make him a smaller one.","Includes description of L. Powell.","Description of how Lloyd Powell was shot in battle of Manassas; details of his personal characteristics and attitudes.","Scope and Contents Expresses sympathy in regard to Lloyd Powell's death; offers comforting words from the Bible. Including letter, from Sue P. Lee, Lexington, Va. to Nina Powell, Winchester, Virginia, 1861 July 29, offering condolences on the death of her brother, Lloyd Powell.","Thanks Nina for her letter of sympathy concerning the death of her mother; gives news of her brothers and sisters; says that she has terminated her relations with cousin R.? because she could not marry a first cousin; discusses their friendship.","Complains of poor postal service; tells him of Lloyd Powell's death; remembers about Lloyd's characteristics and qualities; says that typhoid fever is spreading in the town; talks about her servants; family news; reports of Willie Lee Chilton's death, a second cousin; expresses religious view.","Love letter to her; proposes marriage to her and her guardian and asks for a reply.","Signed also by J. R. Bowen, Justice of the Peace, stating that Charles L. Powell, Jr. has taken necessary oaths to become Deputy Marshal. . Including on verso, document, from Brigadier General James H. Carson, 1861 October 24, Charles L. Powell, Jr. permission to cross back and forth over enemy lines.","Thanks her for package she sent him; describes his situation and effects of the Civil War.","Thanks her for cap she sent him; his company is located at the \"Big Spring\" near Mr. Gray's.","States that 'Yankees' were in Shepherdstown, WVa. a few nights ago; family news; sends condolences on loss of her brother Lloyd Powell.","Sympathizes upon loss of Nina's brother, Lloyd Powell; relates her story of when her father died; expresses indebtedness to Nina's mother Selina (Lloyd) Powell; mentions sickness prevalent in Winchester, Va.; discusses her brother's Bob Lucas experiences as a soldier; Charles L. Powell, Sr., has accepted position in Richmond; news of spending summer at Col. LaRue's in Clarke to escape the Yankees.","Thanks her for a cap she made and sent to him; expecting to go to camp soon; some family news.","Tells of explosion that a Mr. Hubard caused trying to perfect something like \"Greek fire\" to sell to the government, similar to a powder to use in shells; describes condition of Mr. Hubard, his subsequent operations and death.","Scope and Contents Wanted to give her news from Winchester, Virginia, but \"the spy\" had to burn his information for fear it would fall into enemy hands; tells stories of houses being searched by soldiers; news of friends and relatives; decorated with \"Confederate States of America\" seal.","Trying to catch up with Stonewall Jackson's troops; describes camp life and strategy concerning the Yankees.","Possibility of 'Yankees' taking Richmond; discusses importance of trust in God during battles; inquires about Robert Lee.","General information on troop movements; mentions Battle of Williamsburg.","Describes being a member of Jackson's Army; mentions \"Rockbridge Artillery\" being full; family news. Decorated with \"Liberty and Union\" seal.","Stonewall Jackson captured two entire enemy regiments; enemy took part of Central Railroad; troop movements.","Family news; disappointment about not being able to be with Stonewall Jackson in his last fight.","Discusses the family's living arrangements; thanks her for finding a home for her to stay in, but feels it would be less imposing if she stayed where Nina is teaching in Prince Edward County; hopes that they can all live together soon; rejoices over Jackson's victory in retaking the \"old town\"; says that the Garlands have been very kind during her stay with them; discusses her traveling plans.","Death of friends, Willie Gray and Marshall Barton; death of various others in war including Turner Asby; talks of having made herself a sun-bonnet; news of family and friends.","Speaks of getting a job as a clerk in Major Vaun's office; information about Stonewall Jackson's victories; reports Colonel Ashby's death.","Reviews routine activities; much family and friend news; discusses Stonewall Jackson's troops.","Scope and Contents Everyone feeling ill and weighing less; family news; possible fighting in Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson is at Hanover Junction, Va.; problem with fleas.","He cannot get into the Rockbridge Artillery; she is staying with a Col. and Mrs. Tucker; battle of Richmond has begun; family news.","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Got position as a clerk in the Quarter Master's Office under Capt. Irwin, first cousin of Selina (Lloyd) Powell; Stonewall Jackson's army passed through Gordonsville about a week ago; talks of deserters from both sides wandering in mountains west of Winchester, Va.; South won battle in Richmond, Virginia","Scope and Contents Fighting around Richmond, Virginia; Stonewall Jackson's Army arrived to help; describes strategies and events of war.","Details about progress of the war; family news.","Scope and Contents Personal experience in Army. Including newspaper clipping of a poem by John. R. Thompson, entitled \"Ashby\" from a Richmond, Virginia newspaper dated 1862 June 13 , about the war.Verso is Rebecca Powell to Selina (Lloyd) Powell.","Scope and Contents Makes reference to Stonewall Jackson's army and his efforts in Richmond, Virginia; relates events of war and involvement of friends and relatives; family news.","Discusses people she knows who have been wounded or killed in the war; refers to battles at Richmond and Chickahominy, Va.; family news.","Expresses disappointment that her parents didn't get to visit her; complains of \"M's\" temper; gives list of supplies that she has purchased or ordered.","Preparing to go to Gordonsville to join Braxton's Battery; family news.","Has joined Braxton's artillery; give details of battles and accounts of those wounded and killed.","Describes battle between his battery and the 'Yankees;' describes Captain Braxton.","He has jaundice; personal account of stay in Richmond; discusses salary; accounts of the war.","Charles L. Powell, Jr. was killed; added to letter later her husband is still yellow with jaundice; saw the President Davis and his wife; family news.","Explains events of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death near Warrenton Springs, Va.; includes sketch of battlegrounds.","Town gossip; tells story of a Dr. Conrad's arrest and ordeal; family news.","Talks of our troops making it into Maryland; family news; prevalence of typhoid fever; discusses Southern attitudes about the Civil War, and Northerners.","Religious account and explanation of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death.","Informs her of \"Charley's Charles L. Powell, Jr. death; encloses a copy of Capt. Carter M. Braxton's report of the events leading to Charles L. Powell's death.","Offers sympathy for the loss of his son, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes the death of their sister Ellen Powell Gray; reports on the welfare of Ellen's family - Mr. William Gray, Kate and Arthur; news of family. Including letter from \"Mother\" Selina L. Powell, to Hattie Powell. Discusses the state of their belongings in their former house in Winchester and what will be sold through cousin Sarah Powell Conrad; says if they do not intend to return, then it should all be sold.","Thanks her for her sympathy upon death of Rebecca's brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; expresses religious views; family news.","Responds to news of Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s death; family news; reports on her own health.","Includes description of Charles L. Powell and the battle. (Newspaper clipping.)","Scope and Contents Lots of family and town news; mentions that army is located near her in Winchester, Virginia","Gives her daily routine schedule; involved in knitting for the soldiers; doesn't seem to think 'Yankees' will approach Richmond, Va.; remembers her son \"Charley\" Charles L. Powell, Jr. often.","Discusses their friendship and situation of the Civil War.","Expresses sympathy for the death of her brother, Charles L. Powell, Jr.; describes in detail the death of her mother, Ellen Powell Gray and reveals her feelings concerning it; gives news of their Powell relatives.","Discusses daily routine; problem with typhoid fever; family news.","Family news.","Comments on incidents of typhoid fever; family news; discusses her minister and baptism of a baby.","Describes circumstances of her daughter Annie's sickness and death; offers sympathy for death of Charles L. Powell, Jr.; family news; including recital of Fenella's funeral rites; \"Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust...\".","Discusses business matters in Winchester that she is taking care of for Charles L. Powell; discusses the ear and the situation in Winchester; sends him some books, stating that the 'Yankees' carried off the rest of them; reports of a proposed armistice.","Describes sickness causing a delirious state for a few days; family news; knitting as a popular pastime; discusses weather; 'Yankees' still have Gloucester Point as a fort; soldiers suffering from \"rot\" that kills them.","Scope and Contents Discusses John Milton's works; family news; Longstreet's Corps has occupied many points near Culpeper Court House. 