Inventory of the James Barron Hope Papers (I) 1790-1965
A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 65 H77
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
James Barron Hope Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
Gift: 933 items, 1945-1961.
Biographical/Historical Information
James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of James Barron and son of Wilton and Jane A. (Barron) Hope. James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Anne Beverley Whiting. The couple had two daughters, Jane A. Barron (Janey Barron Marr) and Nanny Hope. Hope is known primarily for his poetry, serving as the official poet of the 250th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement. He published several volumes of writings and also edited newspapers. Hope died in 1887.
Scope and Content Information
Papers, chiefly 1847-1887, of James Barron Hope. Correspondence includes letters to his mother Jane A. Barron Hope while on a naval cruise to the Caribbean and letters to his wife, Annie Beverley Whiting Hope written during the Civil War. There are letters between Jane A. Barron Hope and her friend, Caroline Matilda Campbell. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Jubal A. Early, Benjamin S. Ewell, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Fitzhugh Lee, W. H. F. Lee, Thomas Nelson Page, John Tyler and Robert Charles Winthrop.
The collection also includes editorials, atories, a play, manuscript poems of Hope including his address at the Yorktown Centennial, as well as articles and letters concerning his death and his involvement in dueling.
Arrangement
OrganizationThis collection is organized into 9 series; Series 1 contains the papers of James Barron Hope; Series 2 contains certificates and scrapbooks; Series 3 contains Literary and artistic works of James Barron Hope; Series 4 contains newspaper and periodical articles written by or concerning James Barron Hope; Series 5 contains compositions and other literary materials; Series 6 contains items collected by Ann W. Marr, the granddaughter of James Barron Hope; Series 7 contains items collected by Janey Hope Marr, the daughter of James Barron Hope; Series 8 contains miscellaneous items; and Series 9 contains various issues of newspapers.
ArrangementThis collection is arranged chronologically by date within each series. The series are arranged according the various dates which the materials were acquisitioned or added to the collection.
Related Material
There are three collections within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary that relate to this Collection. They include the James Barron Hope Paper (II), the Samuel Barron Papers and the James Barron Papers.
The James Barron Hope Papers (II), Manuscripts and
Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and
Mary; including correspondence and literary works, chiefly
1861-1874, of James Barron Hope (1829-1887), soldier,
author (poet, orator, and novelist), and newspaper editor,
of Norfolk and Williamsburg, Virginia.
James Barron Hope Papers (II),
829-1887. 195 items. Collection number: Mss. 93 H77
The Samuel Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare
Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and
Mary; include papers and correspondence of three
generations of Samuel Barrons, all of whom were involved in
naval affairs.
Samuel Barron Papers,
1793-1942. 538 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 B29
The James Barron Papers, Manuscripts and Rare
Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and
Mary; include correspondence and papers of Commodore James
Barron relating to his career in the United States Navy,
and especially relating to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair in
1807 and to his duel with Stephen Decatur.
James Barron Papers,
1776-1899. 2,759 items. Collection number: Mss. 65 B27
Index Terms
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
- Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894.
- Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881.
- Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.
- Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891.
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853- 1922.
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862.
- Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894.
- American poetry--19th century.
- Dueling-- Virginia.
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Poets, American--19th century-- Correspondence.
Persons:
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Additional Related and Bibliographic Material
Bibliography
The following articles can be found in the magazine the Virginia Cavalcade , Swem Library Stacks, College of William and Mary. Call Number: F221. V8
Simms, Lyman Moody. " James Barron Hope, Virginia's Laureate. "In Virginia Cavalcade. Vol. 19, No. 3 (1970), pages 22-29Wermuth, Paul Charles. "An Ode to Reconciliation. "In Virginia Cavalcade. Vol. 7, No. 2 (1957), pages 14- 17.
Bibliography
The following articles can be found in the magazine the Virginia Cavalcade , Swem Library Stacks, College of William and Mary. Call Number: F221. V8
Simms, Lyman Moody. " James Barron Hope, Virginia's Laureate. "In Virginia Cavalcade. Vol. 19, No. 3 (1970), pages 22-29Wermuth, Paul Charles. "An Ode to Reconciliation. "In Virginia Cavalcade. Vol. 7, No. 2 (1957), pages 14- 17.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Benjamin Stoddert Ewell,
- Early, Jubal Anderson, 1816-1894.
- Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894.
- Fitzhugh Lee,
- Grigsby, Hugh Blair, 1806-1881.
- Hugh Blair Grigsby,
- James Barron Hope,
- John Tyler,
- Jubal Anderson Early,
- Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905.
- Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891.
- Page, Thomas Nelson, 1853- 1922.
- Robert C. (Robert Charles) Winthrop.
- Simms, Lyman Moody.
- Thomas Nelson Page,
- Tyler, John, 1790-1862.
- Wermuth, Paul Charles.
- William Henry Fitzhugh Lee,
- Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1781--Centennial celebrations, etc.
Components List
- Box-folder
1:1-125
Box 1, 1835-1963, n.d.
Box 1 consists the letters of James Barron Hope to his mother, Mrs. Jane A. Hope, while on a U.S. Cruiser in the Caribbean and of his mother to her friend, Miss Caroline H. Campbell, 1852-1858, as well as Hope's letters to Annie B. Whiting before his marriage to her and their correspondence during the Civil War, 1855-1865. An invitation from the Virginia General Assembly requesting that Hope read his poem there, 1858, and a Master of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary, 1866, are also included.
- Box-folder
1:1
2 pages. TDr.
- Box-folder 1:2
- Box-folder
1:3
Apparently intended to accompany the poem "Leoni Di Monota. "
- Box-folder
1:4
Notes regarding letters of Mrs. Jane A. Hope, n.d.
- Box-folder
1:5
Notes, endorsed: "Notes made by Janey Hope-Marr in the later years of her life," n.d.
- Box-folder
1:6
5 pages. ADr. C.
Cover endorsement: "Copy of Sketch of Jas. Barron Hope sent to Judge French."
- Box-folder
1:7
Letter sent on his birthday Letter concerns new home. Endorsement: "From my Father's mother, who was Miss Jane Barron: Buried in Warrenton, North Carolina" [by Janey Hope Marr].
- Box-folder
1:8
H. A. Steinbeck, Surgn. USA, Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Mr. James Barron Hope, Hampton, Virginia, 29 August 1849.
Congratulations on recovery of a wound and a bill for services. Endorsement: "Hope-Jones duel." (see brief biographical note.)
- Box-folder
1:9
Charles, Count de Miollis, "Ashwood Hall," near Columbia, Tennessee to [?], 7 August 1850.
- Box-folder
1:10
Letter concerns visit with his father and service on the ship.
- Box-folder
1:11
Sorrow for "the Absent One."
- Box-folder 1:12
- Box-folder
1:13
20 pages. ads.
Detailed description of the places he has visited in the Caribbean Sea.
- Box-folder
1:14
James [Barron Hope], U.S.S. "Cyane," St. lago de Cuba, to his mother, Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, 25 March 1852.
Description of Cuba; his 23rd birthday; expressions of great affection for his mother; enclosing a poem (now lost.)
- Box-folder
1:15
[ James Barron Hope], U.S.S. "Cyane," at Sea, to his mother Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, 14 April 1852.12 pages. ads. C.
Description of Trinidad, St. Domingo and Caribbean cruise.
- Box-folder 1:16
- Box-folder
1:17
James [Barron Hope], U.S. Ship "Cyane," Home Squadron, off Pensacola Navy Yard, to Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, 14 May 1852.
Letter concerns his affection for his mother; of the Roman Catholic faith.
- Box-folder
1:18
Letter concerns his impending departure for home.
- Box-folder
1:19
J[ane] A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 17 July 1852.
