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As Faulkner headed home to Martinsburg, Seward had him arrested as a suspected Southern sympathizer. He was never formally charged. Seward offered to release Faulkner if he would swear an oath of allegiance. Faulkner refused and was eventually traded for another prisoner. During the Civil War, Faulkner served on Stonewall Jackson's staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter the war and the creation of West Virginia, Faulkner again refused an oath of allegiance to the United States and recovered his law license only with difficulty. Nonetheless, when Virginia sued to regain the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, West Virginia called on Faulkner to represent the new state's interests at the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a voice of restraint as a delegate to West Virginia's Constitutional Convention of 1872, in which ex-Confederates set out to undo much of the 1863 Constitution, which they considered too Northern.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFaulkner died in Martinsburg. Son Charles James Faulkner Jr. served West Virginia as a U.S. senator (1887-1899), while his great-nephew, U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, ruled Virginia politics for many years in the 20th century. Boydville, the Boyd-Faulkner home, a Martinsburg landmark, is on the National Register of Historic Places.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["From the West Virginia Encyclopedia article on Charles James Faulkner (see link in External Documents):","Statesman Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 - November 1, 1884) was born in Martinsburg, the son of an Irish immigrant. Faulkner attended Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) in Washington and studied law in Winchester, Virginia. He entered the Virginia General Assembly at age 22 in 1829, his first political race. In 1833, Faulkner married Mary W. Boyd, the youngest daughter of Gen. Elisha Boyd, and through her acquired the plantation of Boydville and other properties. Faulkner served also in the West Virginia legislature, U.S. Congress (1851-1859), and as U.S. minister to France.","In 1832, Faulkner spoke publicly for the gradual elimination of slavery. He advocated Western Virginia interests, such as voting rights for all white males regardless of property, when Virginia rewrote its constitution in 1850-1851.","Faulkner was U.S. minister to France for 14 months before the Civil War. In 1861, he delivered his last report to Secretary of State William Seward. As Faulkner headed home to Martinsburg, Seward had him arrested as a suspected Southern sympathizer. He was never formally charged. Seward offered to release Faulkner if he would swear an oath of allegiance. Faulkner refused and was eventually traded for another prisoner. During the Civil War, Faulkner served on Stonewall Jackson's staff.","After the war and the creation of West Virginia, Faulkner again refused an oath of allegiance to the United States and recovered his law license only with difficulty. Nonetheless, when Virginia sued to regain the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, West Virginia called on Faulkner to represent the new state's interests at the U.S. Supreme Court. He was a voice of restraint as a delegate to West Virginia's Constitutional Convention of 1872, in which ex-Confederates set out to undo much of the 1863 Constitution, which they considered too Northern.","Faulkner died in Martinsburg. Son Charles James Faulkner Jr. served West Virginia as a U.S. senator (1887-1899), while his great-nephew, U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, ruled Virginia politics for many years in the 20th century. 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Lossing; James Lyons; Louis McLane; Alexander Martin; Benjamin F. Martin; James M. Mason; Henry M. Mathews; Charles F. Mercer; John S. Mosbey; Richard E. Parker; John S. Pendleton; Phillip C. Pendleton; Francis Peters; Henry M. Phillips; Edward Pierrepont; John Hambden Pleasants; William Preston; William Ballard Preston; Samuel Price; Thomas C. Reynolds; William H. Richardson; Thomas Ritchie; William C. Rives; Benjamin Rush; Kurd von Schlozer; Benjamin Silliman; John Slidell; Garrit Smith; William McK. Springer; Andrew Stevenson; William E. Stevenson; George W. Summers; John Swan; Isaac Toucey; William Welsh; Richard V. Whelan; Benjamin Wilson; Charles A. Wickliffe; Henry A. Wise; Waitman T. Willey; and Levi Woodbury.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Correspondence of Charles J. 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Lossing; James Lyons; Louis McLane; Alexander Martin; Benjamin F. Martin; James M. Mason; Henry M. Mathews; Charles F. Mercer; John S. Mosbey; Richard E. Parker; John S. Pendleton; Phillip C. Pendleton; Francis Peters; Henry M. Phillips; Edward Pierrepont; John Hambden Pleasants; William Preston; William Ballard Preston; Samuel Price; Thomas C. Reynolds; William H. Richardson; Thomas Ritchie; William C. Rives; Benjamin Rush; Kurd von Schlozer; Benjamin Silliman; John Slidell; Garrit Smith; William McK. Springer; Andrew Stevenson; William E. Stevenson; George W. Summers; John Swan; Isaac Toucey; William Welsh; Richard V. Whelan; Benjamin Wilson; Charles A. Wickliffe; Henry A. Wise; Waitman T. Willey; and Levi Woodbury."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_1a89090b1d7b2a94d209cd33438a2753\"\u003eCorrespondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, numerous internal improvement schemes in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and local history of the Martinsburg and Shenandoah Valley area. Correspondents include Sherrard Clemens; Lyman C. Draper; John J. Jackson, Jr.; Daniel Lamb; Alexander Martin; Samuel Price; George W. Summers; Henry A. Wise; and Waitman T. Willey. For a more complete list of subjects and correspondents, see Scope and Content Note. For a partial list of contents, see the control folder. For more information about Faulkner, see the Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, numerous internal improvement schemes in Virginia and Pennsylvania, and local history of the Martinsburg and Shenandoah Valley area. Correspondents include Sherrard Clemens; Lyman C. Draper; John J. Jackson, Jr.; Daniel Lamb; Alexander Martin; Samuel Price; George W. Summers; Henry A. Wise; and Waitman T. Willey. For a more complete list of subjects and correspondents, see Scope and Content Note. For a partial list of contents, see the control folder. 