2 pages. letter signed. Including note signed from Nina Powell, Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va. to \"sister\" either Hattie or Rebecca Powell, , 1862 November 5, reporting family news. Also including note from Selina Powell,Kenmuir, Louisa County, Va.. Expresses grief over Annie Lee's death; asks about Robert E. Lee; prevalence of typhoid fever; describes weather and landscape; 'Yankees' did not disturb Charles L. Powell, Jr.'s grave; family news.","Sends this letter with a letter from Hunter, her brother; comments that Hattie has now been gone from Winchester eight months; says life is fine when Confederate soldiers are in Winchester, but that it is miserable when the 'Yankees' come; says General Jackson has visited them and has his headquarters on the road to Front Royal; says he gave her his photograph and he will send a copy; writes that they are working very hard because the few servants in town are cooking for the soldiers; lists people who will leave town if the 'Yankees' return; says Cousin Betty looks unwell because she works so hard in the hospitals ; writes that they only have 500 sick beds in the hospitals; mentions the destruction by 'Yankees' in other counties; fears they will soon suffer.","Sends thanks for present he received because it will be useful during the winter; expresses desire for peace in the country.","Family news; expresses concern that the Southern army is suffering from a lack of clothes.","Expresses her feelings of loneliness, as she lives among strangers; expresses other worries of disease and of the war; discusses problems with diphtheria in the neighborhood; comments on the shortage of men in the neighborhood, in particular healthy, attractive ones; discusses the hardships of Uncle Prosser and Aunt ReBecca whose former servants burnt much of their property; news of friends and family.","Discusses the condition of Charles L. Powell's estate and what business has been transacted; lists what articles from their home have been sold, commenting that most people in Winchester are not buying things because they are leaving to journey \"up the Valley\"; reports that 4000 men are guarding Winchester, that some tobacco has been burned, and that preparation for evacuation is underway; describes 'Yankee' attacks in Charlestown; comments on the effect of the fear of attack on everyone in the town; gives news of friends.","Scope and Contents Comments on problems with influenza; refers to a Capt. Duff and his defense of Leesburg, Virginia; gives news of town since troops have arrived; family news.","Makes references to the Clarke Cavalry and a Capt. Carter; possessions have been pillaged and towns have been ruined; has to quit farming because of war.","Wishes Nina a Happy Birthday; refers to God and asks to enter his Kingdom; mentions a friend who died from diphtheria; discusses Stonewall Jackson's opposition to the enemy at Port Royal, Va.; family news.","Discusses everyone's fear of diphtheria; family news.","Makes references to Gen. Robert E. Lee's victories; lots of family news.","Expresses the difficulty of losing so many brave men in the war.","Reminisces about their last Christmas together; discusses the slaves and their ability to be dangerous.","Scope and Contents Expresses desire for peace and to return to Winchester, Virginia; much town and family news; sorry they can't spend Christmas together.","She has been ill with a cough and cold; family news.","Inquires about a John Tabb; tells activities of Kate Gordon who is staying with them; mentions a bombazine fine twilled silk fabric; people looking for teaching positions; family news.","Lots of town and family news.","Problems with smallpox; family news; mentions Judge Lee's ? suicide. .","Her husband, Charles L. Powell, Sr., is still looking for a teaching job; recommends reading as a worthwhile hobby.","Describes how her family spent Christmas; thanks her for the cap she made for her brother Rob; discusses the sadness of Hattie's Christmas; discusses friendship; reports that she heard from Mary ? who is living behind Union lines in King George.","Mentions a Col. Tucker?; talks about her personal health; refers to the \"conscript act\"; gives impressions of deaths resulting from the Civil War and ideas of a forthcoming peace; family news.","Family news; refers to robbery of all servants; tells stories of confrontations with the enemy and experiences while at war; discusses food he has to eat; mentions has heard news of Grandma's death; mentions William Edmonson Jones.","family news; discusses her pay for tutoring.","Mentions their father's new employment in Greenville; news of family and friends.","Scope and Contents Family news; describes some of daily activities.Including N. C. E.?, to Nina Powell, , post 1863 March 13 giving neighborhood news.","Scope and Contents Comments on Cavalry's victory in Culpeper, Va.; describes poverty situation in Winchester, Virginia, as result of Civil War; discusses situations in Romney, West Virginia; family news.","Gives information on job prospects; family news.","Found a teaching job in Powhatan; describes location and plans to build a house.","Comments on his activities in the Army; refers to \"the Picketts;\" tells of damage and destruction in Winchester, Va., as a result of 'Yankee' invasion.","Comments on experiences in Army; expresses sadness that young men can't receive education during the war; family news; states that Tip? Powell and Frank Grady were captured in Loudoun, Va.","Discusses clothes; family news; says they will visit Shirley Plantation soon; says Mary? must remain within the Union lines because the only way to leave is to walk eighteen miles at night, carrying baggage; mentions Robert E. Lee, George Washington, and Custis Lee.","Mentions interest in soldiers, especially the South Carolina gentlemen; talks about sources of entertainment; family news.","Describes his house and surroundings; family news.","Mentions \"taking bitters (a tea) made of sarsaparilla root\" for strength and to purify her blood; expresses hopes for war to soon be over; 'Yankees' now have Fauquier under their control; family news; refers to receiving news through the Enquirer.","Scope and Contents Discusses when the family members will see each other; gives news of Powell relatives at Locust Hill; says that goods cannot be sent to them from Locust Hill Leesburg, Virginia because of a blockade; inquires about the fighting in Fredericksburg.","Talks about General Stuart's decision to review his Division; refers to great loss at Battle of Chancellorsville in the death of General \"Stonewall\" Jackson; describes events of war near Rowlesburg, WVa.; comments on his troops various attacks on different Railroads; gives details about other battles.","Family news; comments on how quickly her chickens are dying.","Discusses fighting in the Civil War and loss of servants; family news and sick and wounded from Battle of Gettysburg.","Comments on war, pestilence and famine; discusses the Civil War.","States that Nina Powell has been recommended to him to take care of his children as well as tutoring them; requests response to his offer.","Discusses pillaging by the Union troops; comments on men who have given their lives for the southern cause; family news.","Comments on scarcity of various staples; offers her $300 to come and teach his children.","Scope and Contents Discusses \"keeping house\" and how much it costs to do so; family news; comments on the Battle of Manassas.Including note from ?, , to Hatty sic Powell, , undated, discussing delivery of enclosed note to Custis Lee.","Attempts to appease Nina's apprehensions about coming to Hanover County if the enemy is there; wants her to begin working the first of October.","Offer to substitute himself for William Henry Fitzhugh Lee as a Northern prisoner of War.","Family news; questions Nina about her \"beaux\" and his courting ways; discusses education.","Refers to burning her previous letter in case of a fight whence it could become public; relates news of troops; family news; discusses fight from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan Rivers.","Scope and Contents Family news.","Lots of family news; states that a man named Taylor Johns has fallen in love with Nina Powell; discusses situation at the Stringfellow's, where Nina now lives.","Discusses in detail his new teaching position; family information.","Gives cotton prices as $3.75 a yard; discusses Battle at Manassas; family news.","Comments on her husband's new position in Albemarle; family news; mentions some events in reference to the Civil War.","Says she saw her father Charles L. Powell, Sr. on his way to move into Cousin R's?; describes her trip to Charlottesville; expresses satisfaction that her mother is able to stay with Uncle Fred and Lute; reports she has eleven scholars.","Family news; discusses her job as a teacher; discusses \"preserving with molasses\"; expresses anger and confusion about Nina's beaux David ?","Discusses his teaching position.","Family news.","Gives opinion on attitudes of young people; family news; expresses interest in religion.","Discusses plans for Christmas, including costs involved and where they can stay; discusses death of Cousin? Temple Grady and its effect on other relatives; discusses teaching and their role in the war effort.","Refers to a battle at Chattanooga, Tennessee; and General Longstreet; discusses cotton and its discount price of $18 a bale; comments on young gentlemen who have come to visit her; other town and family news.","Thanks Hattie for her kind gift of a Bible; gives details of present experience as a soldier in the Civil War; expresses sadness for those who died in the battle.","Mentions a Carrie Hobson's death resulting from a \"perforation of the bowels\" (typhoid fever); family and town news; mentions Temple Grady's brother of C. Powell Grady? death; refers to having some corsets made.","Family news.","Family news; expresses concern about \"national affairs;\" discusses religious point of view.","Family news; discusses General Bragg and his great ability as a leader.","Family news; states that he met Mr. Seddon, Secretary of War and they discussed Judah Benjamin; gives some views of what is happening with the Civil War.","Mentions General Longstreet's retreat from Knoxville, Tenn.; comments on giving Nina some linen for \"sleeves or sleeve bands;\" family news; discusses harvesting of crops; comments on threats that \"Yanks\" are making.","Discusses insufficiency of cotton crops; mentions that her son is on a war vessel, in the ocean, \"larger than the Florida and the Alabama.\"","Family news.","Refers to travel by carriage; discusses mailing \"bleached cotton;\" family news.","Mentions story where 'Yankees' come into towns and arrest Southerners; refers to daguerreotypes; writes a poem/prayer to God about grief he and others have experienced.","Wishes Nina a Merry Christmas since she (Nina) will be together with her parents; family news.","Discusses the inclement weather; states that she had butter and tea for celebration on Christmas morning; gives price of calico as $ 6 per yard.","Comments on her friends spending New Year's Eve at the President's; mentions walking to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia; family news; refers to cotton vs. bleached cotton; discusses typhoid fever; comments on subject of religion.","Family news; expresses hopes for an end to the Civil War; mentions a book, \"Home Influency\" that deals with raising children.","Mentions losing her heart to a Lieutenant Blackford; family news.","Mentions having forgotten Nina's birthday and becoming more absent minded; states that demonstrating affection in public is not good practice; gives advice and opinion on men and courting; has put \"vie dollars in gold and $25 in Virginia. Bank notes\"; and discusses school teaching; family news.","Has been suffering from sickness similar to typhoid fever; mentions that many servants have the measles; states that the key to her watch is worn out and she cannot wind it.","Offers advice about teaching; has seen John C. Pemberton; family news.","Discusses her illness typhoid fever?; describes her Christmas diversions.","Comments on how he misses having the women in his family at home; family news; discuses some aspects of the Civil War; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Family news; expresses hope that the Civil War will soon end; expresses grief of her Mother's death.","Expresses concern about Hattie Powell's sickness; family news and town gossip; mentions some of the types of food they've been eating; talks about \"yanks\" and their