Letter book, 1854-1864.

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Letter book, 1854-1864.

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Letter book of personal, business, and military correspondence. The collection contains letters to friends and business associates, including Andrew Stevenson and Colonel John Rutherfoord, merchant and governor of Virginia. Included also are letters of a religious nature to friends and ministers; letters answering notes of sympathy upon the death of his wife; and a long series of letters to William H. Richardson, adjutant general of Virginia, to Governor John Letcher, and other officials, written while Danforth served as colonel of the 1st Virginia Militia defending the city of Richmond, 1863-1864. The letters to General Richardson are concerned with the reluctance of Danforth's men to stand guard, recommendations for courts-martial, requests for uniforms and supplies, and failure to call young government officials for their share of guard duty.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6964527

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Rutherfoord, John C. (John Coles), 1825-1866

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Member of Virginia House of Delegates from Goochland County, Va. From the description of Letter : Richmond, Va., to Thomas P. Watkins, Goochland Court House, 1852 January 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136154 John Rutherfoord (1792-1866) was a lawyer, merchant, and governor of Virginia from 1841 to 1842. His son, John Coles Rutherfoord (1825-1866), was a lawyer, planter, and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Ann Seddon (Roy) Rutherfoord (1832-190...

Letcher, John, 1813-1884

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Richmond, Va., to President Buchanan, 1860 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591184 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lexington, Va., to Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, 1813-1884. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590807 Native of Virginia; graduate of Washington College; lawyer, newspaper editor, presidential elector in 1848, and member of Virginia's constitutional c...

Virginia. Militia

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Stevenson, Andrew J.

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Andrew Stevenson was born in 1822 at Moon Township, Allegheny county, Pa. He was a farmer, operating farms in Washington, Beaver and Allegheny Counties. From the description of Andrew Stevenson papers 1858-1910. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 46479709 Epithet: American Minister in London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x00025f ...

Danforth, John, Gen.

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Served in the Virginia militia (C.S.A.), partner in the commission mercantile firm of Danforth and Brushwood; from Richmond, Va. From the description of Letter book, 1854-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 154270503 From the description of Letter book, 1854-1864. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405774 ...

Richardson, William Henry Burchell, 1804-1879

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An act of the General Assembly passed February 22, 1830, provided for the appointment of commissioners responsible for repairing and re-furnishing the "Governor's House." William H. Richardson and Blair Bolling were appointed. From the description of Letter, 1830 November 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498090 ...