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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. 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He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. 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Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c03_c02"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c07_c05","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Certificate stating that Miss E[liza]\n M. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. 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Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. 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Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c07_c05"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c04_c22","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Cha[rle]s Devens, Washington, [D.C.], to Robert W. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. 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(Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz,\n        Chester Alan Arthur,\n        George Bancroft,\n        Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),\n        Lewis Cass,\n        Claudius Crozet,\n        J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),\n        John Moncure Daniel,\n        J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),\n        Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,\n        Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),\n        J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),\n        Robert William Hughes,\n        G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),\n        Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),\n        James Longstreet,\n        William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,\n        John Singleton Mosby,\n        Alfred Magill Randolph."],"creator_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,\n        Chester Alan Arthur,\n        George Bancroft,\n        Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),\n        Lewis Cass,\n        Claudius Crozet,\n        J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),\n        John Moncure Daniel,\n        J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),\n        Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,\n        Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),\n        J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),\n        Robert William Hughes,\n        G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),\n        Joseph E. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. 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Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c04_c22"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c05_c10","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Chester A. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c05_c10"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_viw00041_c01","ref_ssm":["viw_viw00041_c01"],"id":"viw_viw00041_c01","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","parent_ssi":"viw_viw00041","parent_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_viw00041"],"title_filing_ssi":"Correspondence, \n               1818-1900,\n               n.d.","title_ssm":["Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"title_tesim":["Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"text":["Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d.","Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Folder 1-3"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1,"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"containers_ssim":["Folder 1-3"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":7,"_nest_path_":"/components#0","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:53:38.450Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00041","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00041.xml","title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"text":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Mss. 39.2 H87","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Railroads--Virginia.","Canals--United\n            States.","Harbors--United\n            States.","Horses--Virginia.","United States--Politics and\n            government-- 1865-1900.","United States--\n            History--Civil War, 1861-1865.","Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence.","Practice of\n            law--Virginia--History.","103 items.","Organization\n        This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. 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Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va."],"corpname_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va."],"persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":106,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:53:38.450Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c05","type":"Sub-Series","attributes":{"title":"Correspondence, 1880-1889.","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_viw00041_c01_c05","ref_ssm":["viw_viw00041_c01_c05"],"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c05","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041_c01","parent_ssi":"viw_viw00041_c01","parent_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_viw00041","viw_viw00041_c01"],"title_filing_ssi":"Correspondence, \n                  \n                  1880-1889.","title_ssm":["Correspondence, 1880-1889."],"title_tesim":["Correspondence, 1880-1889."],"normalized_title_ssm":["Correspondence, 1880-1889."],"text":["Correspondence, 1880-1889.","Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d.","Folder 2-3"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Correspondence, 1818-1900, n.d."],"level_ssm":["Sub-Series"],"level_ssim":["Sub-series"],"component_level_isim":[2],"sort_isi":59,"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"extent_ssm":["22 items."],"extent_tesim":["22 items."],"containers_ssim":["Folder 2-3"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":23,"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#4","timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:53:38.450Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viw_viw00041","ead_ssi":"viw_viw00041","_root_":"viw_viw00041","_nest_parent_":"viw_viw00041","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/wm/viw00041.xml","title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"text":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900","Mss. 39.2 H87","Republican Party (U.S. :\n            1854- )","Railroads--Virginia.","Canals--United\n            States.","Harbors--United\n            States.","Horses--Virginia.","United States--Politics and\n            government-- 1865-1900.","United States--\n            History--Civil War, 1861-1865.","Lawyers--Virginia--Correspondence.","Practice of\n            law--Virginia--History.","103 items.","Organization\n        This collection is organized into 2 Series: 1.\n            Correspondence, and 2. Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. 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Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)"],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n      "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va."],"corpname_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va."],"persname_ssim":["Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. 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Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"names_ssim":["Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":106,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-07-23T21:53:38.450Z","bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eRobert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c05"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c05_c17","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Dan[iel] B. Lucas, Charlestown, W.\n Virginia, to Judge R.H. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. 