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Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and coal industries; and Camden's law practice. Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence, legal papers, surveys and plats, printed material, business manuscripts, photographs, map, and ledgers. Subjects include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.","Gideon D. Camden papers include correspondence (1785-1891); legal and business papers dealing with his extensive law practice, particularly in land claims (1784-1892); surveys and plats (1784-1905, undated); and printed material.","Subjects of the G.D. Camden correspondence include the development of transportation in western Virginia; the tariff of 1846; the election of 1848; Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850; the Compromise of 1850; land sales and immigration in Western Virginia; the railroad struggle between Parkersburg and Wheeling; the Whig Party; Secession; the development of the West Virginia oil fields, coal strands, and timber lands; Reconstruction in West Virginia; the state election of 1868; the Flick Amendment; the Constitutional Convention of 1872; the West Virginia Capitol question; West Virginia University; education; the senatorial contest of 1874; railroads in the post-bellum period; the Democratic National Convention of 1876; the 47th Congress; and state politics during the Cleveland Administration.","Correspondents include Lot M. Morrill, Waitman T. Willey, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, John Letcher, John S. Carlile, Peter G. Van Winkle, Francis H. 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Camden correspondence include the development of transportation in western Virginia; the tariff of 1846; the election of 1848; Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850; the Compromise of 1850; land sales and immigration in Western Virginia; the railroad struggle between Parkersburg and Wheeling; the Whig Party; Secession; the development of the West Virginia oil fields, coal strands, and timber lands; Reconstruction in West Virginia; the state election of 1868; the Flick Amendment; the Constitutional Convention of 1872; the West Virginia Capitol question; West Virginia University; education; the senatorial contest of 1874; railroads in the post-bellum period; the Democratic National Convention of 1876; the 47th Congress; and state politics during the Cleveland Administration. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondents include Lot M. Morrill, Waitman T. Willey, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, John Letcher, John S. Carlile, Peter G. Van Winkle, Francis H. Pierpont, Benjamin Wilson, A.I. Boreman, and many more. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilson Lee Camden papers\u003c/emph\u003e include correspondence (1885-1958, undated); legal papers (1817-1958, undated); surveys and plats (1872-1937, undated); printed material (1895-1951, undated); business manuscripts; photographs; map; and ledgers. Map shows the Camden holdings (mostly mines). Ledgers include a daybook (1903-1904), a record of land owned, and a letter book (1895-1903).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of the W.L. Camden papers include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and coal industries; and Camden's law practice. Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence, legal papers, surveys and plats, printed material, business manuscripts, photographs, map, and ledgers. Subjects include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania.","Gideon D. Camden papers include correspondence (1785-1891); legal and business papers dealing with his extensive law practice, particularly in land claims (1784-1892); surveys and plats (1784-1905, undated); and printed material.","Subjects of the G.D. Camden correspondence include the development of transportation in western Virginia; the tariff of 1846; the election of 1848; Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850; the Compromise of 1850; land sales and immigration in Western Virginia; the railroad struggle between Parkersburg and Wheeling; the Whig Party; Secession; the development of the West Virginia oil fields, coal strands, and timber lands; Reconstruction in West Virginia; the state election of 1868; the Flick Amendment; the Constitutional Convention of 1872; the West Virginia Capitol question; West Virginia University; education; the senatorial contest of 1874; railroads in the post-bellum period; the Democratic National Convention of 1876; the 47th Congress; and state politics during the Cleveland Administration.","Correspondents include Lot M. Morrill, Waitman T. Willey, Albert Gallatin Jenkins, John Letcher, John S. Carlile, Peter G. Van Winkle, Francis H. Pierpont, Benjamin Wilson, A.I. Boreman, and many more.","Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence (1885-1958, undated); legal papers (1817-1958, undated); surveys and plats (1872-1937, undated); printed material (1895-1951, undated); business manuscripts; photographs; map; and ledgers. Map shows the Camden holdings (mostly mines). Ledgers include a daybook (1903-1904), a record of land owned, and a letter book (1895-1903).","Subjects of the W.L. Camden papers include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_2c00a0601500680a554ef4ff95674b54\"\u003ePapers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and coal industries; and Camden's law practice. Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence, legal papers, surveys and plats, printed material, business manuscripts, photographs, map, and ledgers. Subjects include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. See Scope and Content Note for more information.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and coal industries; and Camden's law practice. Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence, legal papers, surveys and plats, printed material, business manuscripts, photographs, map, and ledgers. Subjects include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. See Scope and Content Note for more information."