disruptiveness; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Gives Nina advice on how to terminate her engagement with John Dupuy; writes of the death of Hunter McGuire's sister, May; says she now has twelve scholars; news of family and friends; discusses books and mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Says she has been busy knitting gloves, sewing, teaching, nursing, and being sick; says she is nearly \"well and fat\" again; says that her hair has not started to come back yet, but that when it does, she has been told to shave it; asks who Nina's friend Lizzie is; describes people she has met; reports where troops are; discusses ways she is trying to get cotton.","Advises Minnie not to be grieved about their mother's death; some family news.","Article in which Jefferson Davis praises the Confederate soldiers for their \"devotion and self-sacrifice,\" and assures them of their capabilities against the declining enemy; also includes a commentary about Davis' speech, stating that the present spirit of the South has never been paralleled in history.","Congratulates Nina on her engagement to John J. Dupuy; discusses their friendship; news of family and friends.","Family news.","Mentions a girl's death from diphtheria; refers to traveling by train; discusses blockade of the Potomac River; comments on greenbacks and their value; refers to the 'Yankee Congress;' general Civil War news.","Gives consent for him to marry Nina after listing the pros and cons of the situation.","Town news and family news; refers to knitting as a past time; states that her hair has not begun to \"come out yet\".","Discusses her new beau; much family and town news; refers to events of the Civil War and the Powhatan troops.","Says that her employer, Mrs. Stringfellow, has offered to allow her two weeks for Easter; asks permission to come home; gives detailed plans on how she could get there cheaply; says the \"troops\" will return before Easter; asks if her father is coming home for the holiday.","Discusses selection of a minister; comments on her knitting for the soldiers; town gossip and family news.","Discusses sale of a draft on New York for $625.","Thanks her for gloves she knitted and set to him.","Comments on her sister's problem with inflammatory rheumatism; much town and family news; tells stories of soldiers who have returned home; comments on lack of patriotism in the country; mentions readying.","Tells of a shopping trip she took to Charlottesville, and the people she saw; describes a visit to see their father at Cousin R. Nowland's; discusses the new tax law, the \"panic,\" and the new monetary issue; news of friends and family; mentions reading.","Makes reference to needing a straw-splitter; discusses financial situation; comments on Nina's engagement to \"Brother John\" Dupuy?","Mentions interruption of communications due to Yankee Raid; states that he sat near Gen. Robert E. Lee and Mr. Edmund Lee on a train car and talked with them; describes conversation; discusses the events of the Civil Warincluding Lee's near capture by Custis' divisionary raid through Albemarle County, during the Kilpatrick - Dahlgren Raid on Richmond; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Much town news; discusses 'Yankees' and their progression; comments on her attempts to hide her silver on her body in order to keep it from the Yankees.","Family news; expresses religious views.","Family news; discusses events of the Civil War; including raid by Custis on Albemarle; mentions Holmes Conrad.","Family news.","Discusses the weather; much town and family news.","Says her Easter plans have been cancelled because of the snow storm; mentions how close she (Nina) has been to the Union troops; says she feels much better and now weights 114 pounds; reports on fatal measles in the area; reports on how she has spent her time with Captain Morgan.","Sends her a letter from Kate?","Discusses buying and selling cotton; comments on college opportunities; family news.","Family news and town gossip; comments on gold lace on the coats of those who make rank of Captain.","Family news; refers to Nina's grandmother's Anne Harriotte (Lee) Lloyd death; discusses 'Yankees' and their progress; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Comments on reading as a pastime and mentions ? Cooper's novels; family news; refers to 'Yankees' taking hostages; mentions Robert Young Conrad.","Describes her daily schedule; reports how their Aunt Jeanie Lloyd and Aunt ReBecca are doing in relation to the war; describes social visits; mentions an Aunt Nannie; news of family and friends.","Discusses weather and its effects on gardens and crops; comments on 'Yankees' and news about the Civil War; family news.","Family news; comments on news of the Civil War.","Gives detailed description of fighting near Beaver Dam, Va., as told to her by some of the soldiers; mentions visit by Gen. Stuart; describes other events of the war from personal point of view.","Family news; discusses struggle on the Rapidan River; tells of other Civil War news.","Scope and Contents Discusses general battle news; expresses concern about struggle in Hanover County, Virginia.","Discusses events of the war; comments on actions of Yankees.","Scope and Contents Comments on armies being at Hanover Junction and expresses her concern and fears; refers to burning of Powhatan depot by Union troops. Including note from Selina (Lloyd) Powell, Charlotte County, Va., to Nina Powell, Verdon, Hanover County, Virginia, 1864 May 24, correcting some spelling errors.","Expresses relief that the 'Yankees' did not come through the area where Nina is; says that her father wants her Nina to leave soon because of the danger; says things are so scarce in Charlotte that there would not be enough to feed her; expresses relief that Nina is not living between the two railroads; says the news they get about the war is encouraging, but she thinks the conflict will be a long one; discusses plans to get the family together.","Refers to battle of Vicksburg; tells of other developments of the Civil War.","Refers to a cousin, Mrs. Randolph Tucker whose house is at the corner of Grace and Adams street in Richmond; family news.","Asks about Nina's daily schedule and when she says prayers; expresses sorrow that Hattie's teaching position near Nina did not work out; tells her she must be self-reliant; says she is waiting to find out if she can join Mr. Powell; discusses the fashions of hats; sends her respects to Mr. Stringfellow.","Much town and family news.","Describes her social schedule; encourages her to pursue a relationship with Willie Booker; news of family.","Recounts all he has been doing for the past two years (has been in charge of a prison).","Asks Nina to change her mind and work for them another year; claims they are safe from the 'Yankees' and that the war will soon be over; praises her teaching of their three girls.","Discusses Union troops' burning of houses in Richmond; gives views on death; family news.","Comments on typhoid fever; family news.","Family news. Mentions not being able to find a nail-brush in the city and forgot India ribbon; comments on 'Yankees' treating people badly; refers to buying lip-glue at Randolph's Book Store; discusses her (Nina's), new house.","Describes Mr. Powell's teaching position with the Scott family; says he is trying to find a place near him for her to stay; says there was a Yankee raid near where he is staying; discusses where friends who are soldiers are stationed; mentions families who are looking for wounded soldiers to employ as teachers.","Much family and town news.","Comments on symptoms of the \"fever\"; expresses religious beliefs concerning deaths resulting from battles; family news and town news.","Family news; discusses teacher's pay.","Much family and town news; inquires about her new home in Richmond, Va..","Discusses one of Nina's pupils and how Nina should act towards the family that is employing her; mentions arrangements to exchange a pair of shoes; reports on friends and family; reports on \"her Willie,\" and where he is stationed; mentions soldiers for whom she has knitted gloves.","Discusses the suitability of Mr. Starke's teaching offer for her mother.","Chides Nina for not writing her; asks if she is spending all her time with Willie Dupuy, who has a wounded shoulder; reports on what she has done socially; asks her to get some cartridges for her pistol when she buys some for her own gun; says Minna Booker is to be married November fourth; discusses sewing.","Transcription of cross hatch letter by Alison Herring:","Blenheim  October 24th","Sunday morning [1864]","Well my lady-love do you know","that it has been almost three weeks","since the arrival of your last letter","to me, and two weeks since I answered","it, and not a line have I had from","you since, no nor a word from either","Pa or Sis since the 9th of the month.","you all must think I am dead, buried,","and forgotten, at least you quite forget","that I get the blues horribly shut up here","in the country when none of you write","to me. I got a letter from Ma on Friday","last the very first letter I had had from","anyone for 10 days, or from anybody","but her for 16.  I have no correspondents this","year at all except you all \u0026 you ought to","write to me often.  And pray miss what are","you so occupied with that you can't find","time to write, friend Markoe or your","poor dear wounded Willie.  I hear through","a letter from Aunt Bec to Ma that you","have spent the day with her, \u0026 thro' Mrs","Stewart that John Tabb was at church","with you and [?] Powell. I suppose","you have not been so quiet that you","[Page 2]","had nothing to write about and I","am just disposed to be charitable","towards you at all, so if you want to","get into my good graces you had better","set yourself right down \u0026 write me","two or three good long letters.  Mother","writes me that Willie Dupuy is at","home wounded in the shoulder \u0026","Capt Watkins in the hand but neither","of them dangerously, however.  I suppose","you have heard all about them, tis not","worth while for me to tell you, and","I reckon Willie will manage to see","Miss Nina before he returns to the army.","Have you ever heard anything from","Mr. Markoe since you went down","in the cars with him, Sis seemed to","think you are decidedly smitten.","Well I suppose as you are so long writing","to me you hardly care to hear what I","have been doing, so I have a great mind","not to tell you, and in fact I hardly","quite know where to begin it has been","so long but just for my own gratification","I will try.  Mr. Willis Hobson has three","South Carolinians at his house, sent from","the hospital, they have been there a long","time very sick \u0026 are just now getting","well enough to visit about. One of them","is a Col Dogan, without exception","[Page 3]","the rudest, most boisterous, vulgar","man I ever saw, well yesterday week","I heard his voice down stairs \u0026","knew he had come to stay all day","so I dressed myself, slipped out the","back way and went over to old","Mrs. Hurt's to spend the day.  