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Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cchronlist\u003e\u003chead\u003eChronology\u003c/head\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e16 Jan. 1821\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBorn at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eMuddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ethe son of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1822\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBoth parents died, and \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes\u003c/persname\u003ewas raised by \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Edward C. Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c05_c17"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c07_c02","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"D[avid] Davis, n.p. to Judge Ro[bert]\n W. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments."],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical/Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. 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Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eand his\n               wife, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza(Preston) Carrington\u003c/persname\u003eof \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eHalifax Co., Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e(family\n               relationship not known).\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1833-1837\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003e\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003ePrinceton, N.J.\u003c/geogname\u003e\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1837-1838\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eAttended \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCaldwell Institute,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eGreensboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1839\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eTutor, \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eBingham High School,\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003cgeogname\u003eHillsboro, N.C.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1843\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eStudied law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eFincastle, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1846\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan practice of law, \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eRichmond, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003cpersname\u003e\u003c/persname\u003e\u003ccorpname\u003e\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e4 June 1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eMarried \n               \u003cpersname\u003eEliza M. Johnston,\u003c/persname\u003e(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGen. Joseph E. Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c07_c02"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c04_c20","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"D[avid] M[cKendree] Key, Post Office\n Department, Washington, [D.C.], to R.W. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar\n            Monroe), 1825-1903.","Daniel, John Moncure,\n            1825-1865.","De Bow, J. D. B. (James\n            Dunwoody Brownson), 1820-1867.","Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert,\n            1810-1894.","Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses\n            Simpson), 1822-1885.","J. B. H. (James Barron\n            Hope), 1829-1887.","James, G. P. R. (George\n            Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860.","Johnston, Joseph E. (Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz,\n        Chester Alan Arthur,\n        George Bancroft,\n        Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),\n        Lewis Cass,\n        Claudius Crozet,\n        J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),\n        John Moncure Daniel,\n        J.D.B. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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Johnston\u003c/persname\u003eand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan\u003c/persname\u003eand \n               \u003cpersname\u003eSarah (Preston) Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1850\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBegan writing editorials for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond\n               Examiner.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1853-1857\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner\u003c/title\u003ewhile\n               regular editor in \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eEurope.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1855\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eRobert Morton Hughes.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1857-1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWashington Union,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Buchanan Floyd.\u003c/persname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBirth of son, \n               \u003cpersname\u003eFloyd Hughes\u003c/persname\u003e(2 other children died\n               young)\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eBecause of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.,\u003c/geogname\u003ewhere \n               \u003cpersname\u003eGeneral and Mrs. Floyd\u003c/persname\u003e1ived with\n               the \n               \u003cpersname\u003eHughes family\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1861-1864\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWrote for the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Examiner,\u003c/title\u003eshowing\n               hostility toward \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eJefferson Davis'\n               administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1865-1866\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEdited the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond Republic,\u003c/title\u003eand\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1868\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDelegate to \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eNational Democratic\n               Convention.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1869-1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eEditor of the \n               \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eRichmond State\n               Journal.\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003eCa. 1870\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eWounded \n               \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Cameron\u003c/persname\u003ein a\n               duel.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed federal district attorney by \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGrant administration.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1872\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eCongress\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1873\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNominated for \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eGovernor of Virginia\u003c/corpname\u003ebut did not\n               win.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1874\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eNamed Judge of federal court for the \n               \u003ccorpname\u003eEastern District of Va.\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1898\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eResigned judgeship.\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003cchronitem\u003e\u003cdate era=\"ce\" calendar=\"gregorian\"\u003e1901\u003c/date\u003e\u003cevent\u003eDied at \n               \u003cgeogname\u003eAbingdon, Va.\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/event\u003e\u003c/chronitem\u003e\u003c/chronlist\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eSource: \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eDictionary of American\n         Biography\u003c/title\u003e; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_viw00041_c01_c04_c20"}},{"id":"viw_viw00041_c01_c03_c04","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"D.B. 