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Papers include John Coalter's autobiographical sketch (to age 18), 54 poems written by Coalter, St. George Tucker, and others including several by female writers. Correspondents of the Coalter family include St. George Tucker, Lelia Skipwith Carter Tucker, William Munford, Judith Randolph, Frances Bland Tucker Coalter and Maria Rind Coalter. Subjects include John Randolph of Roanoke (and his will), George Wythe, the Embargo of 1807-1809, College of William and Mary, War of 1812; and the springs of Virginia. Includes papers of Coalter's children: Elizabeth Tucker Coalter; and St. George Tucker Coalter and his wife Judith H. Tomlin and the correspondence of Coalter's granddaughter Frances Lelia Bland Coalter Brown. Her letters concern her education and friendship with Moses Drury Hoge. Boxes 1-6.

Papers of Henry Brown, a merchant and county official include a manuscript map of Guilford C. H., business records and correspondence of Brown and Clayton, New London, Bedford (now Campbell County), Virginia and Hancock and Brown, Lynchburg, Virginia. Collection also includes papers concerning a lawsuit against Pleasant Murphy and estate papers of Daniel Brown and Henry Brown's father-in-law John Thompson. There are papers of his immediate family including Henry Brown, Jr. Boxes 7 - 13.

Papers of John Thompson Brown, Colonel of 1st Regiment Virginia Artillery who was killed in action in 1864. Included are letters concerning a disagreement with William Nelson Pendleton. Papers also include correspondence of his son, Henry Peronneau Brown and his son's wife Frances Bland (Coalter) Brown as well as newspaper clippings concerning Judge John Randolph Tucker and the correspondence of Cynthia Beverley Tucker Coleman. There are also nineteenth century engravings. Boxes 20 - 24.

Scope and Contents Papers of ancestors and extended family of William R. Galt and his wife Mary Williams Ware Galt. In addition to personal correspondence, this group holds receipts, diaries, and an extensive correspondence concerning the family's legal efforts to obtain "bounty" lands in Ohio that date from the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries.

Scope and Contents Group II contains the papers of John Minson Galt II and his sisters Sally Maria Galt and Elizabeth J. Galt, including their personal correspondence, diaries, and other writings. John Minson Galt II's business papers while superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane and his extensive writings on psychiatry and the treatment of the insane also fall within Group II.

Scope and Contents The papers of William R. Galt; his siblings Alexina Galt, Ann Jeffery Galt, Alexander Galt II (the sculptor), and James Dickie Galt; half-brother Edward P. Galt; and wife Mary Williams Ware Galt comprise Group III. This group is notable for the wealth of familial correspondence. The papers also reflect the various careers of the men and the literary asperations of Alexina and Ann Galt.

Scope and Contents Printed books, magazines, and pamphlets compromise Group IX.

Scope and Contents Mary Meares' siblings and their own families are represented in Group VII, as are other members of the extended Galt family and acquaintances.

Scope and Contents Papers that could not be firmly attributed to anyone are in Group VIII.

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