[offering congratulations on his marriage and reminding him of a proverb "a man cannot wive and thrive in the same year"]

[extending an invitation to visit, discussing family illness including his own]

[a legal claim of Garnett's; Virginia politics and William "Extra Billy" Smith (1797-1887)]

[University of Virginia, concerning a memorial dedicated to his late uncle, Joseph Carrington Cabell (1778-1856), Rector of the University; mentioning William Joseph Robertson (1817-1898); and discussing the merits of John Staige Davis (1824-1885) and the importance of keeping him at the University. Cabell and Garnett were on the University's Board of Visitors.]

[Alabama legislator, discussing that state's public attention on "the necessity of some superior facilities for general education" and requesting Garnett's opinions on education and the "common-school-system"]

[discussing at length his opinions on the compromise resolutions, the importance of having "the Constitution restore to its integrity..."]

[Garnett's pamphlet "The Union...," state politics and personal]

[declining an "invitation to a Public entertainment," discussing his desire to see as much as possible of this country and making himself acquainted with the people and institutions, and expressing his hope to see Garnett during his visit to Virginia]

[the gathering of [Northern and Southern] opponents of the Andrew Jackson administration, assembling on the steps of the Masonic Hall, and detailing events of the day and Friday's confrontation]

[in reference to an inquiry of Garnett's, mentioning his plan of the Potomac Bridge sent before Congress]

[his adventures in "taking charge of the western division of the New York & Erie rail-road," including his encounters with Philip Church of Belvedere]

[work and progress on the Western Division, a route over the dividing ridge, and the nature of his duties]

[the "immense extent of country to explore"; planned field work in Chautaugua County, New York]

[personal advice, refers to his idea to construct a bridge either over or below Niagara Falls and how wonderful the prospect sounds, especially to have one's name associated with such an endeavor; survey work and future plans for constructing and extending the line from the Hudson to the Mississippi and then to the Rocky Mountains (over 30 years); mentioning DeWitt Clinton's (1769-1828) previous work in the area [as canal commissioner?]

[re the death of his sister Mary and work in his division on surveying]

[considering offering himself as a candidate for the professorship of mathematics at South Carolina College at Columbia, mentioning Dr. [Robert] Adrain (1775-1843), and offering support]

[work in his Division, negotiations in Virginia and Illinois, capital backing for New York and Erie Road; a letter re his appointment on the James River canal as 'Division Engineer']

[Lynchburg, devoted to making an examination of his line and considering a plan for the construction of the work]

[Lynchburg, personal]

[Richmond, offers services as Consulting Engineer on a planned road project; importance of the Raleigh and Columbia road]

[Richmond, personal]

[re his impending marriage]

[U. S. Sloop [of War] Cyane , feeling of isolation, medical tasks on board, [William Paul Crillon?] Barton (1786-1856), and awaiting orders to sail Pacific for three years]

[U. S. Ship Cyane , Bay of Monterey, refers to the American occupation of Monterey without authorization of the United States government; mentions [Thomas ap Catesby Jones], Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Naval Forces on the Pacific; his dissatisfaction over the salaries of naval personnel and contempt for Congress and [John] Tyler]

[U. S. Ship Cyane , Bay of [Lan Blas?], giving personal advice; status of California and his beliefs that the U. S. Government should acquire the territory and describes environmental conditions; addendum: refers to missionary proceedings]

[ see Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean, 1842-1844, in the Frigate United States , ed. Charles Roberts Anderson. G549.J6]

[Washington, D. C., re Garnett's political beginnings, politics, [Henry Alexander] Wise (1806-1876), Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887)]

[Washington, D. C., work on Garnett's standing as a candidate [for the Virginia Constitutional Convention]

[Bureau of MA Surgery, re Thomas Hart Benton's (1789-1871) attack on [John Caldwell] Calhoun (1782-1850) and the South; trying to get replies from [Henry Stuart] Foote (1804-1880) and [Henry A.] Wise (1806- 1876)]

[Washington, D. C., politics, Garnett's pamphlet "The Union...," Calhoun's death]

[Mount Monococy, Maryland, re the burying grounds of the American Aborigines and finding Indian antiquities; describes area]

[Petersburg, Virginia, personal news]

[Milledgeville, Georgia, re problems with debts and unkind creditors]

[Marietta, Georgia, re his desire to return to Virginia, Georgia poliltics, Governor [George Washington] Crawford (1798-1872), and his dislike of Georgia]

