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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2003 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Bryan Family Papers 1770-1918 3400, 3400-a This collection consists of 645 items. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Bryan Family Papers, Accession #3440, 3440-a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

The bulk of the papers were deposited by Mr. D. Tennant Bryan of 33 East Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, on 11 Feb. 1950, and accessioned as #3400. A supplement to the papers was deposited on 12 April 1950, and accessioned as #3400-a. The entire collection was changed to a gift by Mr. Bryan on 6 June 1977.

 Scope and Content

The Bryan Family papers comprise ca. 645 items spanning the years 1770-1918. Most of the collection is correspondence among Randolph, Tucker, and Bryan family members from 1770-1850, representing some twenty correspondents (see attached appendix). There are also two letters from William Wirt to John Coalter. Miscellany and some printed matter complete the collection.

Students seeking to understand the relationships of the various Randolph s, Tucker s, Coalter s, and Bryan s who are represented copiously in the Bryan Papers must turn to the history of the Randolph Family of Virginia. John Randolph, Sr. (1742-1775) was the scion of a successful but not notably "elite" Virginia family. (cf. William E. Stokes, Jr., "Randolph of Roanoke: A Virginia Portrait; The Early Career of John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1805," U. Va. Doctoral Dissertation, 1955, pp. 15-16.) Randolph married his second cousin, Frances Bland (sister of Theodorick Bland ) in 1769, and they had three children: Richard Randolph, Theodorick Randolph, and John Randolph.

John Randolph, Sr., died in October, 1775, leaving his young wife with three small boys to raise. She did not, however, raise them alone for long. In September, 1778, Frances Bland Randolph married St. George Tucker (1752-1827), a native of Bermuda who had emigrated to Virginia to pursue a career at the bar. Tucker and his wife inherited the Randolph estates, living at Matoax. They had several children before Frances Randolph Tucker died in 1788, among them Frances Tucker ("Fanny," b. 1779), Henry St. George Tucker (b. 1780), and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker (b. 1784).

Much of the correspondence in the Bryan Papers is carried on by these people, including several letters to John Randolph, Sr., (for the period 1770-1774) by his friend Theodorick Bland. The great majority of the Bland letters discuss business matters. Most of the letters collected here were penned by John Randolph, Jr., (known after 1810 as John Randolph of Roanoke ) and his step-father, St. George Tucker.

Every evidence in his correspondence suggests that St. George Tucker was a remarkably warm and compassionate human being, as well as an able lawyer, scholar, and jurist. (There is no adequate biography of Tucker, but see Charles T. Cullen, "St. George Tucker and Law in Virginia, 1772-1804," U. Va. Doctoral Dissertation, 1971.) Tucker raised a large family, including his step-sons, with great solicitude and continued corresponding with most of his children through his and their lives. ( John Randolph of Roanoke was an exception. See Accession #49, Grinnan Family Papers, 1813 Dec. 13, John Randolph of Roanoke to Tudor.)

Tucker's letters illuminate the early life of the brilliant and erratic John Randolph of Roanoke, who served Virginia as congressman and senator for nearly thirty years (1799-1813, 1815-1817, 1819-1829). At age nine Randolph was enrolled with his older brothers in a school conducted (first in Chesterfield County and then at Williamsburg ) by Walker Maury, and he remained there two years (1782-1784). After several years with his family, including a sojourn with the Tuckers in Bermuda, Randolph was sent to Princeton grammar school in 1787, and then to Columbia College, along with his brother Theodorick Randolph. Several of St. George Tucker's letters to his step-sons at school are preserved here, including one missive admonishing Theodorick for his profligacy and tendency to drunkenness (see Tucker to Theo Randolph, August 30, 1789).

Most of the St. George Tucker correspondence in this collection was addressed not to his Randolph step-children (or to his children by Frances Bland Randolph Tucker, for that matter), but to Joseph Carrington Cabell. Cabell, who in 1807 married Mary (Poll) Carter, the daughter of Tucker's third wife, was for many years a Virginia State Senator as well as a planter. Tucker's letters to him (totalling 165 in this collection) bulk heavy with family talk, discussion of joint business operations relating to their plantations, as well as political commentary. The papers are a significant aid to any student of either man's career, but particularly contribute to a comprehensive picture of St. George Tucker's life and thought.