- Box-folder 1:20
- Box-folder
1:21
Jane A. H[ope], Hampton, to Caroline H. Campbell, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 February 1853.
- Box-folder
1:22
Jane A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 19 April 1853.
- Box-folder
1:23
Jane A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 20 October 1853.
- Box-folder
1:24
J[ane] A. Hope and J[ames] B[arron] Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 30 December 1853.
Letter concerns "the Massard Mss." which were sent with books and paintings as a Christmas gift.
- Box-folder
1:25
J[ames] Barron Hope to Miss Annie, 23 March 1855.
Enclosed poem (now lost) on his 26th birthday.
- Box-folder
1:26
Letter concerns his activities after his arrival there.
- Box-folder
1:27
Hope's Mss. have been sent to the Publisher, Mr. Lucas, after being rearranged and edited by Caroline; mentions many of the poems by name, including those addressed to Miss Annie.
- Box-folder
1:28
"Hampton, Monday", 1 September 1856.
Endorsement: "Picture of Mrs. Jane Hope, her son, and Miss Campbell, it is supposed."
- Box-folder 1:29
- Box-folder
1:30
Letter concerns paintings.
- Box-folder
1:31
Letter concerns Annie, and his book which appears to be well received in Norfolk.
- Box-folder
1:32
Letter discusses her care for Annie and her review of his works.
- Box-folder
1:33
Letter concerns his departure for Richmond.
- Box-folder 1:34
- Box-folder
1:35
J[ane] A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 6 March 1857.
Letter concerns her sisters in Washington.
- Box-folder
1:36
[Jane A. Hope], Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 16 March 1857.
Letter concerns Caroline's expected marriage.
- Box-folder
1:37
[Annie Whiting], Hampton, to Carrie [Campbell], 26 March 1857.
- Box-folder
1:38
J[ane] A. H[ope], Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 1 April 1857.
Letter discusses the visit of the "Merrimac" and Capt. Pendergast's description of a trip to England and the Continent.
- Box-folder
1:39
Letter concerns meeting with Annie; enclosure of a poem for review.
- Box-folder
1:40
P. R. Fendall, Washington, to John R. Thompson, Richmond, Virginia, 3 April 1857.
- Box-folder
1:41
J[ane] A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline H. Campbell, 4 May 1857.
Letter concerns family matters.
- Box-folder
1:42
Letter concerns her review of "Leoni"; his marriage on the 10th at "Elmwood," despite the opposition of Mr. Whiting.
- Box-folder
1:43
J. P. R. James , British Consulate, Richmond, Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Hampton, Elizabeth City County , Virginia, 2 July 1857.
Acknowledges receipt of a volume of Hope's poems.
- Box-folder
1:44
Jane A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline M. Campbell, Baltimore, Maryland, 1 August 1857.
- Box-folder
1:45
Three months after his marriage. Letter concerns a play that he has written.
- Box-folder
1:46
[Mrs.] J[ane] A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], 16 October 1857.
Letter discusses family affairs.
- Box-folder
1:47
J[ane] A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline H. Campbell, 3 June 1858.
Letter concerns her relatives on ships, from European waters to China.
- Box-folder
1:48
[Mrs.] Annie [Hope], Hampton, to Carrie [Campbell], 22 June 1858.
- Box-folder
1:49
J[ane] A. Hope to Caroline [Campbell], n.d.
Condolences on a death in the family.
- Box-folder
1:50
Request signed by 84 members of the General Assembly and 5 Richmond citizens that he recite again as they failed to hear delivered.
- Box-folder
1:51
[Mrs.] Annie [Hope] to Carrie [Campbell], 31 January 1859.
Letter discusses the expectation of their first child, and talks of her reading and other activities as a young housewife.
- Box-folder
1:52
Letter concerns her letter to his mother.
- Box-folder
1:53
Jane A. Hope, Hampton, to Caroline [Campbell], [31 December 1859].
Greetings and good wishes for the New Year.
- Box-folder 1:54
- Box-folder
1:55
James [Barron Hope], Richmond, to his wife Annie Barron Hope, Warrenton, [North Carolina], and his children Annie and Jane, 6 June 1861.
Quartered in the Poor House in Richmond.
- Box-folder
1:56
Everyone in good spirits in the Capital [Richmond]; 20,000 men in the army in Virginia and is daily increasing; 8,000 in the York region.
- Box-folder
1:57
Letter concerns the battle at Bethel where "the Hamptonians behaved with distinguished gallantry."
- Box-folder
1:58
A large force has been sent to York; he is engaged in getting men for Barron's battery; going to Williamsburg.
- Box-folder
1:59
Letter concerns recruiting in Williamsburg.
- Box-folder
1:60
Letter discusses the Yankee's loss of 525 at Bethel to Confederate. 1 killed and 7 wounded; Magruder commanded, Col. Hill praised for "cool valor"; flight of a Zouave Regiment.
- Box-folder
1:61
Mary A. Taylor, Williamsburg, to Mrs. Hope, 18 June 1861.
Letter concerns Hope's Hotel and the quiet situation in Williamsburg.
- Box-folder
1:62
On way to Williamsburg; faith and moral strength.
- Box-folder
1:63
James [Barron Hope] to Mrs. James Barron Hope, care of J. Wilcox, Warrenton, North Carolina, [20 June 1861].
Force retired from Bethel to the defenses of Yorktown; alarms in Williamsburg.
- Box-folder
1:64
Mrs. Jane A. Hope, Warrenton, [North Carolina], to her son James [Barron Hope], and his wife Annie to her husband [ James Barron Hope], 20 June 1861.
Letter discusses life in their retreat, including "a great annoyance...Julia is not in a condition to nurse the children much longer...."
- Box-folder
1:65
Enclosed letters to Jane, Nan and to Sam [Barron] on same sheet.
- Box-folder
1:66
Maria [?] at Yancy's to [Henry] Clay [Whiting], 10 July 1861.
- Box-folder
1:67
Letter concerns Capt. Barron and Mrs. Barron.
- Box-folder
1:68
Application for paymaster's position, until then he is in the Wythe rifles; parents behind the Federal lines who have been forced to take oath of loyalty.
- Box-folder
1:69
Letter concerns the confidence there, after victory at Manassas.
- Box-folder
1:70
Mention of Comm. Samuel Barron and Capt. Samuel Barron.
- Box-folder
1:71
Mentions General Johnson, "the Manassas man"; Generals Lee and Magruder; his own children Jamie and Anne.
- Box-folder 1:72
- Box-folder
1:73
Letter concerns attacks aimed at Richmond which were defeated at Manassas; the war in Missouri; Mr. Lincoln's troubles; confidence in the ultimate result, "the Nation born at Sumter and baptised with blood at Manassas will be hailed by the great powers of Europe as a member of the family of Empires."
- Box-folder
1:74
Letter discusses "God-sent overthrow" of Scott at Manassas; "another battle has taken place in our peninsula."
- Box-folder
1:75
"There's a box of champagne for you at the Express Office...."
- Box-folder
1:76
Letter concerns his poem in the newspaper, family matters; encloses newspaper clipping of Land as a medicine.
- Box-folder
1:77
Louisa Whiting, Audley, Westmoreland, to James Barron Hope, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 29 August 1861.
"...father has lost everything...am perfectly disgusted with yankees and negroes ...." Endorsement: "...in spite of her feelings Aunt has married 'a yankee'...who came wounded to desolated Hampton...." J[ane] H. M[arr] .
- Box-folder
1:78
"Papa" James [ James Barron Hope], Atlantic Hotel Reading Room, to his mother and his wife, 1 September 1861.
"The news from Hatteras is very sad"; "the capture of Uncle Sam [Comm. Samuel Barron]."
- Box-folder
1:79
"...alleviate your anxiety about Uncle Sam [Comm. Samuel Barron]"; defense of his action at Hatteras.