[Murfreesboro, Tennessee, re politics, Whigs, [Lewis] Cass' (1782- 1866) Democratic nomination for U. S. President, his faith in the character of [Zachary] Taylor (1784-1850), thoughts on compromise bills, and the uncertainty of work as an engineer]

[Huntsville, Alabama, re his desire to be the architect of the grand national road from Memphis to the Chesapeake Bay, his admiration by locals, and his despondency over his personal life despite his career high]

[Ship Banshee, Chesapeake Bay, 15 miles from Old Point, to MHG, with news of the beginning of his journey]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to MHG, with description of Rio de Janeiro, activities of the Brisilian 4th of July, and conditions of climate and sea during the voyage. Mentions an invitation to dine on the U. S. Man of War Savannah and a ride to shore, the respectful treatment received, a plan to ride over the "contemplated line of road," the death of the Prime Minister, and the Marquis of Parana. Gives a description of the Emperor and being presented to him. Includes a travel chart with date, latitude, longitude, thermometer, and barometer readings]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, mentions various food commodities (port wine, preserves, bananas, oranges, pineapples, cocoa nuts, and coffee), the damp climate, local social customs, lack of social life, friends and acquaintances, American government interests, flour import, coffee export, the scarcity of bread and bread substitutes, the language rules, the food of the negro slaves, and other foods (monkey, armadilla, snail). Also writes of beginning a grand expedition in the morning and inquires about coal lands]

[onboard (first four pages missing), re boredom at sea and admiration of sea life (porpoises, fish, dolphin), passing U. S. Alice , the civilities miles away from human habitat, and passing through the tropics]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re business affairs with R. H. Maury]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re business affairs with R. H. Maury, hiring an engineer for the Province of Rio Grande do Sul, social life being more active, friendships with naval officers, yellow fever, and a shipment of coffee to Baltimore by bark Sophia ]

[Fazenda do Macaco (Province of Rio de Janeiro), re business affairs with R. H. Maury, the coffee shipment, and assistance with business matters]

[Fazenda do Macaco, Province of Rio de Janeiro, to MHG, re being homesick, being treated well by the Brazilians, government approval of his plans, the hot climate, social life and life in general]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re bout with yellow fever, the celebration for the opening of 32 miles of road, his assistant, Bernard F. Carter, nephew of Charles Carter Lee. Discusses business affairs, including mortgage, coal lands, and negroes (Bob, Henry, Tom, Dick, Betsey and children) and their sale of placement]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with business instructions including buying a farm for Florentina and selling negroes, and requesting a pamphlet on slavery to be written]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to MHG, re bout with yellow fever, plans for crossing the Serra do Mar and engineering and contractual difficulties, and having Nicolas Nello Carneiro Leao as a friend]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to MHG, re general news of the weather and his health and the "storm of abolition"]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re the coffee shipments and business instructions including stopping the sale of negroes, and a dentist from New York, Dr. Van Tuyl]

[Fazenda dos Macacos, Brazil, re disposition of his negroes and the coffee shipment]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to MHG, re making money in Brazil and his decision to stay four more years]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re business affairs and his disappointment in having no letters from the recipient]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re negotiating a new contract and planning a visit home in May of the following year]

[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, re business affairs, negotiating a contract for five years, and his high standing with the government]

[personal news, gardening and raising chickens]

[child's letter]

[Elmwood, to MRHG, re personal and family news]

[personal and family news and father going to Great National Humbug]

[personal and family news]

[to "Dear cousin"]

[to [ ? ] re family news]

[to Maria Hunter re family news and an offer to swap [negroes] John for Elisha]

[to "Dear Mary" requesting an encyclopedia entry about the mumps]

[to "Dear Molly" re personal and family news (5 letters)]

[to "My dear Sister" re family news]

[Richmond, re personal news]

[Elmwood, with instructions for Mr. Norris the blacksmith and certain requests]

[Elmwood, re the school opening the following week]

[Elmwood, with instructions for Mr. Stregel's models]

[Fredericksburg, to MRHG at the University of Virginia, with discussion and advice on education, matters of conduct and moral courage]

[to MRHG at the University of Virginia, discussing the study of law as indispensable to being a great and honest statesman]

[Port Royal to West River, Maryland, re personal and family news]

[Fredericksburg to Elmwood, re personal news]

[Fredericksburg to Elmwood, re personal news]

[Fredericksburg to Elmwood, re personal news]

[Fredericksburg to Elmwood, with supportive and uplifting words, advice on son Muscoe, and personal news]

[Fredericksburg to Elmwood, re personal news]

[resolution in memory of James Mercer Garnett, Jr.]

