Papers of Socrates Maupin, 1790-1921 (bulk 1831-1851).

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Papers of Socrates Maupin, 1790-1921 (bulk 1831-1851).

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Two letters between Peter Grayson Washington and Maupin discuss an honorary appointment to the U.S. Mint and family matters. An 1858 letter from William "Extra Billy" Smith regards an acquaintance who wishes to matriculate at the University of Virginia. Civil War items include an 1863 letter from Judah P. Benjamin concerning the appointment of M. Schele de Vere to a confidential mission; an 1864 letter to James A. Seddon concerning rations for disabled soldiers enrolled at the University; two 1863 letters from Alfred Landon Rives regarding a military appointment for Maupin's son; and an 1863 letter from Albert Taylor Bledsoe to Robert E. Lee requesting a furlough for Maupin's son, with an affirmative note by Lee on verso. The remainder of the correspondence, chiefly letters from Socrates Maupin to his brother Addison, discuss lead mining; the Peruvian navy; the Medical College of Virginia; an 1841 operation on a Negro woman with osteosarcoma; the use of chloroform; Dr. John Peter Mettauer; Hampden-Sydney College and the influence of the Presbyterian Church there; and the Richmond Academy. Topics related to the University of Virginia include the Alumni Society; textbooks; student life; the school of medicine; the "uniform law"; the faculty; and the murder of John A.G. Davis. Other topics include plantation management; crops; the tobacco market; slave purchasing, hiring and discipline; Richmond business conditions and social life; land values in Albemarle County; travel in Virginia; Virginia state politics and diseases including smallpox, scarlet fever, chorea and cholera. Family matters are also discussed including clothing; courtship; marriage; pregnancies; illness; education; jobs; finances; building a house and the shipment of household goods; and the suicide of a relative. The papers also contain an 1854 bond for the Rivanna Navigation Company signed by Thomas Jefferson Randolph; and a 1790 land grant for property in Richmond, Va., signed by Beverley Randolph.

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