- Box-folder
1:80
"A Letter to Ex-President Tyler, Flag Officer Forrest and George Booker, of 'Sherwood,' In Vindication of Flag Officer Samuel Barron, C. S. N.," by Capt. [ James Barron] Hope, 28 September 1861.11 pages. Adr.
Endorsements and corrections added.
- Box-folder
1:81
Letter discusses his return to his post after a visit to his family.
- Box-folder
1:82
H. B. Cary, Yorktown, to His Excellency, President John Tyler, Confederate Congress, Richmond, Virginia, 23 December 1861.
- Box-folder
1:83
Letter concerns the crowded condition of Richmond where he had been transferred; "no doubt that a great battle is impending."
- Box-folder
1:84
"I saw Uncle S[amuel Barron] " who has agreed to be his security [for Quartermaster post]; "the news...is in general, cheering."
- Box-folder
1:85
Letter concerns his new position in the Quartermaster office.
- Box-folder
1:86
8 pages. ads.
Letter concerns planned abandonment of Norfolk because "to compete with the North in producing an ironclad Navy is out of the question"; Yorktown will be abandoned but "we grow stronger as we go from the coast." Description of Randolph, Secy of Army, "tall sinewy" and of Mallory, Secy of Navy, "a stupid little man."
- Box-folder
1:87
"Our troops are moving off so fast that there shall soon be none left there... the worst that can happen is to be taken prisoner...."
- Box-folder
1:88
R. Forrest, Chief of Bureau, C. S. Navy Department, Richmond, to J[ames] Barron Hope, Richmond, 24 May 1862.
Appointment to the position of Recorder for a Naval Court of Inquiry.
- Box-folder 1:89
- Box-folder
1:90
Letter concerns his position as Judge Advocate of Court convened to consider the burning of vessels on Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana.
- Box-folder
1:91
Appointment as Secretary to the Naval Board for the examination of Midshipmen.
- Box-folder
1:91
Order to report to Savannah.
- Box-folder
1:91
Granted leave of Absence.
- Box-folder
1:92
Recommendation of Jas. Barron Hope for the position of Quartermaster signed by J. Lyons, J. P. Holcombe, M. R. H. Garnett, C. F. Collins, 9 October 1862.
Recommendation included with following letter of 11 October 1862, Box-folder 1:92.
- Box-folder
1:92
Letter covering above recommendation of 9 October 1862, Box-folder 1:92.
- Box-folder
1:93
Drury Lacey, Warrenton, [North Carolina], to John W. Norwood, [Hillsboro, North Carolina], 4 November 1862.
- Box-folder
1:94
S[amuel] Barron, Flag Officer [C. S. N.], Richmond, to J[ames] Barron Hope, Warrenton, North Carolina, 7 November 1862.
Appointment as Secretary to the "Flag Officer" commanding the Naval Forces in the waters of Virginia.
- Box-folder
1:95
The Flag of S[amuel] Barron has been hoisted above the "Patrick Henry."
- Box-folder
1:96
Commission of Capt. Jas. Barron Hope as "Assistant Quartermaster's Captain" in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, 18 November 1862.
Signed G. W. Smith, Secretary of War.
- Box-folder
1:97
E. A. Cleveland to J[ames] Barron Hope, Warrenton, North Carolina, 23 November 1862.
Letter concerns copies of Hope's poems.
- Box-folder
1:98
News that Burnside's army is landing on the coast.
- Box-folder
1:99
Receipt for bond for Capt. James Barron Hope as Asst. Quartermaster, signed R. G. H. Kean, Chief of Bureau of War, C. S. A., Richmond, Virginia, 16 January 1863.2 copies. PADS.
- Box-folder 1:100
- Box-folder 1:100
- Box-folder
1:101
Letter concerns a place being found for his family; congratulations on position in the Capital. Endorsement to his wife Annie.
- Box-folder
1:102
Letter concerns question whether mail has been stopped; family matters.
- Box-folder
1:103
Gait died of small pox; family matters.
- Box-folder
1:104
Grant of leave of absence for Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope, A. Q. M. by A. C. Myers, 9 March 1863.
- Box-folder
1:105
S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy, C. S. A. to Capt. James Barron Hope, A. Q. M., Richmond, 27 April 1863.
Permission to use Navy files.
- Box-folder
1:106
Maj. W. W. Peirce to Capt. Saml. R. Chisman, A. Q. M., Greensboro, North Carolina, 25 May 1863.
Letter concerns purchase of Army supplies.
- Box-folder
1:107
Letter concerns problems of the Quartermaster's Department of the Confederate Army. Letter is continued with the letter below of 11 June 1863, Box-folder 1:107.
- Box-folder
1:107
Continuation of the above letter of 26 May 1863, Box-folder 1:107.
- Box-folder
1:108
John Tyler, Sherwood Forest, to Jas. Barron Hope, 11 July 1863.
"What an absurd document we have in Lincoln's message--and how...disgusting the proceedings of Congress...."
- Box-folder 1:109
- Box-folder
1:110
" Genl. M[yers] has been superseded by Genl. Lawton, a victim of Mr. Davis personal animosity."
- Box-folder
1:111
"Papa" James [Barron Hope] to Mrs. James Barron Hope, Pine Hall, Stokes County , North Carolina, [10 August 1863].
While awaiting the new "chief"; bonds, his wife is to handle; impression of new General [Lawton] .
- Box-folder
1:112
Bond coupons turned up; family matters.
- Box-folder
1:113
J[ames] Barron Hope to Sam[uel] [Barron], 13 August 1863.
Letter concerns fever that is spreading on Mr. A's plantation, where his family is staying-need to move them; Genl. L[awton] is from Georgia, a gentleman of intelligence, successor to Myers; an official letter that is " Very cheerful about Charleston."
- Box-folder
1:114
6 pages. (No. 10). ads.
- Box-folder
1:115
Letter concerns box from Bermuda with cotton, soap, etc.; cake sent from Richmond to his family. Result in Tennessee very grand, "son they think here"; Rosecranz in a difficult position-- "it will puzzle the Yankees to reinforce him."
- Box-folder
1:116
Orders for Capt. James Barron Hope to report to Greensboro, North Carolina, to Maj. Chisman, 10 October 1863.
Signed by Jno. Withers, Asst. Adjutant General.
- Box-folder
1:117
Letter concerns Christian faith.
- Box-folder
1:118
4 pages. Incomplete. ads.
Letter concerns high prices for clothes; family matters.
- Box-folder
1:119
Letter concerns a visit to the "Merrimac"; Burnside expedition and other news of battles.
- Box-folder
1:120
Letter concerns slight sickness and his old wound from his duel; the falling back of Southern forces shortens their lines, brings the enemy further from his base; hope that Belgian, French and English fleets will break the blockade of New Orleans.
- Box-folder
1:121
Mention of Sam [Barron, IV] ; "Our army in North Carolina number 65,000 & we expect to beat the enemy whenever they advance, & Comm. Barron (11.1) told me that Mr. Randolph (late Secy [of the Army]) told him that Genl. Johnson telegraphed that the Murfreesboro fight was a splendid victory, after all."
- Box-folder 1:122
- Box-folder
1:123
Eug. E. McLean, Lt. Col., Richmond, to Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope, Greensboro, North Carolina, 16 June 1864.
Permission to go on leave on forwarding the Surgeon's Certificate. Reply of 20 July 1864 listed below.
- Box-folder
1:123
H. L. Clay, Assistant Adjutant General, grants Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope a sixty day leave, 20 July 1864.
Permission for leave requested on 16 June 1864, list above.
- Box-folder
1:124
Benj. S. Ewell, President, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Capt. James Barron Hope, 9 July 1866.
Sends a diploma by direction of the Faculty.