[Georgetown to Mother, Pittsville, Essex County, mentioning Mr. Randolph [John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) ? ] at the Capitol; describing Congress Hall and Senate Chamber; and mentioning cousin John Taliaferro (1768-1852)

[St. Mary's College to Father, Pittsville, Essex County, re college life]

[St. Mary's College, Baltimore, Maryland, to Mother, Pittsville, Essex County, re college life]

[Castle Point]

[Pau, France]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re travels around area]

[Bern, Switzerland, re travels around area]

[Venice, Italy, re visits to Lucerne and Lugano, Switzerland, and Como, Milan, and Venice, Italy]

[Vevey, Switzerland, re sight seeing around area and mentioning the French/Prussian conflict]

[Rome, Italy, re the death of "Julie"]

[Naples, Italy, mentioning a visit to Sorrento and Pompeii, Italy, and sightseeing on the way to Baiae]

[Rome, Italy, re carnival in town--description, visits to Villa Pamphille Doria, Appian Way, the Campagnato to the Via, Latina around Rome]

[Rome, Italy, re sightseeing trip to Ostia, Italy, a celebration re the birthday of Prince Humbert, and a visit to Temple of Minerva]

[Rome, Italy, mentioning "great illumination here at Easter"]

[Geneva, Switzerland, going to school in the Chateau de Lancy]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re school]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re mother's plan to spend winter in Nice, France, and skating in Switzerland]

[Nice, France, re holidays]

[Chateau de Lancy, Switzerland, personal; with letter, from Minnie, personal]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re mother's liver ailment, school grades, and a General Rhett now in the Egyptian army]

[Geneva, Switzerland, personal]

[Chateau de Lancy, Switzerland, re school and an excursion to Vevey]

[Paris, France, re the holidays in Paris and activities while there]

[to sister, personal, mentioning novel Celestina [by Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806), 1791]

[promissory note to Grace F. Hunter for hire of "a negro man named Wyatt']

[refers to the death of her son and Mary's husband, Muscoe in 1864, and her grief, the necessity of Mary and the children returning home, personal and family news; with letter to Mercer]

[personal and family news]

[personal and family news]

[re after-effects of North/South confrontation, legislature passed, and related activities; the children's property, personal and family news; with letter to Mercer, mentioning "Uncle Robert" being in a prison]

[re their financial matters; with letter to Mercer]

[wanting Muscoe's children nearby; with letter to Mercer and Minnie]

[personal news]

[to grandchild]

[re broken heart and spirit over not seeing her grandchildren]

[re their financial matters, effects of the war on these matters, including property and problems with negro labor; with letter to Mercer]

[personal and family news, "small business" details; with letter to Mercer]

[to Mercer]

[re financial matters, personal and family news]

[re effects after war, Freedmen's Bureau, and blacks]

[re children visiting, with letter from Mercer and Minnie to their mother]

[personal and family news, financial matters]

[personal and family news, requests certain goods; Mercer visiting]

[financial matters; Mercer visiting]

[personal and family news; Mercer visiting]

[re financial matters; Mercer visiting; with letter from Robert Baylor re Mr. Capron's account]

[personal and family news]

[wishing to hear from her, personal health and news]

[personal and family news; with letter to Mercer]

[personal and family news and clothing]

[personal and family news; Mercer visiting]

[personal and family news]

[personal]

[personal and family news and Mercer's education]

[personal and family news, financial matters including Joe Gouldman, the sale of Mt. Pleasant, Virginia, and West Virginia properties]

[to Mercer, personal and family news and his schooling]

[asking their plans for the winter]

[re financial matters and problems with Muscoe's estate and the "Elmwood" property]

[to Mercer, personal and family news and his schooling]

[re financial matters and inquiring about winter plans]

[personal and family news; re financial matters including the estate, Kanawha mine in suit, and coal property]

[personal and family news; re financial matters concerning the coal property]

[personal and family news; re financial matters]

[personal and family news]

[personal and family news; re financial matters and an incident happening to Mary]

[to "My own dear Grandson"]

[to "My own little darling," re Christmas spirit]

[to "My dear Mary," personal and family news]