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_08f641709a76b8ea4766c81fd845f49c\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Democratic National Convention of 1876.","Democratic Party (U.S.)","Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851)","West Virginia University","West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment","West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872)","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Democratic National Convention of 1876.","Democratic Party (U.S.)","Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851)","West Virginia University","West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment","West Virginia. 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Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9370#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_9370","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WM/repositories_2_resources_9370.xml","title_filing_ssi":"Merritt Family Papers","title_ssm":["Merritt Family Papers"],"title_tesim":["Merritt Family Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1780-1909"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1780-1909"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1780/1909"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Merritt Family Papers, 1780/1909"],"text":["Merritt Family Papers, 1780/1909","01/Mss. 39.1 M55","/repositories/2/resources/9370","Brunswick County (Va.)--History--19th century","Vicksburg (Miss.)--History","Virginia--Cotton Farms--19th century","Cotton trade--Southern States--History--19th century","Greensville County (Va.)--History--19th century","Horses--United States--History--19th century","Horses--Virginia","Lawyers--Virginia--Brunswick County","Lawyers--Virginia--Greensville County","Lawyers--Virginia--History","Practice of law--Virginia--History","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Virginia","Slavery--Mississippi--History","Slavery--Southern States--History","United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865","United States--Slavery","Correspondence","Financial records","Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Purchase","Papers (including business and personal correspondence and accounts) of William H.E. Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)","Merritt, William H. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. 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Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eN.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther accounts. 15 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use:"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"names_coll_ssim":["Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)"],"persname_ssim":["Merritt, William H. 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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Purchase","Papers (including business and personal correspondence and accounts) of William H.E. Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].","J.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","G.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].","Lydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.","F. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","The young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.","An invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].","Accounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.","Accounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.","Accounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.","Other accounts. 15 pieces.","Merritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.","Merritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.","Tanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.","6 pieces. Note: These clippings deal mostly with sales of negroes at Vicksburg, and with the yellow fever epidemic at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and Mobile.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Virginia House of Delegates","Whig Party (U.S.)","Merritt, William H. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eWilliam and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHenry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWill McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePeebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDiggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAugust C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eN.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDavid Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhilip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eC.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePatterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMaria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eL.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRobert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAllan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eChiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRichard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMcIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eT[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eP. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eD.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eM.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Chambliss to [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eS.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBetty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eE[liza] W. M[erritt], at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to Mrs. [?] Harding. Mutliated. Note: This letter announces the death of Sophy [Rives] and in another hand appears a list of clothing for several person.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother. [?].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.M. Oslin to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG.C. Stark, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T. B. Merritt].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLydia Stokes to Bennet Merritt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eF. Wyatt[?] to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe young gentlemen of Brunswick to Mrs. [?] Rives. An invitation to a party at Lawrenceville.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn invitation to the Misses Merritt, at Lawrenceville, to attend a commencement party [at Randolph Macon College], Boydton, [Mecklenburg County].\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Alexander T.B. Merritt. 14 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of William H.E. Merritt. 