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Preferred Citation

Reynolds family. Papers, 1845-1869. Accession 22998, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Douglas Southall Freeman, Richmond, Virginia, 1949.

Biographical/Historical Information

Richard Furman Reynolds was born about 1817 in Charleston, South Carolina. He served as a colonel during the Civil War. After the war, he settled in Richmond, Virginia, where he died in 1870. His wife, Anna Hubbard Gardner Reynolds (1836-1910) was the daughter of James H. Gardner (1796-1877), a prominent merchant and president of the City Bank in Richmond. Thomas Caute Reynolds (1821-1887) was elected lieutenant governor of Missouri in 1860. When Missouri did not secede and join the Confederate States of America, he joined Governor Claiborne Jackson (1806-1862) as a government-in-exile. Upon Jackson's death, Reynolds bcame Missouri's governor-in-exile.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1845-1869, of the Reynolds family of Richmond, Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, consisting of: a) a bill of sale, dated 31 December 1845, from Samuel Putney (1801-1880) of Richmond, Virginia, to James H. Gardner (1796-1877) of Richmond, for Richard, a slave; b) a receipt, dated 2 May 1853, from Robert Alvis (1819-1894) of Richmond to Gardner for William Rush, a slave; c) a receipt, dated 15 December 1858, from W. P. Martin (1791-1863) of Richmond to Gardner for Harriet and her child, slaves; d) a letter, dated 20 [21] July 1861, from Augusta P. Gardner (1804-1861) of Richmond to Anna Hubbard Gardner Reynolds (1836-1910) of Charleston, South Carolina, concerning wartime conditions in Richmond, the first battle of Manassas, and a skirmish at Barboursville, (West) Virginia; e) a letter dated 19 October 1866, from Richard F. Reynolds (ca. 1817-1870) of Richmond to Henry B. Bounetheau (1797-1877) of Aiken, South Carolina, asking if Bounetheau would paint a miniature of Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) for his widow, Anna Morrison Jackson (1831-1915); and f) a letter, dated 28 October 1866, from Bounetheau to Reynolds, stating he would do a miniature for $100 in gold.

Also includes: g) a letter, dated 31 October 1866, from Reynolds to Bounetheau, thanking Bounetheau for his terms and informing him that Reynolds is forwarding the letter to Mrs. Jackson; h) a letter, dated 31 October 1866, from Reynolds to Anna Morrison Jackson of Charlotte, North Carolina, informing her of his negotiations with Bounetheau for a miniature of Stonewall Jackson; i) a letter, dated 28 November 1866, from Mrs. Jackson to Reynolds, thanking him for his efforts, but regretting that she is unable to afford the cost; j) a letter, dated 1 January 1867, from Reynolds to Mrs. Jackson concerning her inability to pay for a portrait and enclosing a copy of a letter to Bounetheau informing him of this news; k) a letter, dated 21 January 1867, from Bounetheau to Reynolds, offering to paint the miniature for Mrs. Jackson and allowing her to pay when convenient; and l) a letter, dated 18 April 1869, from Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), in London, England, to Thomas C. Reynolds (1821-1887), of Missouri, sending greetings and informing Reynolds of his exile and travels. The letters from Richard Reynolds are all manuscript copies.