Apart from family and business matters, Tucker's letters to Cabell (none of Cabell's responses are preserved here) touch upon such concerns as the Louisiana Purchase (Jan. 23, 1804); American relations with England during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison (letters of July 30, 1807, Feb. 1, 1809, Jan. 24, April 1, 1812); proposed changes in the Virginia Constitution (Dec. 20, 1809, Jan. 17, 1810); various reforms Tucker felt essential in Virginia (Dec. 22, 1806); the utility of banks and the attitude of the legislature towards banking (Jan. 3, 1812, Feb. 12, 1813, Jan. 17, 20, 24, Dec. 23, 1814, Jan. 30, 1817, Feb. 4, 1818); activities in the Virginia legislature (Feb. 8, 12, 1813); and the War of 1812, most particularly as it affected Virginia (July 9, 1812, March 31, April 7, 14, June 30, 1813, Jan. 2, April 4, Sept. 1, Dec. 9, 1814, Feb. 6, 1815).

The letters reveal Tucker's concern for improvement. As he wrote to Cabell, Dec. 22, 1806, "I heartily wish our Legislators would turn their attention to the improvement of our revenue; of our miserable defective judiciary system; of our equally defective system of Education; and to the averting from the poor the impending calamities of famine; a subject more truly interesting than any Question who is right, & who is wrong in Congress, at present." They show, moreover, that Tucker believed in a well regulated system of state banks, and was extremely frustrated when the strict construction doctrines of most Virginia legislators placed obstacles in the way of such a system. The weakness this meant for the state's economic development and general governmental flexibility was driven home during the War of 1812, and Tucker constantly harangued his friend Cabell on the subject (see esp. letters of Feb. 8, 12, 1813). "Do, for heaven's sake endeavour to rouse a proper degree of exertion among those members of the House of Delegates, who affect to call themselves the friends of their country. PENURY at this time if not worse, is full as bad as Yankee Federalism."

Tucker's correspondence with Joseph C. Cabell continued until the year of his death, 1827, and it would appear that most of it has been preserved here. These letters do not, however, exhaust the Tucker materials in the Bryan Papers. There is an extended correspondence with John Coalter (a Tucker family tutor who eventually married Fanny Randolph Tucker and entered into business with St. George Tucker ), basically business oriented; seventeen letters, 1822-1826, from Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan (Tucker's grand-daughter) to Tucker and his wife; and one letter to St. George Tucker written by his grandson, St. George Coalter, describing in detail his routine at the University of Virginia (letter of April 16, 1826). A note in Tucker's hand at the letter's end mentions that he answered very "fully & affectionately," and included advice to work hard and spend time with the right company.

The St. George Tucker correspondence, though extensive, is not the only significant element of the correspondence collected here. There is, for example, a voluminous correspondence of John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) with Randolph and Tucker family members, and members of the Bryan family, with whom Randolph had become very close as a consequence of his friendship with Joseph Bryan, a Georgia congressman who died in 1812. Most of the letters addressed to Randolph in this collection were written by his sister-in-law, Judith Randolph, whose husband Richard Randolph (Randolph's eldest brother) died in 1796, and who relied heavily on Randolph for emotional sustenance, financial aid, and advice for many years thereafter. Much of Randolph's correspondence with his extended family of in-laws, nephews and nieces, and with the children of his late friend Bryan, relates to family matters and "philosophy of life" expositions. Many of these missives run to considerable length.

There is a scattering of commentary relating to government and politics. For example, in a letter to John Coalter (29 March, 1808) Randolph discussed in detail an aborted treaty of amity with England. Other letters which touch on politics are found in a copy book of Randolph letters to Francis Walker Gilmer for 1818-1826. For example, on Jan. 12, 1821, Randolph wrote to Gilmer from Washington that "the want of ability in the two houses of Congress (with one or two splendid exceptions in the Senate) is ominous. I fear of the future fate of our republic--both bodies abound in men of mean understandings, & meaner principles & manners. It is not possible to conceive of any thing worse & the H of R is a bear garden at which one blushes when a stranger enters--I endeavor to hold myself entirely aloof from its squabbles--for it would be an irony to term them debates." In another letter, written at Roanoke on July 22, 1821, Randolph had some astringent observations on James Monroe (a former political ally) and Monroe's two predecessors in the Presidential office. "Mr. J[efferson] himself did much to impair the principles upon which he was brought into power," Randolph wrote. "But his successor gave them the coup-de-grace--the recommendation of the Bank of the U. S. alone was a formal renunciation of the heresies of his 'Report' and a reconciliation with the holy catholic church of Expediency to Existing Circumstances. The present incumbent came in upon no particular principles, & as he brought none with him so he will carry none away with him." Randolph's acerbic style was evident in a letter to Gilmer commenting on a speech of "Mr. C." (probably Henry Clay ) in March, 1824. "Yesterday," Randolph wrote from Washington on March 9, "he came flushed with confidence, made five speeches-bad-worse-worst, most worst, worserer, & worserest. Had his shallow sophistry & ignorance exposed in the most glaring and mortifying manner, & never did I behold humiliation & shagrin [sic] more strongly portrayed than in his whole countenance & manner--when he was outvoted 114-66."