[to "My dear daughter," news of Mercer and Minnie, and Mary's sickness]

[to "Dr Mary," re church hangings/carpet]

[to "My dear Mary," re coal property; personal and fmaily news]

[to "My dear Mary," personal and family news; with letter to "My darling little Mercer"]

[personal and family news]

[financial statement]

[to UVa, family debts and hardships of being in debt, abolition]

[to UVa, motherly support and advice]

[to UVa, concern over his health, local elections and politics]

[to UVa, following a visit during his ill health, the trip to Junction, Virginia]

[to UVa, concern for his health]

[to UVa, concern for his happiness and health, religious support, and advice on his education]

[to UVa]

[to UVa, concern for his health and happiness]

[to UVa, encouragement for his success, school reading materials]

[to UVa, religious support]

[to UVa, his uncle's [R. M. T. Hunter] political stand and reactions by the people, concern over health, happiness, and education]

[to UVa, advice on improvement, advises spending time with Walker Gilmer, religious support]

[to UVa, concern with his happiness, advice on his education, a visit to Blandfield and description, cousin Muscoe having "a servant at home a most confounded rogue that he wishes to trade" with Muscoe named Da for Serpio, religious support]

[to UVa, religious support]

[to UVa, Charles [Fenton Mercer Garnett] going to South Carolina to survey the Raleigh and Columbian Road, religious support]

[to UVa, planning a visit to Charlottesville, advice on his education, including consulting with [Charles] Bonnycastle (1792-1840), their servant Vira]

[to UVa, religious support; with letter from E[lize Lucinda] Garnett]

[to UVa, religious support, illness of two servants, Theodore [Stanford Garnett] and his new love Miss [Florentina] Moreno]

[to UVa]

[to UVa, a boat trip, religious support, Theodore Garnett and Florentina Moreno, [Charles] Bonnycastle's complement to Muscoe, encouragement re education]

[to UVa, concern over his health, encouragement re education]

[to UVa, concern over his health, Robert M. T. Hunter and politics, the marriage of Theodore and Florentina no longer being a secret, religious support]

[to UVa, the servant Serpio, Robert M. T. Hunter and politics, religious support; with letter from [Grace] Fenton [Garnett Hunter]]

[to UVa, inquiries re studies]

[to UVa, [Charles] Bonnycastle and Muscoe's studies, religious support]

[to UVa, concern over his health and studies]

[to UVa, re character-building by self-denial]

[to UVa, concern over his health and safety; with letter from S[arah] H. A. Hunter]

[to UVa, Robert M. T. Hunter and politics, Margaret [Mercer]'s school and the publishing of her book, Theodore's plans; with letter from S[arah] H. A. Hunter]

[to UVa, gardening, need to have Serpio work in the garden as "Old Ben" has been sick, trouble with her servants, Robert M. T. Hunter and politics]

[to UVa, [Charles] Bonnycastle, religious support; with letter from E[liza] Garnett, Theodore and Miss Moreno]

[to UVa, politics coming between friends]

[to UVa, reassuring him about her health, [John] Taliaferro (1768-1852), his studies]

[to UVa, [John] Taliaferro, the family of Prospect Hill, [Charles] Bonnycastle and [Gessner] Harrison of the University, thoughts on education and health]

[to UVa, an upcoming visit to Charlottesville, her thoughts on education and health]

[to UVa, Robert [M. T. Hunter], trying to transfer her negroes]

[to UVa, responding to his news of delinquent acts, news of Robert M. T. Hunter's campaign, an upcoming visit to Charlottesville]

[to UVa, an upcoming visit, critical of the University and the "Southern Spirit"]

[to UVa, safely home after visit, delay of Theodore's marriage]

[to UVa, Robert M. T. Hunter's visit, a convention at Bowling Green]

[to UVa, [John] Taliaferro]

[to UVa, him seeing [Charles] Bonnycastle, his grandfather going to Essex Superior Court, Robert M. T. Hunter being in the middle of a contested election, his uncle Charles Fenton Mercer Garnett's court case, Theodore and Florentina Moreno's plans to marry and their money situation, religious support]

[to UVa, Robert M. T. Hunter and his politics and the Whig Party, the death of "a valuable negro boy" by illness, gardening]

[to UVa, politics, Robert M. T. Hunter, Theodore and Florentina]

[to UVa, a trip to Belmead along with those going to the Convention, politics, a pamphlet published by Judge Scott against his uncle [Robert M. T. Hunter]]