I had a","very pleasant day indeed, I found","her [?] an exceedingly intelligent","agreeable girl, I took to her very much","indeed \u0026 I think she did to me, but","she has just lost her father so the vis-","iting will have to be all on my side","for a while.  When I get back in the even-","ing here was Col D still \u0026 he staid until","Wednesday.  Sunday I went down to Eman-","ual and saw Fannie, she was as sweet \u0026 Cordi-","al as ever, she seemed so glad to see me \u0026 says","she is coming up for me soon some Fri-","day evening.  Monday night Mr. [Reich?] a","Marylander belonging to the 3rd Cavalry","staid here all night.  I found him a","very agreeable gentleman I forgot to","say that Sunday while we were at din-","ner Mrs. W. Hobson came over \u0026 brought","her Cousin young Bolling, son of Mr. Robert","Bolling of Fauquier, and brother of Hunter","[Page 4]","McGuires old friend of Philadelphia Dr. B","and Mr. Venning one of the S.C. especial-","ly to see me and I enjoyed their visit","very much indeed.  Mr. Bolling is only","18 but he is six feet tall very handsome","and very agreeable.  Mr. V sings very well","and is a quiet gentlemanly widower but","nothing remarkable.  Tuesday evening Mrs.","H sent a horse for me \u0026 I went over there \u0026","staid all night, and then saw the third","S.C. a Dr. Waring a married man, and","one of the most accomplished elegant","gentlemen I have ever met with. I","came home on horseback Wednesday morning","in time for school \u0026 when I came out of school","found Cousin John here.  He says if it is good","weather next Friday he is coming up to take","me down to his house to stay until Sun-","day where I will come home with the Dr.","from church.  Thursday all the gentlemen","from Mr. H's spent the day here, and Fri-","day Mr. B left this county, but he is a paroled","prisoner and if he is not exchanged soon","will come back.  Friday evening Mrs. H \u0026 my-","self walked over to Mrs. Goodmans one of","our nearest neighbors \u0026 I paid my first","visit there, and her son who went down","in the cars the day you did with Bell","Stewart, walked home with me.  He is a plain","honest, good, solider, but not over burdened","[sideways on page 1]","with intellect.  He says he is coming over to see me this week","and going to bring his pistol for me to practice shooting with","but I doubt whether he does. By the way have you ever been able","to get cartridges for your pistol, if you have I wish you would","get some for me, \u0026 if you haven't get John Tabb to look for some","for you \u0026 me too, I have only two \u0026 I want some very much.","And now, I come to the very purpose for which my let-","ter is written which is to tell you that Dr. Hobson is going","to Richmond this week, probably on Tuesday, the same day","this letter will go, but I shall send this by mail, as there","will be a chance of your getting it sooner, \u0026 I shall send","you by him the handkerchief, collar, \u0026 [shirt sleeves?] for your","silk dress \u0026 a little of my perfume but it did not turn","out well, it will I think do to put in hair oil but that is all.","[sideways across page 2]","The Dr. will stay at Mr. Stewart for about two days I reckon","so if you have gotten cartridges \u0026 have a chance I wish","you would send me some by him.  Have you made your","alpaca dress yet \u0026 how did you make it particularly","the sleeves. I have not picked mine yet nor considered","what to do with it, but Minna Booker is to be married the","4th of next month \u0026 I think I must make it by that","time. I had a present sent me the other day of 3 yds","of unbleached cotton to make a chemise.  I have done","nothing lately except patch a few old clothes \u0026 knit","on my [opra?] stockings for next summer in fact","I have nothing to do.  Well I believe I have exhaust-","ed myself of my subjects too so I will stop, but","mind I expect two letters in answer to this. I am","very anxious to know what Mother will do, and","rather hope she will go to Albemarle, tho' I should","like her to be near you, or I think we could go to","see her there.  Write soon to your own loving","Sister Hattie","Monday.  Dr. H's is so unwell today he thinks he will not","be able to go to Richmond this week and don't know when","he will go so I shall not be able to send your things yet. I","got an invitation yesterday to Minna's wedding next Thurs-","day week.  I am much inclined to go, if the Dr. Don't for-","bid which he seems to be inclined to do. Mrs. H is very anx-","[Sideways on page 3]","ious that I should go.  If I go I shall want my new","dress \u0026 shall have to set to work immediately to make","it, so if you have a new dress pattern, send it to me by","mail at once, I can get a pattern of the yoke come-","ing [waist?], Mag Harris has it.  Yours truly,","H.L.P.","Complains about difficulties in the teaching profession; family news.","Describes her situation at the Garrett's, teaching Lizzie and others; emphasizes the importance of letter writing now that they are apart; discusses Mr. Irving's? failing health; says Lizzie has diphtheria; describes social events; discusses Nina's problems with teaching Blanche; reports on friends who have been wounded or killed in the war; asks bout Cousin Mary Lee and Cousin Emily.","Reports that her brother Rob has been wounded and may have to have his leg amputated; says her brother Jimmie is in Charleston where there is much yellow fever; says they work all day without rest; more family news.","Gives advice on how Nina should manage one of her pupils; reports on what she is doing; discusses clothes; mentions Minna's wedding.","Gives reasons why she hasn't written of late; describes her brother's episode of being shot in the hand and its effects; comments on number of men that are off at war and says that those who remain are \"quaking\"; family news; expresses hope that God will get them through \"these difficulties.\"","Describes her social activities; discusses balancing work and pleasure; news of family and friends.","Asks about her \"new home\" in Richmond and her \"new occupation\" with Mrs. Paleski; describes Minna's wedding; says the weather was so bad that no one could go home, so the reception lasted all night; reports what she has done socially; describes in detail a dress she just made.","Expresses joy that Nina and their mother can live close to each other; reports on her social activities; discusses plans for Christmas; mentions how well the Confederate Cavalry is doing; discusses friends that are soldiers, and which of them she has knitted gloves for.","Describes a preacher, Mr. McGill, who is visiting; describes social events; discusses clothes she is making; questions Junius Powell's decision to go to Bermuda instead of joining the army; mentions Harry Harrison Mrs. Huge's brother who came home after a prisoner at Fort Delaware. .","Discusses how her home was destroyed; details experiences with the Yankees; comments on incarceration of many Southerners in northern prisons and their suffering; family news.","Describes her trip to Charlottesville and the people she visited, including cousin Gert; mentions Sally's? death; says she must soon accept an offer for teaching from Mr. Frank Cabell; discusses depreciation of money; mentions a cousin Ann and a cousin Laura; reports that Tip Powell was taken prisoner.","Discusses the bad weather and muddy roads, says she has not heard from Custis Lee, for whom she made gloves; discusses clothes and Christmas plans; tells Nina to \"change her dress\" whenever she desires, since she will always mourn inside; says she and Rebecca will change theirs in the spring; discusses the problems Winchester is having with the Yankees; mentions Minna's wedding.","Discusses a prospective teaching job for her and his plan for her.","Family news; begs her to spend Christmas with them.","Expresses happiness that her mother and father will finally be able to live together again; comments on Nina Powell's loss of hair; refers to suffering Loudoun County, due to Yankees; family news; describes how a friend spends time trying to find hiding places for her possessions.","Describes a \"homespun\" dress that she has; family news; describes weather; tells her to go to a Christmas get-together where she can met many people, including Robert E. Lee, Custis Lee, and perhaps \"our beloved President\" Jefferson Davis; later mentions rumors that President Davis may be dead.","Mentions pastime crocheting a cap; comments on delay of mail; discusses ordering some supplies from her sister; refers to troop movement on \"the Danville road\"; family news.","Scope and Contents Describes social activities; urges Nina to spend Christmas in Richmond with Cousin Emily; discusses cotton and where to buy it. Including fragment of letter from \"cousin\" Laurence B. Taylor, to ?, , undated, stating that he hopes they will see much of each other in Albemarle County.","Discusses the difficulties of sending mail; inquires about their mother's health; news of friends and the war.","Thanks her for the gauntlets, testament, and book of psalms that she sent him.","Tells what she did during Christmas holidays; discusses her job as a teacher as well as who and what subjects she teaches; family and town news.","Comments on Robert E. Lee's thoughts that the South is in danger; discusses her knitting and whom she has made gloves for; states how she doesn't understand men; family news.","Discusses the possibility of Nina being engaged to Willie Dupuy; says she would like to know him better before she can consent; would like for her to make the final decision herself; says their engagement would last indefinitely because they are both poor and Willie was \"disabled\" from the war; asks her to consider these issues.","Scope and Contents Responds to her requesting permission to be engaged to Mr. William Dupuy?; gives feelings about entire situation; refers to evacuation of Richmond, Virginia.","Family news; asks her to send her stamps and black glazed cotton and to look for strawsplitters; describes episode of being thrown from horse.","Discusses how busy she is making gloves; mentions Nina's engagement/involvement with a \"brave, Christian soldier.\"","Discusses possibility of Nina moving to Norwood if Richmond is given up.","family news; discusses the bond between two who love each other.","Expresses happiness about Nina's now official engagement to Mr. William Dupuy; other family news.","Hattie Powell, Blenheim, Albemarle County, Va., to \"sister\" Rebecca Powell.","Gives advice on how to express feelings of love to her fiance, in her correspondence.","Gives her advice about her situation with Mr. Dupuy; tells her to make up her own mind and to be sure of his character and their love; advises that if she is certain that she wants to be engaged to him, then not to hold back her feelings and to show her trust; gives more advice.","Scope and Contents Family news; expresses her approval of William Dupuy as Nina's fiance. 