There are also scattered political comments by Randolph in a long series of letters (copies) to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan from 1815-1831. Most comments in these letters, however, relate to family life or reflections on life and philosophical matters (e.g. the "Worldly" v. the "Romantic," in letter of Nov. 20, 1825). Others talk about books (among Randolph's favorites was Smollett's Humphrey Clinker), writers ( Henry Fielding Randolph calls "the grossest creature imaginable"), and Randolph's past relations with his correspondent's father, Joseph Bryan (letter of March 27, 1828). After 1827, his letters took on an increasingly melancholy tone, and for long periods he functioned only fitfully. See for example letters of October 10, 1828, in which he said that drinking was "my chief support," and Nov. 1, 1828, in which Randolph wrote "I cant read, & writing is very trying to me. I lie in bed as much as possible to shorten the days. I breakfast about 8 dine a little after 2 & am abed by 7 O'clock." The letters often refer to death and in general evince a jaundiced world view. Randolph was sure that the rise of commercial spirit in America was corrupting its people, and this outlook only grew more pronounced in his later years. (See letters of July 27, 1825, Dec. 25, 1828).

Among the last of the Randolph letters in this collection, written less than a year before his death, was penned to his godson, J. R. Bryan. It suggests his overall decline. "I am put into the Carriage daily & driven a mile or two but I am near fainting all the time. I have to be lifted in & I cannot walk or even stand without support. This morning at my frugal meal of barley water & bread I had nearly fainted twice from sheer debility." Randolph died on May 24, 1833, and the collection contains a pencil scrawl of his last words, as witnessed and attested by Condy Raguet of Philadelphia.

Also included in the collection is the correspondence of Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan for 1834-1849, and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker to Elizabeth T. Bryan for the period 1825 to Tucker's death in 1851. Nearly all of these deal with family concerns. There are miscellaneous letters of other Tucker, Randolph, and Bryan family members, and miscellany relating to John Randolph of Roanoke and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker. This includes a collection of anecdotes about Randolph of Roanoke; newspaper clippings about the interment of Randolph's remains in Hollywood Cemetary, Richmond, in 1879; a copy of the Union Seminary Magazinefor Sept.-Oct. 1893, with "Early Recollections of John Randolph," and a copy of the Petersburg Virginia Daily Index Appealfor 24 Feb. 1901, which contains an article on Randolph's mother, Frances Bland Randolph. One folder contains a statement by Elizabeth Tucker Bryan on Randolph of Roanoke's will. Also in the collection are several prints of Randolph, his prayer book, a newspaper clipping of a speech made by Nathaniel Beverly Tucker at the Southern Convention held in Nashville in 1850 (a firebrand speech warning the North to accept slavery expansion and the equality of the Southern states or to expect secession), and the Emmanuel Church Sunday School Roll Book for 1918. Taken as a whole the collection provides much material suggestive of plantation life and thought in Virginia in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and offers insight into the lives and thought of John Randolph of Roanoke, St. George Tucker, and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker.

Correspondents in the Bryan Family Papers

John Banister Theodorick Bland Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan J. M. F. Bryan John Randolph Bryan Joseph Bryan Mrs. Joseph Bryan Thomas F. Bryan Joseph C. Cabell Frances Bland Coalter John Coalter St. George Coalter John Naylor John Randolph of Roanoke John St. George Randolph Judith Randolph Henry St. George Tucker M[ary?] Tucker Nathaniel Beverly Tucker St. George Tucker Thomas Tudor Tucker William Wirt

Organization

The collection has been put in rough chronological order by correspondent. Undated correspondence, miscellany, and printed matter are placed at the end of the collection.