[to UVa, politics]

[to UVa]

[to UVa, concerning his health, typhus fever danger, politics, the election, Robert M. T. Hunter]

[to UVa, personal concerning her anxieties over his well-being, Robert M. T. Hunter and politics]

[to UVa, concerning his disappointment over examinations, offering encouragement]

[to UVa, responding to his inquiry about Serpio]

[to UVa, Robert M. T. Hunter's speech and politics, danger of scarlet fever]

[to UVa, encouragement in studies, advising him to withdraw after mathematics examination, scarlet fever and French measles, Yankees settling in Prince William and Fairfax Counties, John Taliaferro and Robert M. T. Hunter]

[to UVa, examinations, Robert M. T. Hunter visiting him in Charlottesville, an attack of cholera]

[to UVa, advising him to consult with Robert M. T. Hunter, [Gessner] Harrison, and [Charles] Bonnycastle concerning his studies and graduation; advising him not to sacrifice his health and giving spiritual guidance]

[additional 4 folders]

[Pau, France, re riding a donkey and seeing solders drill]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re the new baby and stamp collecting]

[from Mercer, Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France, re a donkey ride "up the Bedat, a mountain with a virgin on the top," and life there; 1870 July 10, from Minnie, with news of the baby, and referring to the beautiful flowers, leaving for Switzerland, and having a war between France and Prussia; 1870 July 30, their arrival in Geneva, Switzerland]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re spending the night with Grandma Stevens in Vevey, their studies, traveling to Bern and then on to Interlaken, [New Jersey?]]

[Venice, Italy, re their arrival from Milan, a ride on a gondola, a trip to Palace of the Doges and the prison, going to Vevey for a visit, and describing decorations and activities in the streets to please the King]

[Munich, Germany, reading Fortunes de Gaspard , news of the baby; 1870 Oct 18, from Mercer, re a visit to a large art gallery and the name of the city, "Muchen" [sic]]

[Vevey, Switzerland, news of the baby, reading about how paper is made, activities in Venice and Milan, Italy, and Mrs. McCall]

[Vevey, Switzerland, a visit to Mrs. McCall and returning to Italy]

[Rome, Italy, seeing Princess Marguerite, going to the Villa Borghese to play, reading Miss Sewell's History of Rome and planning to read History of Greece , lessons on Mississippi, and news of the baby]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re gifts from Miss Wolcott, liking studies; 1871 May 11, from Mercer, re liking school and studies]

[Geneva, Switzerland, reading Geographie Physique , birthday presents, and news of the baby]

[from Mercer, Geneva, Switzerland, re a four-week excursion as far as Venice and their activities, learning German; Minnie]

[from Mercer, Geneva, Switzerland, re two little German princes and an Egyptian prince, news of little brother Edwin and Etty; 1871 Oct 9, news of Edwin and Etty, and sending a lock of hair]

[Nice, France, re taking French lessons]

[Menton, France, re visits to Monaco and Monte Carlo, news of Ettie and Edwin, and going to Genoa, Italy]

[Paris, France, re mathematics studies, news of Etty and Edwin, attending dance school, and listing the many books received for Christmas]

[personal]

[re a family gathering and Muscoe having the measles]

[Richmond, Virginia, inquiring about Mercer who is visiting Grandmother, and re social activities, family news, and Muscoe being ill with a cold]

[Manchester, Vermont, re Muscoe's death and her grief and the difficulty in telling the children, and the need for assistance with estate matters]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, re children's safe arrival home]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, mentioning Mercer, Ettie, and Mary]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, re her ill health and of the children]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, re health, the death of John Latane (June 20, 1864), aunts "Pink" (Martha T. Hunter) and "Line" (Virginia [ ? ])]

[mentions the good health of her son Mercer and Mary's recovery from illness]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, personal and family news, and being unable to go south]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, written for Mercer, personal, re donkeys and riding in a donkey cart]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, written for Mercer, personal; letter from Mary, re finances and estate and debts]

[Princeton, New Jersey]

[Paris, France, re being seasick onboard ship, description of the vessel and ocean trip, the death of a Frenchman onboard, and the Custom House]

[Nice, France, personal and family news, re the lovely view of the sea, and the area being a delightful place for children]

[Nice, France, to Mercer, describing little carriages drawn by goats or donkeys, noting that he could learn French, and giving a description of a picnic on a stream; letter to Maria, re financial matters and the purchase of Mt. Pleasant]