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Printed Material and Manuscript\n            Volumes.","This collection is arranged by date with those items\n            without dates located at the end of the series. Series 1 is\n            divided into subseries mostly by ten year increments.","Robert William Hughes was born at Muddy Creek Plantation,\n         Powhatan County, Va. in 1821. His parents died in 1822 and he\n         was raised by Edward C. Carrington and Eliza Preston\n         Carrington. He attended Caldwell Institute, Greensboro, N. C.\n         and studied law in Fincastle, Va. He married Eliza M.\n         Johnston, niece of Joseph E. Johnston and the adopted daughter\n         and niece of John B. Floyd. Hughes' son was Robert Morton\n         Hughes. Robert William Hughes was a newspaper editor and\n         federal district attorney. Involved in post Civil War\n         Republican Party politics, he was nominated for governor of\n         Virginia and for Congress but did not win. He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart.","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. (1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. Mosby, Bishop Alfred\n         Magill Randolph, and William Fanning Wickham (concerning his\n         father John Wickham and members of the Richmond Bar including\n         John Marshall.)","Papers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert\n         William Hughes (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician,\n         and United States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk,\n         Va.","Caldwell Institute,","Bingham High School,","Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.","National Democratic\n               Convention.","Grant administration.","Congress","Governor of Virginia","Eastern District of Va.","Louis Agassiz,","Chester Alan Arthur,","George Bancroft,","Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),","Lewis Cass,","Claudius Crozet,","J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),","John Moncure Daniel,","J.D.B. De Bow(James Dunwoody\n            Brownson),","Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,","Ulysses S. Grant (Ulysses Simpson),","J.B.H. (James Barron Hope),","Robert William Hughes,","G. P. R. James (George Payne\n            Rainsford),","Joseph E. Johnston (Joseph Eggleston),","James Longstreet,","William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,","John Singleton Mosby,","Alfred Magill Randolph.","Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.","Hughes","Gen. Edward C. Carrington","Eliza(Preston) Carrington","Eliza M. Johnston,","Gen. Joseph E. Johnston","John Buchanan","Sarah (Preston) Floyd.","Robert Morton Hughes.","John Buchanan Floyd.","Floyd Hughes","General and Mrs. Floyd","Hughes family","William E. Cameron","Wickham, John,\n            1763-1839.","Marshall, John,\n            1755-1835.","Agassiz, Louis,\n            1807-1873.","Arthur, Chester Alan,\n            1829-1886.","Bancroft, George,\n            1800-1891.","Butler, Benjamin F.\n            (Benjamin Franklin), 1818- 1893.","Cass, Lewis,\n            1782-1866.","Crozet, Claudius,\n            1790-1864.","Curry, J. L. M. 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(Joseph\n            Eggleston), 1807- 1891.","Longstreet, James,\n            1821-1904.","Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh,\n            1837-1891.","Mosby, John Singleton,\n            1833-1916.","Randolph, Alfred Magill,\n            1836-1918.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"collection_ssim":["Inventory of the Robert William\n Hughes Papers \n \n 1818-1900"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"unitid_tesim":["Mss. 39.2 H87"],"repository_ssm":["College of William and Mary"],"repository_ssim":["College of William and Mary"],"creator_ssm":["Louis Agassiz,\n        Chester Alan Arthur,\n        George Bancroft,\n        Benjamin F. Butler (Benjamin\n            Franklin),\n        Lewis Cass,\n        Claudius Crozet,\n        J.L.M. Curry(Jabez Lamar Monroe),\n        John Moncure Daniel,\n        J.D.B. 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He was appointed\n         judge of the federal court for the Eastern District of\n         Virginia.","Chronology16 Jan. 1821Born at \n               Muddy Creek Plantation, Powhatan Co.,\n               Va.,the son of \n               Jesse and Elizabeth Woodson (Morton)\n               Hughes.1822Both parents died, and \n               Hugheswas raised by \n               Gen. Edward C. Carringtonand his\n               wife, \n               Eliza(Preston) Carringtonof \n               Halifax Co., Va.(family\n               relationship not known).Ca. 1833-1837\"put to the carpenter's trade in \n               Princeton, N.J.\"Ca. 1837-1838Attended \n               Caldwell Institute,Greensboro, N.C.Ca. 1839Tutor, \n               Bingham High School,Hillsboro, N.C.1843Studied law, \n               Fincastle, Va.1846Began practice of law, \n               Richmond, Va.4 June 1850Married \n               Eliza M. Johnston,(1825-1908),\n               niece of \n               Gen. Joseph E. Johnstonand niece\n               and adopted daughter of \n               John Buchananand \n               Sarah (Preston) Floyd.1850Began writing editorials for the \n               Richmond\n               Examiner.1853-1857Editor of the \n               Richmond Examinerwhile\n               regular editor in \n               Europe.1855Birth of son, \n               Robert Morton Hughes.1857-1861Editor of the \n               Washington Union,and\n               lived in home of Secretary of War \n               John Buchanan Floyd.1861Birth of son, \n               Floyd Hughes(2 other children died\n               young)1861Because of \"chronic disease\" retired to a farm\n               near \n               Abingdon, Va.,where \n               General and Mrs. Floyd1ived with\n               the \n               Hughes family.1861-1864Wrote for the \n               Richmond Examiner,showing\n               hostility toward \n               Jefferson Davis'\n               administration.1865-1866Edited the \n               Richmond Republic,and\n               generally pursued a course that considered\n               \"nimble\"1868Delegate to \n               National Democratic\n               Convention.1869-1870Editor of the \n               Richmond State\n               Journal.Ca. 1870Wounded \n               William E. Cameronin a\n               duel.1872Named federal district attorney by \n               Grant administration.1872Nominated for \n               Congressbut did not win.1873Nominated for \n               Governor of Virginiabut did not\n               win.1874Named Judge of federal court for the \n               Eastern District of Va.1898Resigned judgeship.1901Died at \n               Abingdon, Va.Source: \n         Dictionary of American\n         Biography; Preston-Johnston-Floyd-Hughes genealogical\n         chart."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers, mainly 1865-1900, of Robert William Hughes\n         (1821-1901), journalist, Republican politician, and United\n         States District Judge, of Abingdon and Norfolk, Va. Included\n         are family momentoes relating to Hughes' foster father,\n         General Edward C. Carrington (1790-1855), and to Mrs. Hughes'\n         father and brother, Charles C. 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(1795-1832) and John Preston\n         Johnston (1821?-l847), articles written by Hughes on Virginia\n         politics, newspapers, and horses, a few letters to Mrs.\n         Hughes, and a scrapbook containing pamphlets and newspaper\n         clippings of articles by Hughes or on subjects that interested\n         Hughes, as well as a letter from J.H. Platt, Jr., Secretary,\n         Union Congressional Republican Executive Committee,\n         Washington, D.C., to Hughes, 17 Sept. 1870, concerning\n         Virginia Republican politics.","Prominent correspondents include Louis Agassiz, Chester A.\n         Arthur, George Bancroft, Benjamin F. Butler, Lewis Cass,\n         Claudius Crozet, J.M.L. Curry, John Moncure Daniel, John\n         Warwick Daniel, J.D.B. DeBow, Benjamin S. Ewell, Ulysses S.\n         Grant, James Barron Hope, G.P.R. James, Joseph E. Johnston,\n         W.H.F. Lee, James Longstreet, John S. 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