 Container List John Banister to John Randolph, [Sr.] 1770 Jun 27 Box 1 ALS Theodorick Bland and Theodorick Bland, Jr. to John Randolph, [Sr.] 1770-1774 Box 1 24 ALS St. George Tucker to Richard Randolph, Theodorick Randolph, and John Randolph 1781 Jul 11 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph 1786 Jul 10 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph and John Randolph 1787 Apr 11 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Richard Randolph, Theodorick Randolph and John Randolph 1787 Dec 17 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph and John Randolph 1788 Jun 29 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph 1788-1790 Box 1 8 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph 1788 Apr 12 -Jun 19 Box 1 2 ALS Thomas Tudor Tucker to St. George Tucker 1788 Apr 14 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph and John Randolph 1788 Aug 13 Box 1 ALS John Coalter Correspondence 1788-1812 Box 1 11 ALS St. George Tucker to Theodorick Randolph and John Randolph 1789 Nov 26 Box 1 ALS John Coalter correspondence 1790-1829 Box 1 7 ALS Bryan - Tucker - Coalter family correspondence and miscellany 1790-1838 Box 1 3ALS, 5 items John Randolph of Roanoke to "Miss Tucker" 1791 Aug 8 Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker to John Randolph [of Roanoke] 1791 Aug [18] Box 1 ALS St. George Tucker correspondence and miscellany 1793-1826 Box 1 4ALS, 2 items Broadside, "To the Public," by St. George Tucker 1793 May 5 Box 1 1 item Judith Randolph to John Randolph of Roanoke 1796-1814 Box 1 20 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Judith Randolph [1800] Apr 19 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Judith Randolph [1800] Apr 20 Box 1 ALS John Naylor to John Coalter 1801 Sep 14 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances B. Tucker [1801] Jul 28 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1802 Nov 14 Box 1 ALS William Wirt to John Coalter 1802, 1819 Box 1 2 ALS Tucker - Coalter family correspondence 1802-1819 Box 1 9 ALS photostats John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1803 Jan 26 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1803 May 3 Box 1 ALS Frances Bland Coalter Correspondence 1803-1808 Box 1 5 ALS Tucker Family Correspondence and miscellany 1804-1902 Box 1 14ALS, 4 items St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1804-1808 Box 1 32 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Joseph Bryan 1804 May 28 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1804 Sep 14 Box 1 ALS Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to Frances Bland Coalter 1804-1809 Box 1 3 ALS Henry St. George Tucker Correspondence 1804, 1833 Box 1 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1804 Jan 14 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Members, House Ways and Means Committee n.d. Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1805 Mar 6 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1805 Apr 17 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Coalter 1808 Mar 29 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1808 Nov 27 Box 1 ALS John Coalter to John Randolph of Roanoke 1808-1813 Box 1 3 ALS St. George Tucker to John Randolph of Roanoke 1808-1809 Box 1 4 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1809 Jan 10 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1809 Feb 2 Box 1 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Coalter 1809 Feb 24 Box 1 ALS M. Tucker to John Randolph of Roanoke 1809 Nov 28 Box 1 ALS Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to John Randolph of Roanoke 1809-1810 Box 1 3 ALS Sermons of Nathaniel Beverley Tucker ca. 1820-1826 Box 2 10 items St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1809-1811 Box 2 36 ALS Frances Bland Coalter to John Randolph of Roanoke 1809-1813 Box 2 8 ALS Thomas Tudor Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1810 Jan 17 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1810 Apr 6 Box 2 ALS Joseph Bryan to John Randolph of Roanoke 1810-1812 Box 2 4 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1811 Jun 23 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter 1811 Sep 9 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Judith Randolph 1811 Nov 17 Box 2 ALS John Coalter to St. George Tucker 1811-1814 Box 2 33 ALS Frances Bland Coalter to St. George Tucker 1812 Feb 1 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Judith Randolph 1812 Feb 12 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan (2 copies) [1818] Box 2 ALS John St. George Randolph to John Randolph of Roanoke 1812-1814 Box 2 5 ALS St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1812-1813 Box 2 33 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter and Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan 1812 Dec 10 -1824 Apr 25 Box 2 32 ALS copies John