[Rome, Italy]

[Sorrento, Italy, to Mercer, praising his studies and his becoming a big boy, and telling of the killing of a wolf in Pompeii]

[Sorrento, Italy, re a visit to Paestum Ruins to see the temples, Salerno, and Amalfi on the bay of Salerno, the danger of the brigands, and the beautiful view from the hotel at the edge of the cliffs]

[Rome, Italy, re a visit to Esquiline to see Baths of [ ]--well-preserved ruins, originally house of Marcenas, and relating the history of the area; to the Church of St. Clement, and relating its history; to St. John of [Laterian], describing the beauty of this Roman Catholic Church founded by Constantine; to Villa Borghese to see the collection of statues, including one of Pauline Bonapart]

[Rome, Italy, re travel plans in Italy and France, the anticipation in Florence over the arrival of Prince [ ], eldest son of Victor Emanuel, visit to Frascati, celebrations in honor of Pope]

[Florence, Italy, to Mercer, re his Grandmother Stevens staying in Paris, France until July, traveling around France in boats instead of walking, a trip to Albano, Laziale, Italy and a donkey ride to a lake]

[Florence, Italy, re a procession with the royal family in carriages and the American Minister followed by a "firework palace an exact representation of the palace of Potsdam" in honor of the Prince of Prussia, decorated and lit up boats and barges, bands of music--very descriptive letter]

[Milan, Italy, re life there particularly farm life; beggars in Venice, a ride in a gondola, Venice being a charming city; visits to the Rosnian Ampitheatre, to the only monastery in free Italy with closed doors, and to the Cathedral]

[Geneva, Switzerland, re a walk to the Castle of Children and Vevey, and going on a small steamboat up the lake]

[Paris, France, personal and family news, including the newborn]

[Paris, France, to Mercer, personal and family news, including the newborn]

[Paris, Franace, re illness of her father and delayed plans to return home]

[Paris, France, re the failing health of her father]

[Paris, France, re the death of her father on Friday [August 7] and the baby being sick]

[Paris, France, resuming plans to sail home and having to arrange her father's affairs]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, re arrival to the United States and her father's funeral]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, from Minnie, re having a tea party, a visit to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, and studying French lessions; letter from Mary, personal and family news]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, from Mercer, re his activities]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, personal, with letters from Minnie and Mercer, re Christmas presents]

[Hoboken, New Jersey, enclosing a check and going to seek advice about the western lands]

[Pau, France, personal news of herself and the children]

[Rome, Italy, re business matters, informing her that the business affairs should be known to her husband and that she will consult Mr. Lewis on all matters; the atmosphere in Rome]

[Florence, Italy, concerning their strained relationship and her feeling insulted by Maria's actions, and family news]

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, personal and family news]

[ante-1864, re Muscoe being unable to attend court, and personal and family news]

[ante-1864, re Muscoe visiting Font Hill alone because she is unable to get away until the following week]

[Roxbury, re her travel plans to Font Hill, circumstances during the Civil War, and personal and family news]

[asking her to pay the taxes on their mountain lands]

[note re business matters concerning the Nicholas and Coal property]

[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Muscoe, prompting him to write more frequently in order "to acquire a facility in expressing your thoughts on paper...," encouraging his progres in school; brief description of Philadelphia in response to an inquiry, including the Theatre which "is now miserably perverted from the first object of the stage," the Museum and its natural curiosities, the Athaneum, the Academy of Fine Arts, the Mint, and the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and its accomplishments]

[New Castle, Virginia, to Muscoe, encouraging his studies]

[Pemberly, Mason County, Virginia, to Muscoe, commenting on his improvement in writing, encouraging regular exercise, and describing his pets, a puppy and a doe]

[Pensacola, Florida, to Muscoe, advising him to go to the University of Virginia right away, warning him against the "bad" and telling him to choose gentlemen for his associates]

[Richmond, Virginia, to Muscoe, re an account held against his father and seeking assistance with the matter]

[Richmond, Virginia, to Muscoe, re plans to "negotiate a treatly of commerce between Rapp[ahannock] and James Rivers," and the Southern Democracy and politics]

[Loretto, Virginia, Florentina to Maria, requesting to see the doctor concerning her teeth]

[Columbia, South Carolina, to Muscoe, concerning Union supporters, the theory of Republican government, Taylor and Burr and their politics, and his own opinions]