- Box-folder
1:125
Master of Arts Degree from the College of William and Mary, granted to James Barron Hope, June 1866.
Signed by E. Taliaferro and Benj. S. Ewell, President.
- Box-folder
1:1
- Box-folder
2:1-139
Box 2, 1872-1907, n.d.
The activity of Hope after the war is reflected in the correspondence included in Box 2. A duel which was averted only by the arrest of his challenger, 1873, his resignation as Editor of the Norfolk Virginian to start his own paper, The Landmark and his appearance to read anniversary poems at the Yorktown Centennial are among the events which concern the correspondence. There is also much family correspondence, many letters including humorous sketches, doggerel, and full poems.
- Box-folder
2:1
Letter concerns a Bill which has passed the Senate, authorizing construction of the Norfolk & Southern Railway through Richmond.
- Box-folder 2:2
- Box-folder
2:3
Letter concerns arrangements for a duel which was to take place near South Mills, North Carolina. Endorsement by J[aney] H[ope] M[arr], 1929, states that Walters was arrested in Norfolk before the duel could be fought.
Enclosures:
(1) A list of terms of a duel on stationery of the Norfolk Virginian .
(2) Receipt for the cleaning of a pair of pistols. ACop. E. Encl. - Box-folder
2:4
Letter states that she is dreadfully anxious (probably about the duel which is in the papers; a duel that was never fought).
- Box-folder
2:5
W. H. F. Lee, White House, Fish Hail P.O., King William County , Virginia, to Col. J. Barron Hope, 15 May 1873.
Giving information on the size and management of Gen. Washington's farms, 1792.
- Box-folder
2:6
Jno. S. Lindsay, Warrenton, Virginia, to Jas. Barron Hope, Virginian office, 25 June 1873.
Appreciation for an ode by Hope read by Judge Smith.
- Box-folder
2:7
Letter concerns the annoyance of "Tom Kelly's dog."
- Box-folder
2:8
Regret that Hope has withdrawn as Editor of the Virginian .
- Box-folder 2:9
- Box-folder
2:9a
2 pages. ads.
- Box-folder 2:10
- Box-folder
2:11
6 pages. ads.
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:11
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:12
Wm. Mahone, Petersburg, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 3 October 1874.
Appreciation and regret at his indisposition.
- Box-folder
2:13
"Report of Nannie M. Hope for Half-Session," signed by Susan V. Bagnall, 2 July 1875.
- Box-folder
2:14
Appreciation for the review of his book in The Landmark .
- Box-folder
2:15
J. A. Early, Lynchburg, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, 13 September 1875.
Letter concerns an address Early was to deliver at Liberty.
- Box-folder
2:16
Hugh Blair Grigsby, Charlotte C[ourt] H[ouse], Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 14 January 1876.
"...heartly concur with you in every effort to bring the power of the Federal Executive within proper limits...."
- Box-folder
2:17
Appreciation for "defence of Gen. Ransom against the malicious charge recently directed against him."
- Box-folder
2:18
J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] to Miss Jennie Barron Hope, care of Commodore S. Barron ["Malvern"], Loretto P.O., Essex County , Virginia, 18 June 1876.
Letter discusses family matters and "my Williamsburg speech."
- Box-folder
2:19
Hugh Blair Grigsby, "Smithfield," Charlotte County , Virginia, to Miss Janey Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 2 January 1879.6 pages. ads.
Compliments on a story by her which appeared in The Landmark ; value of poetry and Bible reading for an author.
- Box-folder
2:20
Appreciation for the criticism of his verses.
- Box-folder
2:21
Appreciation for pamphlets and kind article in The Landmark.
- Box-folder
2:22
William F. Barry, Fort McHenry, Baltimore, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 24 June 1879.
Letter concerns the pistols used in the Barron-Decatur duel, supposed to be in the possession of Col. Elliott, son of Barron's second in the duel.
- Box-folder
2:23
Letter concerns political affairs in Norfolk and Portsmouth.
- Box-folder
2:24
Baker P. Lee, Richmond, to Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 24 October 1879.
Compliments on his speech at Yorktown.
- Box-folder
2:25
A discussion of possible changes from French words to make English (American) proper names.
- Box-folder
2:26
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Office of The Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. James Barron Hope, care of M. Taliaferro, 19 August 1880.
"...deeply pained I am to leave you...on such a mission as now engaged me....I am obeying a sense of duty ...."
- Box-folder 2:27
- Box-folder 2:28
- Box-folder
2:29
Fred W. W. Holliday, Governor's Office, Richmond, Virginia, to Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope, 21 January 1881.
Appointing Hope the poet for Yorktown.
- Box-folder
2:30
W. E. Christian, City Engineer's Office, Richmond, Virginia, to [ James Barron] Hope, 24 January 1881.
Requesting a letter of recommendation for Col. Jno. M. Brooke for the Presidency of Blacksburg College.
- Box-folder
2:30a
4 pages. ads.
- Box-folder
2:31
Note of appreciation.
- Box-folder 2:32
- Box-folder
2:33
Invitation to James Barron Hope to be present at the Yorktown Centennial, 18-21 October 1881, 19 September 1881.5 admission cards. ads.
Invitation to Miss Janie Hope to same.
- Box-folder
2:34
Mrs. S. Goode, Bernyville, to Janie [Hope], 28 September 1881.
Offer to chaperone at Yorktown Celebration.
- Box-folder
2:35
Printed invitation to the Yorktown Celebration. Printed Yorktown Celebration ribbon, 18 October 1881.
- Box-folder
2:36
Invitation to Capt. J. Barron Hope and Mrs. Hope from Major Gen'l. Hancock, the steamer "St. Johns," 19 October 1881.
- Box-folder
2:37
Invitation to the Misses Hope to the same, 19 October 1881.
- Box-folder
2:38
Description of the Yorktown Centennial by [Janey Barron Hope], 22 October 1881.7 pages. ADr. E.
- Box-folder
2:39
Jno. S. Tucker, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., 25 October 1881.
- Box-folder
2:40
Comments made by [Janey Barron Hope] at Norfolk, 25 October 1881.7 pages. ADr. E.
Endorsement by A[nn] W. Marr, her daughter, in January 1961.
- Box-folder
2:41
Jno S. Tucker, Secretary, Yorktown Centennial Celebration, Washington, D.C., to Capt. James Barron Hope, 31 October 1881.
Enclosing a copy of a resolution which is listed below, 25 October 1881, Box-folder 2:41.
- Box-folder
2:41
Resolution of thanks for the "very eloquent and appropriate Centennial Poem delivered," signed by John W. Johnston, Chairman, 25 October 1881.
Enclosed within the above letter, 31 October 1881, Box-folder 2:41.
- Box-folder
2:42
J. Stanley Brown, Private Secretary [Executive Mansion], Washington, D.C., to James Barron Hope (Mourning stationery), 29 October 1881.
Acknowledges, for the President, receipt of letter and "report of the verses."
- Box-folder
2:43
Townsend Ward, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, to Capt. J. Barron Hope, 7 November 1881.
Request that Hope deliver his Yorktown ode in Philadelphia.
- Box-folder
2:44
Robt. C. Winthrop, Brookline, Massachusetts, to Jas. Barron Hope, 12 November 1881.
Appreciation of Yorktown poem and of allusions in it to himself.
- Box-folder
2:45
Townsend Ward. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, to Capt. James Barron Hope, 15 November 1881.
Enclosing an invitation to deliver his Yorktown ode in Philadelphia.
- Box-folder
2:46
"Jeemes" [ James Barron Hope], to Commodore S. Barron, Loretto P.O., Essex County , Virginia, 17 November 1881.
Letter concerns his invitation to recite his "Ode" before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Box-folder
2:47
Fred. W. M. Holliday, Governor's Office, Richmond, Virginia, to Capt. J. Barron Hope, December 1881.
