Papers of Henry James Brown, 1829-1884.

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Papers of Henry James Brown, 1829-1884.

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Include business and personal correspondence, 1829-1854, of Henry James Brown and Robert Walton Brown Re: the administration of the Brown family lands, duties as postmasters for Cow Creek, Mo., portraits, Missouri and Virginia society, the terminal illness of Robert Walton Brown, the administration of Henry James Brown's Missouri hemp plantation, the 1849 cholera epidemic, western migration and the California gold rush, the Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute, and a fugitive slave. There is also a short note, 17 December 1848, from Thomas Sully to Henry James Brown on the color blue. Other correspondents include Susan Ann Hobson Brown, Robert Ruxton, William S. Brown, Ernest Franck, and the firms of Wilson & Brown, Chandler, Howard & Co., and Dibrell & Jones. Also include Henry James Brown's journal, ca. 1844-1848, describing events of a journey from Virginia to Missouri, and costs incurred, and including several sketches of trees; miscellaneous Brown and Worsham family correspondence, 1843-1884, regarding family matters, the economic distress of William S. Brown during the Civil War, travel in Virginia, and family deeds; and miscellaneous bills, receipts, and newspaper clippings. Also include the master's thesis, 1969, of Charles E. Worsham, Hunter College, entitled Henry James Brown, American artist: his life and works.

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Wilson & Brown.

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Worsham family.

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Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute

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Dibrell & Jones (Richmond, Va.)

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Brown family

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Ruxton, Robert, 1872-

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Franck, Ernest.

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Brown, Robert Walton, 1813-1841.

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Brown, Susan A., d. 1873.

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Worsham, Charles A.

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Chandler, Howard & Co.

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Brown, Henry James, 1811-1854.

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Methodist minister, painter, and hemp planter of Missouri and Virginia; student of Thomas Sully. From the description of Papers of Henry James Brown, 1829-1884. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32671895 ...

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Brown, Susan Ann Hobson, 1813-1873.

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Brown, William (Singer)

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Printer, Rockford, Illinois; emigrated from Dansville, New York, April 1855 to work for the Rockford Register. From the description of Letters: Rockford, Ill. to David F. Ritchie, Clinton, N. Y., 1856 Jan. 3-May 20. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27731740 ...