St. George Randolph to John Randolph of Roanoke 1813-1815 Box 2 7 ALS Judith Randolph to Frances Lelia Coalter 1813-1815 Box 2 4 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Judith Randolph 1814 May 30 Box 2 ALS St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1814-1815 Box 2 20 ALS St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1816-1821 Box 2 23 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to [ St. George Tucker ] 1817 Feb 28 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to "Masters Bryan & Clay" 1818 Nov 5 Box 2 ALS Copy Book of John Randolph of Roanoke to Francis Walker Gilmer 1818-1826 Box 2 26 ALS (copies) Mrs. Joseph Bryan to John Randolph of Roanoke 1819-1824 Box 2 5 ALS Frances Bland Coalter to St. George Tucker and Evelina Tucker [1819?] Dec 4 and 25 Box 2 2 ALS John Randolph Bryan to John Randolph of Roanoke 1819-1821 Box 2 4 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1820 Mar 1 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan and T. M. F. Bryan 1820 May 30 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan and T. M. F. Bryan 1820 Jun 13 Box 2 ALS Thomas F. Bryan to John Randolph of Roanoke and John Randolph Bryan 1820 Box 2 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to [ ? ] 1822 Jun 19 Box 2 ALS Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan to Mr. and Mrs. St. George Tucker 1822-1826 Box 2 17 ALS St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1822-1827 Box 2 21 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1823 Oct 18 Box 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1823 Nov 22 Box 2 ALS John Coalter to St. George Tucker 1824-1826 Box 2 11 ALS Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan 1825-1851 Box 3 48 ALS St. George Tucker and Lelia Tucker to Frances Bland Coalter 1825 Aug 29 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1825 Feb 3 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1826 Jan 17 Box 3 ALS St. George Coalter to St. George Tucker 1826 Apr 16 Box 3 ALS St. George Coalter to John Randolph of Roanoke 1826 May 18 Box 3 ALS John Randolph Bryan correspondence 1826-1827 Box 3 6 ALS Thomas Tucker Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1827 Box 3 4 ALS Henry St. George Tucker to Joseph C. Cabell 1827 Box 3 2 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan 1830 Sep 2 and 14 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan and others 1824-1831 Box 3 40 ALS (copies) John Randolph of Roanoke to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan 1831 Nov 16 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1832 Feb 11 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Coalter 1832 Feb 13 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to John Randolph Bryan 1832 Aug 23 Box 3 ALS Nathaniel Beverley Tucker, John Randolph Bryan, St. George Coalter correspondence 1833-1842 Box 3 4 ALS Dying lines of John Randolph of Roanoke 1833 May 24 Box 3 AL Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan to Mrs. Lelia (St. George) Tucker 1833 Box 3 2 ALS Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan correspondence 1834-1887 Box 3 17 ALS Henry St. George Tucker to John Randolph Bryan 1834-1835 Box 3 2 ALS Augusta, Georgia, Weekly Republic 1850 Jul 9 Box 3 1 item Newspaper articles re: interment of remains of John Randolph of Roanoke in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia 1879 Box 3 10 items Union Seminary Magazine- Early Recollections of John Randolph 1893 Sep-Oct Box 3 1 item Article re: Frances Bland Randolph, Petersburg, Va., Daily Index-Appeal 1901 Feb 24 Box 3 1 item John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances Bland Coalter n.y. Sep 12 Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke to Frances B. Tucker n.d. Box 3 ALS Lists of books in John Randolph of Roanoke's hand n.d. Box 3 2 items John Randolph of Roanoke to John Coalter n.d. Box 3 ALS John Randolph of Roanoke : miscellaneous items n.d. Box 3 3 items John Randolph of Roanoke - envelope to John Randolph Bryan and J. M. F. Bryan n.d. Box 3 1 item Unidentified John Randolph of Roanoke manuscript n.d. Box 3 AL Nathaniel Beverley Tucker to Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan n.d. Box 3 7 ALS "Anecdotes of John Randolph of Roanoke ", unidentifiable papers & 1 newspaper clipping n.d. Box 3 3 items Statement by [Beverley Tucker] of conversation with Andrew Jackson concerning John Randolph of Roanoke; statement concerning visit of John Randolph of Roanoke with Jackson [1833 Feb 21] Box 3 2 AL Judith Randolph to John Randolph of Roanoke n.d. Box 3 11 ALS [Elizabeth Tucker Coalter Bryan?] statement on will of John Randolph of Roanoke n.d. Box 3 1 item 4 prints, John Randolph of Roanoke n.d. Box 3 Prints 3 prints, Confederate prints n.d. Box 3 Prints John Randolph of Roanoke Prayer Book (1818) and Emmanuel Church Roll Book (1918) 1815; 1918 Box 3 2 items