Letter concerns his last "Annual Message."
- Box-folder
2:47
Fred. W. M. Holliday, Richmond, to Jas. Barron Hope, 12 December 1881.
- Box-folder
2:48
Invitation to Mr. and Miss Hope from Miss Chew, Chiveden, 12 December [1881].6 cards. ads. C.
- Box-folder 2:49
- Box-folder
2:50
Request that the "eloquent Centennial Poem at Yorktown" be delivered in Washington.
- Box-folder
2:51
Townsend Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Captain Hope. 30 December 1881.
Notice of election as a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Enclosure contained within this letter listed below, Box-Folder 2:51. - Box-folder
2:51
Enclosure sent within above letter, Box-Folder 2:51.
- Box-folder
2:52
Robt. C. Winthrop, Boston, to J[ames] Barron Hope, 7 January 1882.
Massachusetts Historical Society is too small to bring Hope to Boston to read his Yorktown ode.
- Box-folder
2:53
James Barron Hope, the Norfolk Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, [to Col. J. M. Robinson], copied and forwarded by Geo. S. Rogers, 14 February 1882.2 pages. ads. E.
States that he "cannot occupy any negative or doubtful attitude on any of the great questions now engaging public attention in this State."
- Box-folder
2:54
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], the Norfolk Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, to Janey [Hope], 12 July 1882.
Letter concerns her writing; regards to her sister Nan.
- Box-folder
2:55
[?], Bradford, England, to J[ames] Barron Hope, 11 September 1882.
Letter concerns the reading of Hope's poem, "Charge at Balakiava" to audiences in England.
- Box-folder
2:56
W. Talbot Walker and Theodore S. Garnett, Jr., Norfolk, to Capt. James Barron Hope, 10 October 1882.
Notice of election of President of the "St. Cecilia Society"; notice of his election as a Director of the Society.
- Box-folder 2:57
- Box-folder
2:58
Letter concerns Mr. Marr who is at sea in a reported storm.
- Box-folder
2:59
Invitation to J. Barron Hope to be a speaker at a "Virginia Victory" meeting, 9 November 1883.
- Box-folder
2:60
Wm. H. Parker to Janey [Barron Hope], 4 December [1883].
Glowing report on new book by Janey, "I hope you will not lay down your pen."
- Box-folder
2:61
Edward S. Gregory, poem "To Miss Janey Barron Hope, in Salute to 'The Rescue'," 29 January 1884.
- Box-folder
2:62
Edward S. Joynes, South Carolina College, Columbia, South Carolina, to Hope, 29 January 1884.
Sends his congratulations after reading "The Rescue" by Miss Janey Barron Hope.
- Box-folder
2:63
John Randolph Tucker, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., to James Barron Hope, 9 February 1884.
Appreciation for kind words in The Landmark.
- Box-folder
2:64
Wm. B. Taliaferro, Gloucester County , Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 18 February 1884.
Appreciation for the receipt of a book by Janey [Hope], which "shows a careful study of the Colonial times."
- Box-folder
2:65
William Couper, Florence, to Captain Hope, 23 March 1884.
Letter concerns his work as a portrait painter, and congratulations to Hope "on being the father of a rising young novelist."
- Box-folder
2:66
E. L. Spottswood, M.D., Perrysville, Vermillion County , Indiana, to James Barron Hope, 28 May 1884.
Letter concerns his desire to obtain a copy of "The Rescue" in which his ancestor, Gov. Spottswood, figures.
Enclosure contained within this letter listed below, Box-Folder 2:66. - Box-folder
2:66
Enclosure: John Tyler, Jr., to Dr. Spottswood. 28 May 1884.
- Box-folder
2:67
Announcing a fair and concert of the Pickett - Buchanan Camp Confederate Veterans, Norfolk, Virginia, 15 October 1884.
- Box-folder
2:68
Committee of the Montefiore Literary and Social Association, Norfolk, Virginia, to Capt. James Barron Hope, Norfolk, 24 November 1884.
Appreciation for an address.
- Box-folder
2:69
E. S. Gregory, Church of the Epiphany, Lynchburg, Virginia, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, Editor of The Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, 1 December 1884.
He has written "a review of Miss Janey's forthcoming volume of Essays for the News. Enclosed is a sonnet "Ship-Wreck" by E. S. Gregory.
- Box-folder 2:70
- Box-folder
2:71
Jno. S. Tucker, Washington, D.C., to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, 2 January 1885.
Letter concerns the movement for Hope to be Collector of Customs.
- Box-folder 2:72
- Box-folder
2:73
E. T. Powell, Norfolk, Virginia, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, 23 May 1885.
Appreciation of poem read publicly by Hope.
- Box-folder
2:74
John Esten Cook, Boyce, Virginia, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, 30 May 1885.
Letter concerns a contribution of an essay to The Landmark.
- Box-folder
2:75
Geo. Fred'k. Holmes, University of Virginia, to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk. 30 May 1885.
Compliment on Hope's Memorial Poem, with some criticism of it.
- Box-folder
2:76
Wm. F. Vilas, Office of Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia; 28 December 1885.
Acknowledgment of Hope's commendation of him and appreciation for the Centennial Ode of Hope.
- Box-folder 2:77
- Box-folder
2:78
Capt. James Barron Hope, "Extracts from Hammersly: 'Naval Encyclopedia,' under the heading, 'Navy Yard (Gasport) Norfolk, Virginia'," 18 April 1886.6 pages. AV.
- Box-folder
2:79
Jno. Jameson, General Superintendent, Post Office Department, Washington, D.C., to Hon. Jno. Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 28 May 1886.
Request that a recommendation be made for Railway Postal Clerk.
- Box-folder
2:80
V. Dabney, Middleburg, Loudoun County , Virginia, to James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 4 July 1886.
Letter concerns an article which appeared in The Landmark of Norfolk.
- Box-folder
2:81
"I thank you for your splendid vindication in The Landmark ."
- Box-folder
2:82
Expression of warm regard.
- Box-folder
2:83
James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, to W. H. Ruffner, State Normal School, Farmville, Virginia; 28 September 1886.
Introduces his niece, Rosa Chisman.
Covering note for this letter is listed below, 13 April 1905, Box-folder 2:83. - Box-folder
2:83
W. H. Ruffner, Lexington, to Col. [?], 13 April 1905.
Covering note for the above letter written on 28 September 1886, Box-folder 2:83.
- Box-folder
2:84
Wm. F. Vilas, Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., to Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 November 1886.
Appreciation for "very complimentary notice of the Department."
- Box-folder
2:85
Request that Hope make the historical address at the Hampton Academy reunion.
- Box-folder
2:86
l2 pages. ads. C.
Letter concerns work as Superintendent of Schools; family matters. Includes sketches and doggerel poems.
- Box-folder
2:87
l2 pages. ads.
A "chatty" letter profusely illustrated with his sketches.
- Box-folder
2:88
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. Ro. A. Marr, Cape Charles City , E. S. of Virginia, 17 June 1887.l7 pages. ads. C.
"Poetry," family affairs, and 3 sketches.
- Box-folder
2:89
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope] to his daughter, Mrs. Ro. A. Marr, Cape Charles City , Virginia; 20 June 1887.
Letter concerns her brother Richard; a profusely illustrated family letter.
- Box-folder
2:90
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope] to Janey, Mrs. R. A. Marr, Cape Charles City , Virginia, 23 June [1887].
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:91
Letter concerns school activities and family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:92
Family letter with sketches.
- Box-folder
2:93
Letter concerns family matters.
- Box-folder
2:94
6 pages. ads.
Letter concerns school business, editorials, etc.