4 pages. letter signed. Includes copy of letter, 1865 February 10 from William Dupuy to \"Sir\" Charles L. Powell, Sr., , discussing his and Nina's relationship and betrothal.","Gives advise on Nina's relationship with a young man Willie Dupuy; says that if they ever get married they would always be poor; discusses what he will want in a wife; discusses Nina's fear that her ways are not elegant enough for him because he was brought up in higher society; reveals her philosophy on how to act in society, how to view oneself, and how to act towards men to keep them interested.","Comments on attempts to regain some of their family possessions; discusses the break-up of Nina Powell's engagement; mentions Hattie Powell's arrival in Goochland, Va., family news.","Discusses Nina's problem with an employer, Mrs. Powell, and suggests other families she could work for; says she can spend $ 350 on material for summer clothing; discusses the plight of the South; reveals her feelings about Nina's engagement; describes a visit to Norwood where her parents are working for Mr. Cabell; reports that cousin Lizzie Powell, fourth daughter of Uncle Llew, is to be married; news of family and friends; mentions teaching.","Discusses materials for sewing dresses; expresses her anger at how Mrs. Powell (an employer) treated Nina; discusses her neighbors where she is teaching, saying none are suitable for Nina to live with and teach for; gives news of friends and family; says they have a soldier staying there; mentions teaching. Including newspaper clipping advertising for teachers.","Thanks her for presents she sent him; expresses hope of seeing her again soon.","Lots of family news; discusses Union troops.","Says Mr. Philip Cabell is stopping by \"Bremo\" on his way to Richmond, so she is taking this opportunity to send a letter; discusses opportunities for her to work with other families and how she should set this up; wishes she could come to see them but says it is impossible because the canal is \"broken up,\" the roads are bad, and the 'Yankees' destroyed the carriage; hopes that she is comfortable at General Cocke's; hopes that he doesn't mind her being there since he is a wealthy man. Letter is continued on a small slip of paper - advises on the different uses of \"shall\" and \"will\" in writing letters.","Expresses relief that she is safe after traveling through dangerous area; says that their parents had some trouble when traveling, and that they lost some clothes; discusses an offer to teach in Keysville, Charlotte County; reports battle action in the area; asks what she thinks about her giving her silver cup to \"the government;\" mentions the death of their aunt Ann's baby, Fannie.","Mentions sending carpet bags to her parents filled with necessary items she could spare; comments on 'Yankees' being on southside of the James River, Va. and dreading a raid.","Send the key to her bonnet box; mentions a cousin Kate Noland and an Aunt Bettie Conrad; news of family and friends.","Discusses surrender of Confederates in detail; expresses religious beliefs about result of the Civil War; describes battle in Richmond, Va..","Comments on prohibition from traveling North; mentions recognition by France and the French position; gives religious opinions; describes some of the remnants left by 'Yankees.'","Reports news of post-war events since Hattie receives no news in the country; expresses the sentiments and anxieties of those in an occupied city, discusses Robert E. Lee and his sons; reports rumors about Booth, Jefferson Davis, and the surrender of the army of Joseph E. Johnston to William T. Sherman; discusses the sacrifices of the last four years and where it has led.","Describes the people with whom she is staying; expresses joy that she feels comfortable in Richmond; says she hears rumors about whether Richmond will be given up or not; tells her to come to them if there is any danger; news about friends.","Describes a battle at Fort Jackson that she was able to witness from her cousin's house; says Hunter ? is the medical doctor of Ewell's Corps; mentions lack of provisions; says she had to work very hard last winter.","Refers to \"free negroes\" and the fall of Richmond; tells stories of robbers in various neighborhoods; discusses difficulty to have faith in God where there is so much suffering; also refers to bands of \"negro robbers\" and describes their actions.","Lots of family news; expresses sorrow and grief about living through these times.","Lots of family news; comments on problems with servants; refers to death of Lincoln and memorial service for him.","Reports that Mr. Cabell bought a horse from a Mississippi soldier; reports that a Yankee soldier came to the house asking for brandy; says that she and Fan ? are closing school for the summer; says she will soon come to Norwood to visit them.","Discusses health, says she has rheumatism; says they will stay in Richmond until July; tells their options of where to go; considers the cost of the Civil War; discusses the condition of President Davis, prisoner at Fort Monroe; says the \"Yankee officers\" are being kinder to Richmonders; says Pierrepont has just arrived in Richmond.","Reports she is staying with relatives but that it is so crowded, she will leave soon; says the house has been burned down, so they are living in log cabins; tells that she will soon go to Canada to visit her brother Horace; discusses where Nina could set up a school in that neighborhood.","Tells of her religious belief about the Civil War and how she prays daily; discusses subject of white vs. black labor; family news; comments on cruel treatment of \"our\" President Jefferson Davis; refers to a Dr. Hoge who denies trying to begin a colony in Brazil.","Expresses difficulty in accepting downfall of Confederacy; family news; discusses Nina's engagement to Willie Dupuy.","Family news.","Poem entitled \"The Bachelor's Consolation\" written by \"Goodman A. Bachelor.\"","Family news; comments on Nina's engagement; discusses situation with Black persons; comments on elections and how soldiers were put into many of the civil offices; plans for jousting tournament.","Discusses the family's moving to a new house and how they all can be reunited once again.","Discusses where they may move; says the 'Yankees' have possession of her home in Arlington; says the situation in Richmond is better since Pierrepont Pierpont arrived; gives news about family; mentions Robert E. Lee (1843-1914) and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee.","Discusses Nannie's ? wedding; says their father will need her Nina home for the opening of school; tells how she has been spending her time; discusses the school; reports that Mary ? is there; expresses fear for her Aunt Mary because of the threats of a Black uprisings in southern Virginia; asks if everything is going well between Nannie and Willie Booker.","Discusses the continuing uncertainties of where their family will live; says she will return to work at Mr. Cabell's because she cannot depend on family plans; describes her visit to Greenwood.","Discusses a horse riding jousting tournament and social event that followed; family news.","Reports travel plans; lists social events; news of friends; says she will begin at Mr. Cabell's in two weeks.","Says that she just realized that it is her 56th birthday; discusses some issues on etiquette; says that she is glad that she is pleased with her new house; has heard that the 'Yankees' are advancing on Charlottesville; says Gloucester is having problems with the Yankees, so she will not return there; expresses disappointment that Mr. Powell did not secure a certain job that would have allowed them all to live together; says that the Redds and the Bookers have been very kind to her and do not want her to leave; writes that the Dupuy's son Willie? has bullet wounds in both thighs and in the foot.","Family news.","Describes a boat trip she took with Sallie ? to Norwood; gives news of Mr. William Cabell; discusses literature; news of friends and family.","Says Hunter has a small (medical) practice; gives news about what her other brothers? are doing; says Willie is doing well despite the time he spent in prison; tells how he was marched by their home last winter by the 'Yankees' and taken to prison; tells how their house was used as a hospital, her family was put under arrest, and they were forced to live with the 'Yankees' for six months; expresses her hatred of the 'Yankees;' discusses how the last four years have changed her; tells how Gert ? was working in the hospitals and on the battle field, caught a disease and has been bedridden for the last thirteen months; says she was very weak last winter because of the hard work and anxiety; says she could no longer work in the hospitals because of how the sights of war affected her.","Scope and Contents Family news; comments on the meeting of Congress and its result on the restoration of southern property.","Writes about Presbyterian Conference she is attending; gives town and family news.","Scope and Contents Gives history of a family, telling which troop each son is in; comments on the scarcity of paper, which is why she is writing on the back of a letter written to her by her mother. Letter Including on back: Selina Powell, Charlotte Court House, Virginia, to \"daughter\" Hattie Powell. Asks her about her fever and if it is interfering with her teaching; says Mr. Powell visited her for a week; says she will stay in Charlotte all winter; mentions death of Carry Hobson.","Scope and Contents Sends her a pair of slippers which she made the best she could with the materials available; says she wanted to do something for her during \"these war times\"; says her father is not home yet; gives list of things Rebecca needs.","Discusses the importance of having nice handwriting; describes Kate's ? studies; grieves over how many have lost their homes and hopes that her daughter could have a couple of years off from teaching; says those who must have employment are happiest; writes of family and friends; discusses her Uncle G's ? method of teaching. Including attached insert saying that Mr. H. ? declined her father's services.","Describes the scene when the 'Yankees' came into the home of Dr. Robert Baldwin; says Dr. Baldwin was kicked out of town because he refused to pay a servant; describes how the town has changed since the Union troops have taken over; mentions a man named Milroy who seems to be their leader; gives news of family members many of whom have been sick; describes a puppy he has gotten; describes a battle in which many 'Yankees' were taken as prisoners; says Milroy has escaped and has gone to Washington; says all of her furniture is not sold and that they cannot try to sell it while the 'Yankees' are here; discusses Dr. Daniel Conrad's practice.","Asks what Jeanie ? will do all summer; says she has heard that all the carriage horses in Gloucester have been carried off; says she will go to Powhatan to join her husband who is working for Mr. Michaux; says