43 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts and Correspondence of William H.E. Merritt  Brother, Lawrenceville, Va., with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers, New Orleans, La. 25 pieces, including several printed market reports.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther accounts. 15 pieces.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (Alexander T.B. and William H.E.) vs, L.P. Cheattam. Suit in Morgan County, Georgia. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMerritt (William T.) Report from Randolph Macon College, Mecklenburg County. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTanner (Harriet) Report from Richmond Seminary, Richmond, Va. 1 piece.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e6 pieces. 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Merritt, of Brunswick and Greensville counties, Va. who was a lawyer, member of the Virginia House of Delegates and editor of the \"Richmond Whigquot;and his brothers Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt of Hicksford, Greensville County,Va. and John F.W. Merritt of Vicksburg, Miss. The collection includes letters, 8 January and 29 March 1857, written by John Minor Botts and accounts of William H.E. Merritt  Brother with Cuddy, Brown  Co., cotton brokers in New Orleans, La. Subjects covered by the collection include horses, the practice of law, Reconstruction, and slavery.","William and Samuel Craig, at New York to William Haxall, at Petersburg, VA","D. Dunn, Shelby County, TN to I. Dunn at Lewisville Post Office, Brunswick County, VA","J.F. May, at Battersea [Dinwiddie County, VA] to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicksford [Greensville County, VA]","Peebles, Hall  Co., at Petersburg. VA to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt at Hicksford, Greensville [County, Va.]","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merrit, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Louisville, KY.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","R.W.T. Daniel, at Brownsville, MS to William H.E. Merritt. at Vicksburg, MS","L.P. Cheatham, at Lake Washington to W.H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, TN to Dr. Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford (Hicksford), [Greensville County] VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA.","Henry Merritt, at Vicksburg, MS to his uncle William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrencewille, Brunswick County, VA","Alexander T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford [Greensville County, VA] to William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, VA","Will McCracken, at Lexington, KY to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA","J.F.W. Merritt to william H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS.","J[ohn] F. W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, VA. Postmarked Vicksburg, MS","D. Thomas Poynor, at Littletown [Littleton], Sussex [County, VA] to William H. E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], VA","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","J.W. Saunders, at Charlottesville, Va., to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, Greensville County, Va.","J[ames] C. Anderson, at Davidson, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","T.P. August, at Richmond, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County]. Va.","S. Whitaker, at Cottage, [Halifax, N.C.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.[B.] Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Will McCracken, at Lexinton, Ky., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","L.P. Cheatham, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, Tenn., to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va. Note: Re the purchase of horses in Kentucky.","M.I. Love, at Spring Bank, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Hicks ford, Greensville [County, Va.] Postmarked White Plains, [Brunswick County, Va.].","William H.E. Merritt to D. Brown, at Lawrenceville, [Va.]. Note: This letter includes a tuition account due Brunswick Academy by William H.[E.] Merritt.","Susan M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Cincinnatti, Ohio. Incomplete.","Thomas C. Jones, at Open Woods, [Vicksburg, Miss.], to William H.E. Merritt, Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","John H. Davis. at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to E. Merritt.","John H. Davis to William H.E. Merrit, Warren Conty, Miss.","Dupuy  McKinney, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt.","F.B. Deane, Jr., at Lynchburg, [Va.], to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, [Va.].","Bridges, McKinney  Co., at Richmond, [Va.] to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","R.W. Vaughn to W.E.T. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, [Brunswick County], Va. Postmarked Harrisville, [Brunswick County], Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Nashville, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Vicksburg, Miss.","Peebles, Scott  White, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John Ravenscroft Jones, Brunswick [County, Va.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","John G. Parham, at New Orleans, [Louisiana], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.W. Poynor, at Memphis, Tenn., to his father, Captain Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Diggs Poynor, at Lawrenceville, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbriar County, Va.","Lucy A. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J. Cornly Post [?], at Wilmington, Del., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to his wife, Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, at New Orleans, La., to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Thomas Branch, at Petersburg, Va., to Mrs. W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.L. Watkinds, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [?].","Betts, Pusey, Jones  Seal, at Wilmington, Del., to James Johnson.","A.B. Spooner, at Petersburg, Va., to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Thomas Payne, at San Francisco, Calif., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.] to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","E[liza] W. Merritt to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Postmarked Lawrenceville, Va.","John Lyon, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond.","August C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","N.M. Martin  Co., at Richmond, to W.H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","Sophia W. Merritt, at totaro, [Brunswick County], to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her husband, William H.E. Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn.","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Warrenton Female Seminary, [Warrenton, Va.], to her mother, E[liza] W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","D.W.AH141 Brodnax, at Russellville, Ky., to Dr. A[elxander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Thomas Rowland, at Philadelphia, to A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville Post Office, Brunswick County, Va. Postmarked Vicksburg, Miss.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Embry [Merritt].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, near Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick County, Va.].","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","James Johnson, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","E[liza] W. Merritt to her husband, [William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.].","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond, Va.]","Rowlett, Hardy  Co., at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","David Steel, at Petersburg, [Va.] to [?].","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va.","Philip Howerton, at Halifax Court House, Va., to R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, Va. copy. On same sheet as Item 2.","C.W. Faber, at New York, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: [Col. Gritzner], at San Francisco, [Calif.], to C.W. Faber. 30 Nov 1853. This letter includes a report of an investigation of certain ore veins in Mariposa County, California.","William H.E. Merritt, at Open Woods Plantation, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John C. Latta, at Wilmington, N.C., to J.S.  A. Gainey, at Fayetteville, N.C.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, near Vicksburg, [Miss.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","Samuel Ford, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?].","D.E. McCoy, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W. Norborne Starke, at the University of Virginia, to [Margaret Merritt].","John E. Shell, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to [?].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa City, California, to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to Dr. Mathew Harison. Copy. Note: On the back of the sheet is a copy of a draft drawn by William H.E. Merritt  Bro. of Lawrenceville, Va., in favor of E.R. Wallace of Huntsville, Ala., 17 Oct 1854.","William P. Buford, at Lawrenceville, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","William [?] Merritt, at R[andoph] M[acon] College, [mecklenburg County], to his sister, [Lucy] A. Merritt, at Petersburg, Va.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, [Va], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Patterson  Cooper, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert S. Jones, at Meherin [Meherrin] Depot, [Prince Edward County], to William H.E. Merritt.","William H.E. Merritt, at Hicks Ford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond.","William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, to Eliza W. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","J[ohn] R. Chambliss to [?].","Wililam H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","W.W. Wilkins, at Hot Springs, Bath County, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to embry [Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merrit to his brother, [?]. Mutilated.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Yazoo Place, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","R.J. Meigs[?] at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, [Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","R.R. Collier, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","William A. Smith, president, Randolph Macon College, [Mecklenburg County], Va., to [William H.E. Merritt].","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","Fannie C. Rodes, at Petersburg, Va., to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","W.W. Wilkins, at Lawrenceville, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, [at Richmond].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 11.","John A. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his uncle, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H. Embry Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","William A. Smith, president R[andolph] M[acon] College, [Mecklenburg County], to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at richmond, to [Willam H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Sterling Neblett, at Plantation Island, Bolivar, [Miss.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Tomlin Avent to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B.] Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","J. S[ophia] Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to her mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","Maria R.F. Rives, at Sherwood, [Albemarle County], to Lucy [Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","Sterling Neblett to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt to his brother, William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","William J. Neblett, Lunenburg [County] to [William H.E.] Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","J.W. Love, at Clarksville, [Clarksville, Mecklenburg County], to [?].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Nasvhille, [Tenn.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","John [Harding, Jr.], at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merrit].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Stevenson, to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","Thomas J. Gholson, at Petersburg, [Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","L.R. Edwards, Southampton County, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va.], to [William H.E. Merritt]. On same sheet as Item 43.","John Harding, Jr., at Stone River, [Tenn.], to Bett[y] [Merritt].","E.A. Brodnax, at Petersburg, to Embry [Merritt].","J.R. Chambliss, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt]","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, at [Vicksburg, Miss.], to his brother, [?] Merritt.","William J. Neblett, at Bolivar, Miss., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County], Va.