- Box-folder
2:95
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], South Carolina Springs, to Janey, Mrs. J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] Marr, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 19 August 1887.
Letter concerns family affairs and 2 pages of sketches. Enclosed: 3 more sketches.
- Box-folder
2:96
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Sweet Chalybete, to "Dear children," Mrs. J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] Marr, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 18 August 1887.6 pages. ads. C. Encl.
Family affairs with 4 pages of sketches.
- Box-folder
2:97
Family affairs and sketches.
- Box-folder
2:98
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Sweet Chalybete, Virginia, to Jennie, Mrs. J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] Marr, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 21 August 1887.
Letter concerns pictures sent by Mr. Marr, Nannie and "Mama."
- Box-folder
2:99
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Sweet Chalybete, Virginia, to Mrs. J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] Marr, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 23 August 1887.
Packing for leaving there.
- Box-folder
2:100
Fitzhugh Lee, Richmond, to Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, 23 August 1887.
Request that Hope deliver a poem at the dedication of the Lee Monument.
- Box-folder
2:101
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Norfolk, Virginia, to Janey, Mrs. J[ames] B[arron] H[ope] Marr, West Tisbury, Massachusetts, 7 September 1887.
Much engrossed in work and poetry; wrote 12 verses, 12 stories, night before; two "specimen" verses included and description of the poem.
- Box-folder
2:102
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. R. A. Marr, West Tisbury, Massachsetts," 13 September 1887.
My poem is done...is to be delivered on the 27th"; newspaper notices of his work; labor troubles in Norfolk. Enclosure: sketches.
- Box-folder
2:103
Invitation to J. Barron Hope for the Centennial Anniversary of the Framing of the Constitution, 15 September 1887.
Announcement of the program of the day.
- Box-folder
2:104
Family letter.
- Box-folder
2:105
10 pages. ads.
Family affairs; illustrated with sketches.
- Box-folder
2:106
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:107
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:108
8 pages. ads.
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:109
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:110
"Papa" [ James Barron Hope], Sweet Chalybete Springs, Alleghany County , Virginia, to Janey, [1887].
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:111
Family affairs.
- Box-folder
2:112
2 cards. n.d.
- Box-folder
2:113
Edward [?] to Mrs. Pendergast, n.d.
- Box-folder
2:114
Family affairs; endorsement from "Papa" to Janey.
- Box-folder 2:115
- Box-folder 2:116
- Box-folder
2:117
Ro. W. Hughes, Richmond, to Richard H. Baker, Jr., [son-in-law of James Barron Hope], 16 September 1887.
Letter concerns shock at death of Hope.
- Box-folder
2:118
Edward V. Valentine, Richmond, to Mrs. Annie B. Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 16 September 1887.
- Box-folder 2:119
- Box-folder
2:120
Condolences from her cousin on the death of Hope.
- Box-folder
2:121
W. Gordon McCabe, Staten Island, New York, to Mrs. James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 24 September 1887.
Letter concerns distress at. the newspaper announcement of the death of Hope.
- Box-folder
2:122
Requests that poem in honor of Gen. Lee written by "your...lamented husband" should be read at the monument.
- Box-folder
2:123
William Couper, Florence, Italy, to Mrs. Hope, 30 September 1887.
- Box-folder
2:124
Edward V. Valentine, Richmond, to Mrs. [Jane Hope] Marr, 11 November 1887.
Appreciation for a book of poems which was received.
- Box-folder
2:125
W. Gordon McCabe, Petersburg, to Mrs. Janey B. Hope Marr, Norfolk, Virginia, 16 November 1887.
- Box-folder 2:126
- Box-folder
2:127
Thos. Nelson Page, Richmond, Virginia, to Col. John B. Cary, Richmond, 19 February 1892.
In answer to Cary, Page states that he mentioned Capt. Hope in a previous article; appreciation for article written by daughter of Capt. Hope.
- Box-folder
2:128
S. Bassett French, Manchester, Virginia, to S. S. Nottingham, The Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, 29 April 1892.
- Box-folder
2:129
S. Bassett French, Manchester, Virginia, to Mrs. Jane Barron Hope Marr, 10 May 1892.
- Box-folder
2:130
R. E. Lee, Jr., Washington, D.C., to Col. Marr, VMI, Lexington, Virginia, 28 November 1892.
- Box-folder 2:131
- Box-folder
2:132
F[rank] B. Blake, London, to his cousin Janey [Hope Marr], 29 January 1896.
Acknowledgment and appreciation of the receipt of copies of "A Wreath of Virginia Bay Leaves."
- Box-folder
2:133
Walter Neale, Neale Co., Publishers, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 13 January 1900.
- Box-folder
2:134
A. B. Jones, The Valentine Museum, Richmond, to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 30 January 1904.
- Box-folder 2:135
- Box-folder
2:136
Charles W. Kent, Library of Southern Literature, University of Virginia, to Mrs. Janie Hope Marr, Blacksburg, Virginia, 21 September 1907.
- Box-folder
2:136
Charles W. Kent, Library of Southern Literature, to Janie Hope Marr, 18 October 1907.
Regret that she could not contribute the article on her father.
- Box-folder 2:136
- Box-folder
2:137
Mary Anne, Jackson, to Anne, 29 May [?].
Letter concerns accommodations at Jackson and Salem; regards to Mrs. and Miss Hope.
- Box-folder
2:138
24 pages, first page missing. ADr. E.
Letter concerns the internal revenue, "an abomination that bears heavily upon us...born of the republican party"; the distillation of brandy and whiskey and the importance of grape culture to Virginia; the problem of colored men running for office; the "Whig" and the Bourbors; John S. Wise, Mahone, the Danville riots, George H. Thomas, John Sherman and Fitzhugh Lee.
- Box-folder
2:139
Page 21 of a political article by Henry A. Wise, n.d.
- Box-folder
2:1
Certificates of James Barron Hope and two Scrapbooks collected by James Barron Hope and his daughter, Janey Barron Hope Marr.
- Box-folder
3:1
Certificate that James Barron Hope has completed the course in Chemistry and History at William and Mary College, 4 July 1847.
Signed by Rd. Saunders, Pres., B. Tucker, John Millington and Ch. Minnegerode.
- Box-folder
3:2
Certificate of Bachelor of Civil Law, awarded to James Barron Hope by the College and University of William and Mary, 4 July 1847.
Signed as above.
- Box-folder 3:3
- Box-folder
3:4
Certificate that James Barron Hope has completed the course in Political Economy and Modern History at William and Mary College, 13 July 1848.
Signed as above, plus Geo. Fred'k Holmes and Arch'd C. Peachy.
- Box-folder
3:5
Certificate that James Barron Hope was the delegate from the 2nd District to the State Convention of the Democratic Party of Virginia, 31 May 1884.
Signed by H. Sheppard.
- Box-folder 3:6
- Box-folder
3:7
Scrapbook signed "Jane Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia;" 21 September 1883.100 pages. AV.
- Box-folder
3:8
Scrapbook with newspaper clippings n.d.100 pages. AV.
- Box-folder
4:1-27
- Box-folder
4:1
"Verses founded in the Trenches, "footnote: "In the Trenches before Petersburg, "21 December 1864.
- Box-folder
4:2
(Nannie was his daughter Anne Hope).
- Box-folder
4:3
Poem - "Leoni Di Monota; A Legend of Verona, "Subtitle, "I. The Mirror, "[by James Barron Hope], n.d.8 pages. Ams.
- Box-folder
4:4
10 pages, page 1 is missing. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:5
Poem - " Leoni, "Subtitled " "Canto I-III, "" n.d.3 items.
- Box-folder 4:5
Poem - "Leoni ", Subtitled: "Canto I, "with sketches of characters, n.d.6 pages.
- Box-folder 4:5
Poem - " Leoni, "Subtitled: "Canto II, "n.d.10 pages.