the 'Yankees' are in Shepherdstown but that the Confederates have Winchester.","Speaks of the last four years, the excitement and the trials; discusses \"the college\" that Robert is involving with; discusses the difficulty of finding good help; describes their house, saying it is handsome to \"confederate eyes;\" expresses sadness that her home is still used by Union troops; discusses Alexandria.","Comments on the postal problems and hopes she has been receiving her letters; gives news of the Bookers; writes of her anxiety over how she Nina is and discusses her travel plans to Prince Edward; discusses where the 'Yankees' are stationed; writes of the family's plans for the summer.","Sends her cotton for stockings; comments on postal problems; discusses the safety of Richmond; discusses sewing and fashions; news of family and friends.","Discusses the dilemma of Southerns taking the \"oath\" with the Northerners so that they can protect their property.","Reports that Captain Watkins and Willie Dupuy have been wounded; says she does not know which battle they were in; news of friends; says she has heard from Mr. Powell recently; discusses dresses.","Says that she sent socks to Willie ? who is in the army; mentions the death of James Mcoughty?","Describes how to make Mrs. Sharpe's ? hat; describes Lute's hat; says she will get two or three hundred dollars in Northern money from an Uncle William.","34 items.","Discusses teaching; describes trip to Charlottesville and adventurous train ride; mentions Sandy Pendleton's ? wedding; discusses Trip's ? health.","Sends Rebecca a picture of Robert E. Lee, taken during the war (picture is dated 1866 January 20 ); writes of Lexington where they have just moved; gives news of family.","Describes her social activities; gives teaching position that Hattie is considering; reports that 'Yankees' are being strict in their town.","Discusses poor mail service; describes Alexandria as dull town with spirit of despondency, town may be forced into the District of Columbia; describes visit of Henry Hallowell ?; much family and town news.","Discusses crocheting, books they have read; family news and gossip.","Discusses family news; speaks of financial situation of buying a house in Baltimore; discusses problems of retrieving household items (portraits, furniture, etc.) and where to put them.","Discusses details of retrieving family possessions from the Office of Confiscation; includes list of objects missing.","Describes her trip and her stay with Cousin Lee; tells of relatives and other people she has seen; will continue traveling.","Discusses daily life and schedule; family news.","Describes her trip to Dr. Wights' and tells of the people she met there; discusses dresses; asks about the family.","Description of the political happenings in Washington, D.C.: the disputes between President Johnson and the \"Radicals,\" Mr. Johnson's veto message, the South's need to have representation in Congress; tells his view of these happenings; discusses attempts to retrieve articles from the confiscation office; family news.","Tells of difficulty she has dealing with current hardships, \"Yankee\" rule, and free Black persons; news about friends in the neighborhood.","Describes dinner at New Market and the people she saw there; describes conditions of roads, outlawing carriage rides; much news of family and friends.","Tells of people she has seen or heard from.","Discusses family news and news of friends; talks of sewing projects.","Gives an account of her \"Easter excursion,\" reporting what she did and whom she met; says Mrs. Atkins has no servants, so she will have to clean her own room.","Describes events of neighborhood; tells news of friends; tells of religious happenings, Mr. Wharey's ? reform in the church, and her religious sentiments; writes of her gloomy feelings about the South, her distrust of the Yankees, and her rebellious feels toward them; congratulates Nina on having her own \"home.\"","Tells of stay in Cumberland with her \"sister and brother\"; tells of problems in retrieving household items lost in war; Douglas' Forrest?her husband? law practice is improving.","Asks Nina to welcome her friend, Mr. Henry Theodore Wight, who brings the letter, and make his stay in Alexandria pleasant.","Tries to convince Nina to take a trip next summer; describes new bonnet styles; describes her friend Henry Theodore Wright who will be taking a trip to Alexandria; discusses clothes.","Gives her view on the family taking in boarders, saying children would be easier for their mother to handle; asks about the \"Council;\" reports on what she has done socially; discusses the dresses she has made; says that yesterday the people of Richmond decorated the Confederate soldiers' graves; says she wishes she had gone; says Mrs. Adkins did not go, but sent flowers to Richmond. Written on letter from J. Walker, Dover ?, to Hattie Powell, Rolling Views, undated. Sends her flowers and asks her to come to visit him.","Describes her visit to Richmond, people she visited, and how many commented on how well she looked compared to last winter; describes clothes she is making.","Asks her to send ribbon for a dress she will wear to a day-long affair at Norwood; news of friends.","Discusses their plans to go to Prince Edward County; discusses what clothes she has and what she may need; news of family and friends.","Explains why she cannot attend the gathering at Mr. Redd's that night; says she must listen to her head and not her heart so that she may get well; says she is tired of feeling ill and weak.","Invites Nina and Hattie Powell to come stay with them; says she feels better and is very excited to see them.","Expresses her joy that she arrived home safely, and her regret that her mother Selina Powell has taken ill; describes a jousting tournament among young boys or \"knights,\" in which the girls were honored as Queens and Maids of Honor; news about family and friends.","Gives her condolences for her uncle's death and her mother's illness; tells her of Nancy's Lettie's sister engagement and tells Nina not to leave her to marry a man; much news of family and friends.","Thanks Nina for her letter congratulating her and Willie Booker on their engagement; news about her fiance; tells her adventures of keeping the house while her mother was gone; news of family and friends.","Writes that her father is looking for board for her Selina and until then she will stay in Charlotte; recommends that Nina not write to a man unless she is engaged to him or unless he is an old family friend; news of family and friends.","Discusses how far they are apart but thinks it is best that she (her mother) stay at Uncle Fred's; says she will stay at school for Christmas; writes of family and friends; tells that her health is very good and that she weights 106 pounds; discusses her school duties and her sewing.","Describes the parties she has had at her home recently; speaks of the engagement between Willie Booker and Nancy her sister, and Lou Edmunds and Captain Hill; news of family and friends.","Tells how she and her friends have been together for three weeks now, staying at different homes; wishes Nina could be there; news of courting, engagements and weddings; tells Nina that she will not become an old maid; much news about family and friends; discusses reading societies and books read.","Tells of courtings, engagements and weddings; tells of Christmas plans; discusses the struggle in the Christian life to be pure.","Describes Christmas holidays; discusses the Christian struggle for purity; says she is having more headaches; discusses poor financial situation with no patrons paying for her teachings.","Describes the changes taking place: their Uncle Joe has died and she, Lavalette and her mother have moved to Falkland to take care of his children; she and Lavalette will teach the children; Lavalette is feeling worse; her brother and sister May will take care of Linden; news of engagements, weddings, family and friends.","Describes her new home and her new schedule; news about family and friends.","Tells about her fiance Willie Booker's work in Medical School; describes reactions to the Territorial Bill and to General Scofields; wonders if Lavalette will keep her promise to become an old maid; says the weather is so bad that they will not be able to go to Church for a month because of the roads; says she is trying to guess when weddings will be by who is making their wedding clothes.","Describes her teaching job with her sister Nancy; describes her students; tells how spirits have been low since the passage of the Territorial Bill, says their district is commanded by General Schofield; describes the \"demoralizing\" incident of one of the county men running off with a 'Negro' girl and marrying her; news of family and friends.","Sends this letter through a friend and asks Rebecca to mail a package to Washington, D.C. for her; may have some frames sent to her, which could then be sent to them by steamboat to Richmond and canal boat to Lexington; says Mildred is in Richmond; Rob and Fitzhugh may go to Jennie's? wedding.","Describes the commencement exercises that she and Lavalette attended at Hampden Sydney; describes the fashions she saw there; says the scrub worm is seriously damaging the tobacco crop; describes their summer bonnets bought in Richmond. 4 pages. letter signed.","Says that Nancy her sister has been ill; says that she, Nancy and their mother will take a trip North for their health; says she dreads to be among the 'Yankees;' tells that Lou Booker has typhoid fever and so her wedding must be postponed; discusses the advantages and disadvantages of being an old maid and whether they will be one.","Gives news of gentlemen who are courting her; says that John Smith has been visiting her every other night; tells Nina that it is becoming serious and that she better come home soon or she will be gone; gives advice on the gentlemen that Nina is seeing.","Describes their stay in Danville; tells that her engagement with Willie Booker has been terminated; discusses their plans of where to live next year; news of family and friends; discusses fair.","Thanks Hattie for her announcement of her \"change of condition\" marriage or engagement?; gives her best wishes for her health and happiness.","Discusses which furniture and portraits she would like to have sent to her.","Discusses details of sending furniture from Alexandria to Lexington and of having portraits framed and sent. Includes notes to Selina and Nina.","Discusses her transactions to acquire more furnishings for their home; news about family and friends.","Asks about her interactions with Mr. D?; says Nina's happiness is the only bright spot in their lives; says she hasn't been to church much; says she has seen a lot of Willie S.?; regrets that she can't say everything she would like to, because the letter must go through so many hands; writes of the broken Southern spirit; asks if there are any \"situations\" near them that she could take; says that she cannot write much