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Va.","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at [Richmond, Va].","Edward Dromgoole, Brunswick County, Va., to [William H.E. Merritt?].","R.H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, Isle of Wight [County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County] to Dr. S. Neblett, Jr. Copy.","Sterling Neblett, Jr., at Lochleven Post Office, Lunenburg [County], Va., to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","J.W. Patton, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","Robert H. Whitfield, at Smithfield, [Isle of Wight County], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Thomas Payne, at Mariposa, [Calif.], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","L.E. Mason, at Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to [?]. Copy.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","J[ohn] F.W. Merritt, to his brother, [Alexander T.B. Merritt].","John M. Botts, at Richmond, to [?].","Robert H. Cabell to [?]. On same sheet as Item 12.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to [William H.E. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","Cuddy, Brown  Co., to New Orleans, [La.], to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt  Brother, at Richmond, Va.","John H. Patterson, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond, to [William H.E. Merritt].","H. E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his father, [William H. E. Merritt.]","J.E. Chambliss, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","Allan Love to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va.","D.A. Claiborne, at Hicksford, [Greensville County], to Dr. [Alexander T.B. Merritt?].","Aug. C. Butts, at Petersburg, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","J.G. Parham, Jr., at New Orleans, [La.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick County, Va.","R.K. Meade, at Petersburg, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt.","Sterling Neblett, at Norborne Hill, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville.","Allan Love, at Halifax, to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Richmond. Mutilated.","J.H.M. Neblett, at Prentiss Post Office, Bolivar County, Miss., to William H.E. Merrit.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [William H.E. Merritt]. Note: This letter is written on a protest notice of the Merchants and Mechanics Savings Bank of Portsmouth, Va.","J.B. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt, at Lawrenceville, Brunswick [County], Va,","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W.H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Openwoods, [near Vicksburg, Miss.], to [William H.E. Merritt].","Lewis E. Mason, near Hicksford, [Greensville County, Va.], to Dr. A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.] Copy.","Chiles  Chenery, at Richmond, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Thomas S. Gholson, at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","Betty [Merritt] at Carters Bridge, Albemarle County, to her brother, Willy [Merritt].","E[liza] W. Merritt, at Totaro, [Brunswick County], to her daughter, Bet[ty] [Merritt].","Lucy [Ann Merritt], at Mossingford, to her sister, Betty [Merritt].","Richard H. Baker, Jr., at Norfolk, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","George A. Rives, at San Antonio, Texas, to Betty [Merritt].","W.L. Watkins, at Petersburg, to William H.E. Merritt.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","J[?] B. Merritt, at Randolph Macon College, [Ashland, Hanover County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt, at New Orleans, [La.], to [?].","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","J.M. Dupuy, at Richmond, to William H.E. Merritt.","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","H.E[mbry] Merritt to his father, [William H.E. Merritt].","McIlwaine, Son  Co., at Petersburg, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","W.S. Blunt, at New York, to [?].","Marie Lou [?] to her husband, Weslie [?].","W.T. Merritt, at Great Bridge, [Norfolk County, Va.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","H.E[mbry] Merritt, at Vicksburg, [Miss.], to his mother, [Eliza W. Merritt].","[Thomas Flournoy], at Williams Port, Maryland, to his wife, [Margaret Flournoy]. Incomplete.","T[homas] Flournoy, at Charlottesville, to [Margaret Flournoy].","J.L[?]. Merritt, at Virginia Military Institute, [Lexington], to his father, [William H.E. Merritt.}","Williaim W. Weld, at Washington, D.C., to Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. Copy. Note: Thre formulas appear on back of sheet.","P. Drayton, Navy Department, [Washington, D.C.], to Acting Ensign William W. Weld, at New York. Copy.","John G. Griffin, at Lwrenceville, [Va.], to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond.","D.T[?]. Hicks, at Lawrenceville, to W[illiam] H.E. Merritt.","J. Ravenscroft Jones, at Brunswick Springs, Va., to William H.E. Merritt, at Richmond, Va. Enclosure: A letter from O. Brown, assistant commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands at Richmond, Va. to the Overseers of the Poor of Brunswick County, Va. 20 Nov 1865.","John M. Donn[?], United States assessor [of internal revenue], 4th District Virginia, at Norfolk, Va., to William H.E. Merritt.","William Townes, at Occonechee, to [?].","W.G. Harding, at Belle Meade, [Tenn.], to Bettie [Merritt].","Pattie [?], at Belleview, to [Margaret Flournoy].","Sophy H. Johnson, at Madison Station, to her aunt, Bettie [?].","William H.E. Merritt, Brunswick [County, Va.], to his brother, [?].","Joseph Bell and Joseph Watson to William Haxall, at Philadelphia.","M.W. C[?], en route from Richmond, Virginia to Dutch Settlement, Louisiana, to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Note: The letter is continued from Dutch Settlement, La.","John R. Chambliss to [?].","[Thomas Flournoy to his wife, Margaret Flournoy.] Incomplete.","S.M. Magoon to John F. Tanner, at Richmond, Va. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to Dr. D.A. Claibone[Claiborne]. Incomplete.","A[lexander] T.B. Merritt to his brother, [?].","Betty Merritt to her father, [William H.E. Merritt].","E[liza] W. 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