Endorsed as before, plus "The Original of 'Leoni Di Monota' given to me by the author in January 1854, while in Baltimore to deliver a lecture before the Maryland Institute."
- Box-folder 4:5
Poem - " Leoni, "Subtitled: "Canto III, "n.d.l0 pages. AMs.
Endorsement. Letter concerns the ending, "G. M. C., 17th September, 1855."
- Box-folder 4:5
- Box-folder
4:6
Copy of "The Bedouin of the Seas "by James Barron Hope; Copy of "The Star in the Heavens and Its Image on the Sea "by James Barron Hope, n.d.
Endorsements: "The original manuscript of this was given to the Norfolk Library by his daughter, Mrs. Janey Hope Marr."
- Box-folder
4:7
4 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:8
Poem - "The Norsemen and the Roses, "n.d.
Endorsement: "By Jas. Barron Hope ."
- Box-folder 4:9
- Box-folder 4:10
- Box-folder 4:11
- Box-folder 4:12
- Box-folder 4:13
- Box-folder
4:14
Endorsement: "Proof for Mr. Hope. Do not lose this I have no copy."
- Box-folder
4:15
Endorsement: "Written in 1886-7."
- Box-folder
4:16
Poem in three parts, n.d.3 items.
- Box-folder 4:16
Poem - "Sir Walter Raleigh, I, "n.d.
- Box-folder 4:16
- Box-folder 4:16
AMs.
- Box-folder 4:16
- Box-folder 4:17
- Box-folder
4:18
One verse only, with sketches.
- Box-folder
4:19
"Dedicated to Bayard E. Hand, Esq., U.S. Navy, by his old friend and former messmate."
- Box-folder
4:20
6 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:21
8 pages, page 6 missing. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:22
4 pages. Fragments. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:23
2 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:24
4 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:25
Page 13 only. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:26
Poem, n.d.Pages 6, 7, 8 only. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:27
Poem, n.d.Page 22 only. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:1
- Box-folder
4:28
Two stories, n.d.
Included on the backs of some pages are the author's sketches of some of the characters, [by James Barron Hope].
- Box-folder
4:28
"Sick List Stories." n.d.54 pages.
Chapter I. 22 pages.
Chapter II. 11 pages.
Chapter III. 2l pages. - Box-folder
4:28
"A Short and Confidential Letter" addressed "Dear Reader." n.d.8 pages.
- Box-folder
4:28
- Box-folder
4:29
ll5 pages. AV.
"Scene laid in Germany, Costumes those of the Sixteenth Century.-Time: the reign of Charles 5th."
- Box-folder
4:30
l4 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:31
32 pages. AMs.
Subheadings: "Scriptorium" and "The Modern Newspapers." Last two pages are a poem which begins: "Ah! here it is! I'm famous now!...It really is in print."
Second copy, without the poem. 28 pages. - Box-folder
4:32
"The Crab Claw Gazette, "dated "Hampton, ""Editors, Dr. William B. Vaughan, Capt. William I. Morissetti," 15 April 1856.
Endorsement: "Given to me by the Author, J[ames] B[arrron] Hope, September 1, 1856."
- Box-folder
4:33
4 pages. AMs.
Begins: "To arrive at correct conclusions concerning the impulses which prompted and the principles which governed the careers of famous men...."
- Box-folder
4:34
5 pages. AMs.
- Box-folder
4:35
11 pages, numbered from 19. AMs.
Notes on Governor Yeardley, Dr. John Pott, Nathaniel Basse, Benjamin Symes, John Utie, Richard Downes, Elizabeth Rolfe, Glass and Salt Makers, Daniel Gookin and Sir William Newce.
- Box-folder
4:36
28 pages, numbered 9 to 37. Incomplete. AMs.
The Ms. begins in the middle of a sentence: "the expedition settled on Roanoke Island...."
- Box-folder
4:37-39
Subseries 2: Copyright Certificates, 1874-1881.
- Box-folder
4:37
Copyright certificate for: "Cotton Port Map: Showing movements of Cotton at Interior Towns and Ports from 1st September to 31st August, "by James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 10 August 1874.PADS.
- Box-folder
4:37
Copyright certificate for: "Sketches of North Carolina by Ex-Governor Vance, "by James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 24 September 1874.PADS.
- Box-folder
4:37
Copyright certificate for: "A few passages from the life of a Distinguished Virginian by Thomas Jefferson Rufflestimp, "by James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 12 November 1874.PADS. C.
- Box-folder
4:38
Copyright certificate for: "Under the Empire; or the Story of Madelon, "by James Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 4 March 1878.PADS. C.
- Box-folder
4:39
Copyright certificate for: "Arms and the Man; A Metrical Address recited at the Hundredth Anniversary of the Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, "by James Barron Hope, 21 November 1881.PADS.
- Box-folder
4:37
- Box-folder
4:40
33 items.
A group of interesting and valuable newspaper clippings and articles in periodicals which are written by, or concern, James Barron Hope.
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Poem - "In May 1857, the two hundredth and fiftieth Anniversary at the settlement of Jamestown.... "printed in the Baltimore Sun for 1 June 1902.
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Letter to the Editor of the Williamsburg Gazette by Benjamin S. Ewell, College of William and Mary, 12 September 1885.
Letter concerns address by W. S. Bogart to Georgia Historical Society on "The Four Randolphs of Virginia. "
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"Conscience behind the Footlights, " 15 February 1885.
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Quotation from Mr. Hope's Lecture, according to the Richmond State, n.d.3 copies. NCl.
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Announcement of the Founders' Day Observance at Jamestown Island, to be held on the next day; from the Richmond [?] , 12 May 1895.
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Account of the Celebration of the Settlement of Jamestown, by William and Mary College and the APVA; from the Richmond Times , 14 May 1895.
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Printed announcement and clipping from the Petersburg Index-Appeal , concerning "Stories and Papers" by Janey Barron Hope, n.d.
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Article from the Knoxville Sentinel on "Hope's Landmark ", [4 January] 1912.
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Poem, "The Nineth of June "by Edwards Gregory, written for the Petersburg Index-Appeal, n.d.
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" The Monthly Visitor , Norfolk, Virginia, Vol. II, No. 4, Vol. III, No. 1, 2," May-September 1872.3 copies. PV.
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"Our School Laureate, "Norfolk, Virginia, Vol. 1, No. 5, December 1876.
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The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , Vol. XLVII, No. 4, October 1939.
This collection of manuscript poems, addresses, one story, one sketch and a daguerreotype augment the material found in Series 3, Literary and Artistic Work of James Barron Hope.
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27 pages. ADr.
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2 copies, first copy 44 pages on 32 sheets; second copy 42 sheets. ADr.
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35 sheets. ADr.
Includes references to 250th anniversary of Settlement of Jamestown which took place 22 years before this occasion.
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30 sheets. ADr.
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29 sheets. ADr.
Includes details of the operation of "Mount Vernon" Plantation.
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Autograph poems [by James Barron Hope] and some newspaper clippings of poems which are pasted on black pages, December 1860.30 sheets. AV.
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6:10
"The Beginning of the End, "a story without a plot, n.d.285 pages. AV.
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Enclosed in the AV., sheet of titles of XIX chapters. n.d.4 pages. ADr.
Enclosed in the above story, Box-folder 6:10.
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Poem from the South Atlantic .
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A portion of the front page of the Daily Advertiser of Boston, 18 June 1881.
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Account of " James Barron's life in Dictionary of American Biography " in the Virginian Pilot and Norfolk Landmark , 20 June 1932.
Clipping of the same article.
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These letters, notes and newspaper clippings which were presented by Miss Anne W. Marr, daughter of Mrs. Jane Hope Marr, throw additional light on the life and accomplishments of James Barron Hope.