because it works her \"into such a state\".","Tells of their new life at Linden, helping to take care of \"Sis\" May's children; comments on Nina's sister Hattie's marriage; discusses religion; describes a trip to Richmond; news about family and friends.","Recommends that she or Rebecca go with her to visit friends in Prince Edward County; tells her that since Mrs. Booker'shouse was used as headquarters for them during the war, they must make a pleasure visit to her since the war is over.","Thanks Nina for sending her the objects repossessed from the war; comments on their sentimental value; gives news about Baltimore's social events and her husband Douglas' work.","Tells what family has done since she left for her trip; says everyone is feeling remarkably well on account of the warm weather; tells her to enjoy her visit with Lizza and Aggie ?","Tells what each person in household is doing that evening: Mamma, Papa, Lute?, Lewis?, Fan?; says she visited Hattie who is feeling well \"under the circumstances;\" news about neighborhood.","Describes the health of each family member; says Mr. Powell had dyspepsia for which she gives him a raw onion; says Hattie is the same and cannot leave her room; gives news of friends; discusses a fire at Lee's ? house; hopes she is enjoying her visit with Lizzie and Aggie.","Gives news about family and neighborhood; says that Cousin Lee's house burned; writes that Bob Robert Powell is now a doctor; news about her school.","Discusses news of neighborhood and people who have come to visit her; tells Nina to enjoy her stay with Lizzie and Agnes ?; says she is still flat on her back but hopes to be better in a few weeks.","Regrets that he could not make the picnic that Nina planned; says that he had to pick up Josie ? that day, who traveled flat on her back; says that he saw \"Cousin Rebecca\" in town.","Tells how she had been preserving many foods last summer because of the possible food shortage during the coming winter; describes her stay with \"Sis\" May in Farmville; describes the situation of the churches and Sunday school in her area; news about family and friends; one of Nina's students, Emma Henry, is getting married.","Apologizes to Nina for not calling on her while she was in Baltimore; expresses her job in their friendship.","Writes of their sorrow at the death of Hugh Holmes McGuire (brother of cousin); whose wife just had a child; asks Rebecca to come visit, since the war is over; gives news about who owns the Powell's old home; tells what each of her relatives are doing; gives news about friends; discusses the death of her aunt who never recovered after the 'Yankees' burnt her house down; mentions how many soldiers cannot find employment. Hugh Holmes McGuire MW battle of High Bridge.","Discusses Maggie's wedding her niece; says she has been alone in the evenings since Nina left her; describes her friends who have called during the day.","Apologizes for not writing; describes her schedule to taking care of a family of ten people; gives news about her gentlemen friends.","Extends sympathies to Nina and her family in the death of her sister, Hattie Powell Smoot, who died in childbirth; offers comfort through religion.","Offers her sympathy for the death of her daughter Hattie; discusses Hattie's character; mentions how Hattie has been looking forward to the time of childbirth.","Gives her sympathy for the death of Selina's daughter Hattie; speaks of her husband Robert, saying she thinks he may never be entirely well again; gives news of family.","Tells of her mourning for her cousin Hattie; offers sympathies; gives news of family.","Offer her sympathies for Hattie's death; describes her stay in her Uncle Phil's home in the mountains; says she will return home to Alexandria in the Fall.","Describes the mountain inn and how they spend their time; says the mountain air is helping their mother's health.","Expresses her joy that Nina is engaged; discusses Nina's mother's health; says she is confined to bed and in much pain; says the treatment causes much suffering and that she is anxious to leave for home.","Says she is glad Nina gets a chance to enjoy herself, and visit with her cousin Lizzie, without worrying about daily duties; says her Aunt Lute is taking good care of her.","Gives a report on everyone's health; says she is feeling better; gives news of friends and family; hopes that she is enjoying her stay with \"cousin\" Lizzie.","Discusses grief and religion; teases Nina about her engagement to Sewell Hepburn; tells her to enjoy her stay and to get well soon; news about Alexandria.","News of friends and family; describes the trouble of giving a party for a couple to be married, and wonders why people have marriages in such poor times.","Pleads with her to visit them for Christmas.","Reports that they have been trying both the \"Alleghany Springs\" and the \"Yellow Sulfur\" springs; says the water has helped her health; describes the social life at the springs.","Inquires about her friends in Alexandria; asks if Mrs. Cassius Lee has information on household goods stolen from her.","Tells of her and Nancy's stay in Danville; discusses Nina's wedding; says her brother Abner will be in the Legislature until it adjourns; news about family and friends. Envelope included with list of bridal attendants on the back.","Discusses her daily schedule; describes a sewing machine that she bought; discusses Nina's wedding; news about family and friends.","Expresses her job in hearing Nina is engaged; reports that she has heard Mr. Hepburn described as \"intellectual\" and \"pious\"; says Captain. Grady sends his love; sends her a gift.","Regrets that she cannot come to Nina's wedding; hopes that Nina will be happy living in the parsonage; news about family and friends.","Apologizes that she cannot be there for the wedding; sends her money to buy a wedding present; tells that she had to refuse a gentleman who revealed his feelings for her; wishes her happiness in her new life.","Note accompanying a wedding present, wishing Nina happiness.","Gives a report on her health, saying she is much stronger; tells what remedies she is taking; says they have given most of her wedding cake away; says that everyone thinks her wedding was beautiful; gives her philosophy on marriage and its importance; tells her how lucky she is to have found such a \"good man.\" Including letter from Rebecca C. Powell to Nina giving a report on their mother's health.","Describes how she spent her Easter vacation; describes the events that took place after Nina's wedding; describes a visit to Georgetown.","Reports she is feeling better but that Rebecca has neuralgia from a bad tooth; tells Nina that she should call her husband \"Mr. Hepburn\"; says it is Nellie's wedding day; advises her to obey her husband now that she is no longer there to control her.","Gives news about home and tells Nina that they miss her greatly; says the relationship between herself and John ? is growing stronger; hopes that she is enjoying her stay in the country with her husband.","Discusses their mother's health, noting improvements; expresses eagerness to visit her in her own home; asks about Sewell.","Discusses her arrangements to come see them; says she is feeling better but she is still weak; tells her to ask for what she needs just like when she lived at home; gives news of family and friends.","Writes to tell her that her health has improved since she left home; gives a report on her health and what she has done there at a resort?; says her father will be home soon.","Includes description of S. Powell.","Thanks him for the letter of sympathy concerning his wife, Selina Powell; gives a detailed description of her death and a tribute to her life.","Offers her sympathy in the loss of her mother; says that her mother Selina Powell was one of her earliest friends.","Entreats them to warn his wife Lizzie against a woman named Mrs. Hubard who he is convinced is seeking their ruin.","Tells of friends' illnesses and other afflictions; discusses preachers; says she will wait to buy cotton until the price goes down. Including letter (written on top of) of 1864 January 8 from ? Danville, Va., to \"sister.\" Says she would like to visit her and also to see her whole family, but that she cannot leave because of her duties; says she can only leave on \"official business.\"","Describes their summer in the North; describes the Grand Jubilee held in Boston; describes Newport, Maine and the historical sites there; discusses Nina's life in the parsonage; gives news about family and friends back home.","Says she is very happy to return from the North, though she was treated kindly there and it did improve her health; says many people at home are ill with an influenza that follows the Horse Disease; much news about family and friends.","Asks Nina how her little boy is; reveals that she thought she would be getting married this fall, but that the gentleman, Dr. Cole, has been suffering from an illness; news about family and friends.","Expresses hope that she will visit them in Maryland soon, and bring her child; comments on Nina's settling in Waterford, Loudon County; news of family and friends.","Describes the baby Sewell's features; tells how the family is adjusting to new baby.","Discusses tuition for Mildred.","Reports news of her school; discusses the bonds that their father sold, and his financial situation.","Reports that they are taking of Uncle Leven, including paying for his board with Sallie Withers, and giving him clothes; expresses disappointment that other relatives are not helping him; says Uncle Lev had a drinking problem at one time and his wife will not see him.","Tells Nina their plans to visit her; says they will travel through Baltimore and then by boat across the Chesapeake Bay.","Sends a check for Mildred's tuition.","Hopes that Mr. Hepburn has recovered from his fall and hopes he will stick to taming men's spirits rather than taming men's horses; much news about family and friends.","Gives news about family and friends; says that they will visit her in a few weeks.","Sends Nina a fur cape and muff; congratulates Nina on her pregnancy and hopes she feels well; sends a present for the coming baby; asks Nina for her preferred style of dress so that she can make her some.","Tells of the death of her father-in-law and the effects it has had on the family.","Tells of birth of another boy and that Nina is doing fine; says they have not named him because he wanted a girl; tells story of how his errand boy spilled into the well some fish he was cleaning and how he Sewell had to go down and fish them out.","Gives advice on how to take care of oneself after childbirth; thinks that she should have more than one servant; says that she is having some dresses made for her; news about family and friends.","Scope and Contents Gives news of friends in Alexandria; mentions centennial celebrations; says her school is doing well, with 21 scholars; mentions that Robert Powell has a new daughter.","Gives news about Powell and Lee cousins in