Amiss, J. T., fl. 1883,. Miscellaneous Virginia letters, 1820-1928.
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Miscellaneous Virginia letters, 1820-1928.
Letter, 1820, from R. Worthington to William Sterrett discusses the settlement of the estate of Robert Rutherford that involves land in Virginia. Letters, 1825, J.G. Peck to his father enclose a copy of a letter to a Captain Reed and accompanying accounts concerning a mercantile dispute in Fredericksburg, Va. Letter, 1841, John Quigley to Elie Beatty, discusses business and associated legal matters in Georgetown, and includes a code for distinguishing between good and bad paper. Letter, 1847, J.S. Martin to Martha Ann Martin concerns his hope for a cure at White Sulphur Springs. Funeral notice, 1847, for Robert Greenhow, son of Robert Greenhow and Rose O'Neale Greenhow, in the hand of his father. Letter, 1848, John Landstreet & Son to William Thomas on the prices for ginseng, beeswax, deerskins, feathers and snakeroot. Letter, 1848, Thomas Ferrell to W.W. Long, concerning his IOOF dues. Letter, 1848, S. Reese to Dr. John H. Kain, touches on Kain's health and his agency, possibly the American Bible Society which is also mentioned. Letter, 1850, J W. Dunnington to Fisher & Co., on the tobacco market and factory work by free blacks. Letter, 1850, John D. Sinshall to Abram W. Marshall, plans a visit. Letter, 1859, S.A. Jones to W.O.W. Jones, concerns the gubernatorial race in Virginia : "I regard Letcher as being as sound as Wise on the nigger question and a great deal sounder on all other matters ... I think the Democrat convent[ion] must have been a perfect menagerie ... Goggin when sifted will be found to be no better than Letcher ..." Civil War letter, 1864, "Maggie" to Elbridge E. Paddock, a Connecticut volunteer, teasing and conveying news of friends. Letters, 1883, J.T. Amiss to "Pa" and "Ma" on the lumber business in Falls Mill, Va. Letter, 1883, H.P. McCormick to Dorothea Meredith on Falls Church, Va., news, Thanksgiving sermon and other clerical activities. Postal card, 1884, J.M. Scott to the Rev. J.C. Brown, announces a special meeting of the Greenbrier Presbytery. Letter, 1890, E. Shelley to General W.P. Schell, on mineral and coal properties. Letter, 1895, George [Mead? Neal?] to H.C. Henderson on a West Virginia senatorial compromise. Letter, 1896, William Seymour Edwards to M.E. Ingalls, on strategy for the McKinley campaign in West Virginia including the addition of Confederate generals to the sound money spirit. Letter, 1928, Selden F. Waldo to Mrs. George S. Waldo about his good time at a Virginia Boy Scout camp.
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