Noteworthy documents include the following: "Communication of the Governor to the General Assembly in Reference to the Debt Referendum" (1886 Feb. 18); Petition of B.D. Tiller, President of the Atlantic & Danville Railroad Company, re. requisition for convicts to works on the railroad (1886 Feb. 26); Sarah N. Randolph re. photographs of models for the Lee Monument (1886 Mar. 11); orders of the Louisa County Board of Supervisors applying for convicts to work on public roads (1886 Mar. 16 & 20); J. D. Blair, President of the Virginia & Kentucky Railroad Company, applying for convicts to work on constructing the railroad (1886 Mar. 18); Jubal A. Early, Lynchburg, re. the Lee Monument Association and complaining of the actions of some ladies who claim to represent the Association (1886 Mar. 27); proclamation of Governor Lee re. the joint resolutions of the General Assembly to reiterate & reaffirm the resolutions adopted 1883-1884 declaring the acceptance by the people of Virginia of the settlement of the state debt (1886 Apr. 9); Jubal A. Early re. the Lee Monument Association (1886 Apr. 9); Sarah N. Randolph, Baltimore, re. the consolidation of the Lee Monument Associations (1886 Apr. 16); William F. Rhea, Bristol, Tennessee, applying for convicts to work on the construction of the South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad (1886 Apr. 27); Jubal A. Early re. the settlement of matters with Sarah Randolph and the laying of the cornerstone of the monument to General Robert E. Lee and suggesting Valentine to furnish a model (1886 May 27); Harvey Exall re. an elevator to be erected in the Capitol (1886 June 8); Sarah N. Randolph re. Lanz's design of the Lee statue (1886 July 27); Sarah N. Randolph re. Otto, a German sculptor who agreed to make a design for the equestrian statue of General Lee (1886 Aug. 6); Governor Henry Lloyd, Maryland, re. a a complaint of Noah C. Stirling, a citizen of Maryland, for the seizure of his vessel "Martha E. Freemen" by one of the Oyster Police Steamers of Virginia (incl. opinion of R. A. Ayers, Attorney General) (1886 Aug. 21); Francis H. Smith, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, encl. his letter to Gen. T. T. Munford, President of the Board of Visitors, defending his position & duties as superintendent, complaining of the changes made by the board, and resigning his position (1886 Sept. 23); E.W. Le Compte, Secretary of State of Maryland, re. the appointment of a committee to replace the buoys in the line recently established in Pocomoke Sound between Virginia & Maryland (1886 Oct. 14); "Governor's Message to the Extra Session of the General Assembly re. the Condition of the Debt" (1887 Mar. 16); news clipping on "Monument to General Lee" and commission to make the statue given to Charles A. Niehaus (1887 Mar. 24); the "Final Report of the Joint Committee to Confer with the Commission of Council of Foreign Bondholders" (1887 May); J. Lo Stern, Assistant Inspector General, re. the status of the State Guard as an independent & detached military organization (1887 June 16); James McDonald, Adjutant General, re. an incident in which a citizen named E. A. Anderson tried to cross through the lines of the 2nd Battalion of Colored Infantry who were marching through Portsmouth (1887 Sept. 23); report of the Second Auditor on the condition of the Public Debt of Virginia (1887 Oct. 27); "Law for the Government of the Virginia Volunteers" (1887 Oct. 27); copies of letters from Mayor B. J. Hodge, Pocahontas, to Capt. Robert D. Yancey re. violence against Hungarian miners (1887 Nov. 12, 12, 14, & 17); Message of the Governor to the General Assembly (1887 [n.d.]); "Reply to Gen. Mahone's Assault on the Democratic Party & the Roanoke Platform" (1887 [n.d.]); Paul Pujol. Architect, containing drawings of the pedestal for the Lee Monument (1888 July 3) (written in French with translation); circular of Benson J. Lossing to the governors of each state re. the Articles of Confederation (1888); Edward H. Murrell encl. his contract with the state of Virginia as special agent to collect claims due the state (1889 Feb. 2); and Conway R. Howard, Easton, Maryland, submitting a report of the re-running & re-making of that portion of the Virginia & North Carolina boundary between the Atlantic & Nottoway River (incl. field books, photostat, & results of field computation of the latitude observations) (1889 Dec. 3).

Arranged chronologically.