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7A:1
Letter to the donor, 15 September 1964.
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2 items. ADS.
Agreement to build a new schooner in exchange for land in "little England" on the Hampton River.
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Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, to Caroline M. Campbell, Baltimore, Maryland. Personal letters which tell of the visit of the Frigate "Columbia" to Hampton and the growth of the town. April-December 1854.5 items. ads.
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Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, to Caroline M. Campbell, Baltimore, Maryland, January-November 1855.7 items. ads.
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Jane A. Hope, Hampton, Virginia, to Caroline [M. Campbell], Baltimore, [Maryland], February-October 1856.4 items. ads.
Personal letters with a note in the last, "The people here are very anxious on the subject of the coming election."
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7A:7
Letter concerns a "Volume of Poems."
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7A:8
An undated list of officers, [1880].
Endorsement: "Part of list of Confed. Naval Officers. Keep."
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7A:9
Letter concerns an article in the paper about Janie Barron Hope, and statement "you was a great poet." Endorsement: "from 'Black Tinie."
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W. O. Chandler, Atlanta, Georgia, to Mrs. Jennie Hope Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 5 April 1898.
Letter concerns contribution of an article or story to the Alkahest Magazine .
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7A:11
Notes made by Janey Hope Marr on letters of her grandmother, Mrs. Jane A. Barron Hope, with typed transcript, [c. 1900].3 items. ADr. TDr.
Letters of 1854-1857 written by Jane A. Barron Hope to Miss "Carrie" Campbell.
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Evan R. Chesterman of Richmond Evening Journal , Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. Robert Marr [Jane Barron Hope], Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, and copy of reply, 29 November, 6 December 1908.2 items. TLS. TCy.
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C. O. Paullin, Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Jane Barron Hope Marr, Blacksburg, Virginia, 18 January 1910.
Letter concerns a manuscript account of the Barron-Decatur duel.
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Col. Gordon McCabe, Richmond, Virginia, to Janey [Hope Marr], 1 March 1910.
Letter concerns article on naval history and the part played by the Barrons.
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Lyon G. Tyler, Editor, William and Mary College, Quarterly Historical Magazine , Williamsburg, Virginia, to Mrs. Jane Hope Marr, Blacksburg, Virginia, 15 March 1910.
Letter concerns information on the Barrons.
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Louis I. Jaffe of the Virginia Pilot and Norfolk Landmark , Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, Norfolk, Virginia, 1 July 1932.2 items. TLS. PM.
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Paul H. Hayne, Augusta, Georgia, to [?], n.d.
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Newspaper clippings, 1873-1922.32 items. N. E.
Four letters, newspaper clippings, copies of periodicals and printed material collected by Janey Hope Marr, mainly concerned with her father, James Barron Hope.
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S. S. Nottingham, Jr., Norfolk, Virginia, to Mrs. R. A. Marr, Lexington, Virginia, 25 February 1893.
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Reprint of an ordinance for the establishment of the Virginia Navy, [1880].
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Membership certificate of Jane Hope in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 25 December 1881.
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7B:5
Yorktown Centennial Celebration Announcement, 18 October 1881.
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Printed resolutions of Stonewall Camp, Portsmouth, Confederate Veterans, 21 January 1885.
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Letter concerns memorial to Lee.
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Article from the Norfolk Landmark , 28 October 1887.
Letter concerns laying cornerstone of Lee monument in Richmond.
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7B:9
Copy of Drake's Magazine , VIII:7, May 1890.
Contains "The Birthday of Joss "by Janey Barron Hope Marr.
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Hope Monument Ribbon, 10 May 1893.
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Eight pages from notebooks with clippings, 1887.
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Issue of The American Historical Register , No.8, April 1895.
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The Messenger of Richmond College, XXII:5, March 1896.
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The Conservative Review, III:1, March 1900.
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7B:18
4 items. PN.
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The William and Mary Literary Magazine , XVII:3, January 1908.
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XI Hussar Journal , IV:2, April 1913.
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Photographs, endorsed on reverse, 1925.6 items. Ph. E.
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Printed notice, with endorsement by Janey Hope Marr, n.d.
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Photograph of Wm. H. Polk, n.d.
Endorsement by Mrs. Polk.
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Photograph of the Yorktown Monument, n.d.
Endorsement on reverse.
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8:1
Written from Warrenton, North Carolina, 2 June 1861.
Note endorsed, "Written by Jane Barron Hope (Mrs. Wilton Hope) mother of Jas. Barron Hope."
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J. B. Walters to Capt. Jas. Barron Hope, 28 March 1873.
A demand for "satisfaction" sent by the hand of his friends Capt. B. Martin and F. J. Roche.
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S. Barron, "Malvern," near Loretto, Essex County , Virginia, to Capt. J[ames] Barron Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 August 1880.
Cover endorsed, "Uncle Sam Barron's letter about Lamb-Hope duel" signed J[aney] H[ope] Marr .
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Editorial "The Code" which concerned the threatened duel between Col. Lamb and Capt. Hope, August 1880.
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Invitation to the Yorktown Centennial Celebration, 18 October 1881.
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A. S. Lloyd, Norfolk, to Jas. Barron Hope, Norfolk, 16 July 1887.
Sent with sketch of Pocahontas.
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Jennie B. Marr, Warrenton, Virginia, to Mrs. Annie B. Hope, Norfolk, Virginia, 18 September 1887.
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Edw'd R. Baird, "Epping Forrest," to Mrs. R. A. Marr, Norfolk, Virginia, 24 September 1887.
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R. E. Lee, Jr., Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Marr, 13 December 1892.
Appreciation for a package of poems that he had received.
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Article by Janey Hope Marr in the Hampton Monitor titled "Correct Story of Hope-Lamb Affair, "6 March 1903.
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Henry E. Shepherd, Baltimore, to Mrs. Janey Hope Marr, 13 June 1905.
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Sketch, n.d.
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Anne V. Marr, "Notes to go with the Barron-Hope Papers," December 1965.2 pages. TDS.
Explanation of museum items in Box VII; explanation of relationships of persons mentioned in letters; location of other Barron and other Hope items.
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Items received on 7 December 1964, 1816, n.d.
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Wedding slippers and stockings of Jane Barron Hope, married to Wilton Hope, 13 June 1816.
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Items presented by Miss Marr on 25 May 1965; 1816, n.d.
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Oval miniature of Elizabeth Barron French, daughter of James Barron the Younger, and wife of Dr. George French, n.d.
With attached colored drawing on tissue, representing her departed spirit, and illustrated with flowers, willow tree, gravestone, etc.
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Small circular wooden box with note attached to base: "Relics of the olden times," 1825.
Note reads: "Relics of the olden times, A gift from J. F. Watson to Comdr Jas Barron. 1825. The box is of Walnut, a tree of Penn's day & the last left alive in the City of Philda. It stood till 1813 before the Hall of Independence. The oak on the lid is of the timber of the Alliance frigate, the last relic of the first Amn Navy . The Mahogany is of Columbus' house, the first in Amca , 1496."
The following note is written on paper attached to the liner base of the box: "a characteristic of Presdt Harrison is very applicable to Comdre Barron, vizt: 'He has a remarkably suggestive mind; and having passed through a career full of incident & variety, his retentive memory seems to be constantly on the alert for illustrations drawn from his own experience of any points that may occur' --S. L. W."
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The Hampton News and Advertiser , August-September 1854.5 issues. N.
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The Norfolk Landmark , 1 September 1886.1 issue. N.
An extra issue pertaining to the earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina.
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The Norfolk Landmark , 1877.20 issues. N.
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Richmond Daily Whig , 1877.1 issue. N.
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The Norfolk Landmark , 1880-1887.7 complete issues and one clipping. N.