Philadelphia; says that a few neighbors have scarlet fever; discusses politics.","Tells of his stay at Selma in Leesburg where he visited relatives; tells of weddings in Leesburg.","Says she is glad the children are recovering from their illness; says Nina must take tonic and Lager Beer herself to say well; recommends ways to rid the house of the illness; describes a visit to Baltimore to see an art exhibit.","Wishes he had a mountain house where his grandchildren could go, especially to recuperate; discusses controversy between two churches, St. Stephens and Grace Church, in the neighborhood where he is; says they both want Mr. Jackson from Charleston, South Carolina, to be their minister.","Gives a long description of her boarders and her school; gives news about neighborhood, friends and family.","Teases him about his \"destitute condition,\" having to take care of himself while Nina is in Baltimore; scolds him for not taking good care of himself and says she does not want Nina to become a widow; tells of a surprise visit by Mrs. Beck of his parish to visit one of her students, Hallie; discusses past election and Hancock's defeat.","Is happy that she is enjoying her travels in the North so much; thanks her for her detailed descriptions which allow him to see the places through his \"mental vision\"; discusses his routes home; says he will be home soon with two boys grandsons.","Discusses her travels in the North; tells of his grandsons' (Charles and Sewell) visit to Alexandria; discusses news at home.","Discusses the town of Bethlehem; says her Uncle William is visiting him; discusses his health; tells news of neighborhood.","Says that her \"Scotts Nephew\" has arrived and has settled in a room; says he may go to Orange County, Va.? soon.","Describes a visit by her cousins Kate Powell and Carrie; gives a long and detailed description of Carrie, her immediate family and her experiences.","Discusses Ellen's tuition; says they are pleased with her education; says that their move to Richmond means that they will have to find another teacher.","Describes his journey to Nina's; describes an encounter between Bishop Randolph and Meta Stuart on the train concerning Amelie Rives; gives a description of each of his grandchildren.","Hopes that she and Mrs. Wailes are steadily improving their health while at the springs; tells her of the death of Mrs. Braxton and the prospects of Ingleside; gives news of grandchildren and neighborhood.","Expresses joy that her health is improving; tells of the death of General Wickham and how it affected the area; gives news of family and neighborhood.","Describes the school; says he may join the Blackford Society; tells about a grammar exam.","Describes the taking of an arithmetic exam which exempted him from taking any more; says he got some demerits; tells about football and how he is playing well.","Tells about his schedule and about his exams; says he had tea with Mr. Hooffs; discusses demerits.","Says he cannot teach this week because his nose is going to be operated on; says his mother and Sewell will occupy the children until then; says Sewell will go back to school soon; discusses the structure of his classes and asks her advice.","Discusses the nature of geometry and gives advice on how to learn it.","Says he has been ill; discusses activities at school and grades.","Thanks her for the invitation to come visit while they are in Yorktown; says his two boys will come by sailing a canoe to Yorktown.","Says they are all home for a week holiday; describes how they all got home; says Richard Cook came home with Selina; describes a real old timey Virginia country dance; says Selina likes Alexandria and the new home; describes what each person in the family has been doing; gives a description of the College of William and Mary; says he has overloaded himself with schoolwork this year; tells how the Alumni are reorganizing the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity; gives a description of the fraternity; mentions the burning of St. Paul's Church in Hanover; thanks her for the presents she sent.","Discusses examination schedule and work load; questions validity of mid-term examinations; praises the College for its level of academia; praises Dr. Hall, a professor of English; says that main event at the College now is the contest between societies for the society medals; says he is in the Phoenix society and may debate for it; says he took a trip to New Kent to see his \"girl\" and to visit friends; discusses the Daughters of the Revolution and the Organization of the Descendants of the Cincinnati; says he saw Cousin Laura and her husband Mr. Roberts, a preacher, who are in Williamsburg.","Discusses the new house which he is anxious to get home to see; says he and Charles will not finish exams until the end of June; discusses the social events of the \"final week\"; discusses his exams; discusses Selina's academic progress; says one must experience College life to understand the strength of its temptations.","Says he has spent much time with Nanna Powell McCormick, a cousin; describes her and what they have done together; says he is in love with her; discusses love and cupid; describes a card club he belongs to, and a German club.","Hopes that she doesn't feel isolated from his immediate family; says that their \"great mutual loss\" has brought them all closer together; asks about her plans for the future; says he went to York to see Charles; discusses his housing at College; talks of recent fires in Richmond and Baltimore; speaks of his cousins and some girls that he has met.","Discusses their family's genealogy; mentions Nicholas Lloyd, John Lloyd, and Sarah Lloyd.","Discusses the Presbyterian drive in Alexandria to save the old church; discusses church events; expresses joy to hear of Nina's marriage; mentions the fact that her Selina's father is over eighty years old.","Scope and Contents Describes a house nearby; writes about her relatives that are staying there; asks her to come visit. Including Selina Powell to Nina Powell. Asks Nina to write Lizzie about the house, if it can be rented, and who they should talk to.","Wishes her a Merry Christmas; tells what family members are making for presents; asks about her trip to Alexandria and the people she has seen; discusses the propriety of accepting a book for a gentleman; tells her to be happy and not to think too much.","Discusses offers she has had for teaching, saying she will take the offer closest to where Mr. Powell teaches; advises her to get her teeth fixed; discusses styles; gives advice on how to motivate one of her students; says he will not go to Gloucester because of the recent \"outrages\" there; says she has a \"horror of drunken negroes.\"","Advises her to come home after her visit with Lizzie Watkins; gives a report on the health of family and friends; says almost \"all black and white\" went to the \"procession\" in Washington the day before; says her cousin Jinny Taylor's family is ill; sends her money. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses her poor health, saying she has been diagnosed as having a diseased heart; says she is staying with her sister Aggie who just got married; news of family. 4 pages. letter signed.","Discusses Nina's visit with her friends and her trip to the \"Bear's Den\"; writes of the many parties there have been since Nina left; says she has not seen Nina's sisters since they got back from Capon; discusses their friendship.","Says her father still has not come home; describes a trip Nina and Rebecca made and the people they visited; writes of young men and friends who have come to visit Nina; news of friends and family.","Discusses dresses; writes of a \"Mr. C.,\" assuring her mother that they are not romantically involved; says Mr. and Mrs. Stringfellow left them to the care of the housekeeper; gives news about friends.","Says that Uncle J. 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Incomplete.","Scope and Contents Advises her not to work too hard; discusses board prices in Albemarle, where Mr. Powell is teaching; discusses hair styles; encloses a sample of material of Rebecca's berage ?; writes of the crowded conditions in Mrs. Sharpe's ? home; mentions reading.","Sends this note with a letter she is forwarding; hopes she is enjoying her visit; says she is feeling better.","Discusses dresses and asks what else she will need for the summer; sends her a poem.","Scope and Contents Consoles her in her time of \"troubles\"; says she has heard from their mother that she \"bears them bravely\"; urges her to take an interest in life and to try to be happy again.","Describes a dress that Minnie is making; discusses other dresses.","News of family and friends.","Describes a walk he took from North Hampton to East Hampton; discusses Thanksgiving vacation.","Asks her to send socks.","Tells about her dolls; mentions some Powell relatives.","Thanks her for the donation for the restoration of a church on Fairfax St., near Selina's Aunt Rebecca's home; mentions a celebration for the laying of the corner stone of the District; describes a light hose that the government gave the Mount Vernon Chapter D.A.R.; mentions more historic work.","Discusses religious matters; lists social events.","Describes duties and responsibilities of husband and wife; describes the state of marriage; pronounces the couple as husband and wife; states Benediction.","Scope and Contents Signed as written by Laura ?; added note in different handwriting states \"written by Minna when eight years of age.\"","Scope and Contents 4 items.","Tells of his appointment as Commander of the Continental Army, and his reluctance to accept the position due to hopes of a more peaceful solution and reluctance in leaving his family; gives information as to other Congressional decisions, such as the striking of 2 million dollars in Continental currency to pay troops.","Scope and Contents In answer to a previous letter, he feels that the only principle that will affect them the British? is fear, and that treating them cavalierly will make them despair of their undertaking. Statement on verso: Copy is in handwriting of Rebecca C. Powell of Alexandria.","Scope and Contents Wishes to spend remainder of his life in \"rural amusements;\" prediction of what a great city Washington, D.C. will become, \"though not as large as London,\" and description of how Alexandria, Virginia has grown; feels that if the United States can steer clear of European politics, it could become \"one of the greatest and happiest nations in the world.\"","Scope and Contents Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, Virginia before the British burned the District of Columbia in the War of 1812. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of General George Washington, Letters of General Greene and papers of the State Department. 2 pages. copy of letter signed, first part missing.","Mainly letters written from Illinois to Charles L. Powell dealing with land transactions. 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