[Macon, Georgia, to Maria, concerning the interest in North Carolina over Muscoe's election, and family news]

[University of Virginia, while Chair of Ancient Languages, concenring his appreciation of Muscoe's flattering letter, saying that his ambition has merely been "to discharge faithfully my duties" at the University, hoping that his service has been useful to their alma mater; re financial burden and attempting to start a boarding school for boys, meager salary at the University not being enough to support his family]

[Candlelight, Red Sue Springs, Virginia, to Maria, re their improving health at the springs, and news of others there]

[to Muscoe, re plans to make fortune by cultivating multicaulis, personal and family news, mention of the University of Virginia; with letter from Eliza, re their faith in him doing well at the University]

[Norfolk, Virginia, to Muscoe, University of Virginia, personal and family news and church attendance]

[Fonthill, Virginia, to Muscoe]

[Elmwood, to Muscoe, University of Virginia, family news, Belmont School being full and taking on additional scholars]

[to Maria, personal and family news]

[Charlottesville, Virginia, re beauty of Peter's Mountain; being within two miles of Monticello and having the "opportunity of an easy introduction to its sage" but not availing himself of it, and some comments on Thomas Jefferson; and having received "information of the progress of the British up the Potomac"]

[Richmond, Virginia, concerning her taking over the gardening duties, Mrs. French's concerts, and visits to the theatre]

[to UVa, re education during that time period, and continued efforts to establish a comprehensive public school system]

[to UVa, re the Whig meeting, political affairs at the time of the Fiscal Bank vetoes, and Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter]

[to UVa, personal, mentions R. M. T. Hunter]

[to UVa, personal, discussing the ideas of universality and existence; with letter from Maria Hunter Garnett]

[personal, mentions Robert [M. T. Hunter]]

[advice and support (prior to his going away to college)]

[to Mercer, personal, re children playing Indians, jaybirds and the cats]

[to Charles Fenton Mercer Garnett, re leaving Norfolk because of smallpox; the strong friendship between them; being envious of his going to college, saying "a life which would have been so much to my taste if my sex had not excluded me from it"]

[to Maria Hunter, to her daughters who are away with friends in order to "acquire knowledge...which will be a gratification to the end of your life"]

[to Maria Hunter, her daughter, personal]

[personal and family news, smallpox in the family]

[to Fenton, personal and family news, Albert [R. Garnett]'s illness and Yelverton's death]

[to Mrs. Mary E[leanor] Garnett, family news; with letter from G[race] F[enton Hunter] Garnett, personal]

[to Maria Hunter, her daughter, giving advice and support concerning her character and conduct in relationship to the sciences and religion, and not wishing to discourage the "pursuit of knowledge not immediately connected with religion"]

[to Mary Eleanor Mercer, personal]

[personal, discussing abolitionist movement and requesting that he propose an amendment]

[re politics, the fear of having a "Black Republican President," and the disregard for the South in Congress]

[to UVa, mentioning the genius of Bacon Shakespeare Scott; Mr. [ ] Sylvester's kindness to Muscoe but warning him that "his metaphysical speculations may be closely connected with German infidelity"; news of family and friends; Albert Micon setting out for Alabama; translating Discourse on Universal History [by Jacques Benigne Bossuet]; and politics--the Committee of Foreign Affairs members withdrawing and Holmes refusing to serve]

[to UVa, news of the family, Robert [M. T. Hunter] and politics and "States Rights men"]

[to Washington, D. C., personal, mentioning Robert [M. T. Hunter]

["reply to a proposal of marriage about 100 years ago" to Mr. David W. Pitts]

[to Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, family and local news; with note from Sarah H. A. Hunter]

[to Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett, UVa, family and local news, R. M. T. Hunter, local elections, and [John] Mercer [Garnett]]

[to MRHG, UVa, family and local news]

[to MRHG, UVa, family and local news]

[to Grace Fenton Hunter, personal]

[to Maria Hunter Garnett, family news]

[to Grace Fenton Hunter, personal]

[3 ANs, personal]

[to Edgar M. Hunter, personal]

[7 letters]

Pamphlet, Oration delivered before the Fourth of July Association, by Wm. Porcher Miles on the Fourth of July, 1849

Pamphlet, An Address delivered before The Alumni Society of The College of Charleston, on Commencement Day, March 30th, 1852, by Prof. William Porcher Miles, Anniversary Orator of the Society