Brown, Alexander (I) Papers Guide to the Alexander Brown Papers (I) 01/Mss. 65 B83

Guide to the Alexander Brown Papers (I) 01/Mss. 65 B83

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Repository

Special Collections Research Center

Identification

01/Mss. 65 B83

Title

Alexander Brown Papers (I) 1815-1910

Quantity

7.50 Linear Feet

Quantity

Creator

Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906

Creator

Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901

Creator

Cabell, Mayo

Creator

Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903

Creator

Deane, Charles, 1813-1889

Creator

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

Alexander Brown Papers (1), Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase of 2914 items from Mrs. Arthur Dugdale on 5/6/1941; gift of 5 items by John Stewart Bryan on 3/22/1944; and purchase of 30 items on 5/9/1946.

Biographical / Historical

Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army in the explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph Cabell. He was the author of The Genesis of the United States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin and other works.

Administrative History:

Born at Glenwood, Nelson County, Virginia, Alexander Brown was deafened while serving in the Confederate Army by the explosion of a powder-boat near Fort Fisher, N.C. He married Caroline Augusta Cabell and after her death, Sarah Randolph Cabell. He was the author of The Genesis of the United States, The First Republic in America, The Cabells and Their Kin , and other works.

Biographical Information:

Administrative History:

Scope and Contents

Inventory contains the papers of Alexander Brown (1843-1906), farmer, merchant and author who lived in Nelson County, Virginia.

Includes correspondence relating to his books, The Genesis of the United States , The First Republic in America , The Cabells and Their Kin , New Views , and other correspondence and business papers of Brown including letters written from Australia, England, Wales, and Egypt1(1867-1869). Correspondents include Herbert Baxter Adams, Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, Charles Deane, and Lyon Gardiner Tyler.

The collection also includes papers of Mayo Cabell and ledgers of Mayo Cabell & Co., Lynchburg, Virginia, and of the Lynchburg Female Seminary; accounts of "Belmont," "Benvenue," and "Norwood" plantations (in Nelson County); and genealogical material on the Brown and Cabell families.

In 2011, the following items were added to Box 1, Folder 25: January 24, 1876 letter from R.V. Pierce, M.D. of "Chronic Diseases of Either Sex" to Alexander Brown where Dr. Pierce states "the affection you describe is some form of venereal disease" with an enclosure about remittance of money .

Alexander Brown Papers, Box 1. 112 letters from Brown to Charles Deane is available on microfilm in Swem Library's microforms area, 1 reel, call number Mss. 65 B83. NOTE: original letters are with the Massachuestts Historical Society.

Arrangement of Materials:

This inventory has been organized into ten series: 1. Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 2. Business Receipts of Alexander Brown; 3. Business Receipts and Papers of Various Members of the Cabell Family; 4. Papers of Mayo Cabell; 5. Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown; 6. Bills, Receipts and Papers of Mayo Cabell and His Son; 7. Correspondence of Alexander Brown; 8. Miscellaneous Materials of Alexander Brown; 9. Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of Alexander Brown; 10. Page Proofs of the Books Written by Alexander Brown.

Related Material

Letters, 1885-1890, from William Cabell, England, to Alexander Brown, are located in the Cabell-Brown Collection within the Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library.

Cabell-Brown Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Cabell-Brown Papers, 1885-1890. 12 items. Collection number: Mss. Sm. Coll. Cabell-Brown.

The letters of Alexander Brown have been separated into another inventory located within Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library

Alexander Brown Papers (II), 1748-1900, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Call number: Mss. 65 B86.

The letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane are located within this collection on microfilm only. The originals are in the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Alexander Brown Papers (1), 1815-1910. 112 items. Collection number: Mss. Acc.65 B83 microfilm cabinet, drawer 3.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Account books
Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901
Brown family
Cabell, Mayo
Cable family
Colonial period, ca. 1609-1774
Correspondence
Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903
Deane, Charles, 1813-1889
Education--Virginia--History--19th century
Financial records
Lynchburg
Lynchburg (Va.)--History--19th century
Lynchburg Female Seminary
Mayo Cabell and Co. (Lynchburg, Va.)
Merchants--Virginia--History--19th century
Merchants--Virginia--Lynchburg
Nelson County (Va.)--History--19th century
Plantations--Virginia--Nelson County
Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Women--Education--Virginia--History

General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00002.frame

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Adams, Herbert Baxter, 1850-1901
Brown, Alexander, 1843-1906
Cabell, Mayo
Curry, J. L. M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe), 1825-1903
Deane, Charles, 1813-1889
Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Container List

id159843

Series 1: Correspondence of Alexander Brown

Scope and Contents

Items that dealt with, related to or concerning Alexander Brown and the Brown family.

Mixed Materials box: 1 id159844
Box 1: Correspondence

Scope and Contents
Microfilmed letters from Alexander Brown to Charles Deane. Physical Location: Microfilm Cabinet, Drawer 3. 112 items. Microfilmed. Originals are located in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id159846
  Samuel S. Early's correspondence
  1882-1883
  Scope and Contents
  These letters deal with the history of the Early family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Captain John Smith, with several colored sketches.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id159847
  Samuel S. Early's correspondence
  1882-1883
  Scope and Contents
  These letters deal with the history of the Early family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Captain John Smith, with several colored sketches.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id159848
  Samuel S. Early's correspondence
  1882-1883
  Scope and Contents
  These letters deal with the history of the Early family in Virginia and the coats of arms of Captain John Smith, with several colored sketches.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id159849
  Notification and Correspondence
  
  Scope and Contents
  Notification from the American Historical Association, October 18, 1884, and November 16, 1897. Notification of Brown's having been elected a member of the American Historical Association, signed by Herbert Baxter Adams. Correspondence to Brown from Houghton, Mifflin and Co., August 1895-November 20, 1895. 3 items. Items concern the publication of his book The Cabells and Their Kin.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id159850
  Correspondence with Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
  1889 June 25-1891 June 30
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id159851
  Correspondence with Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
  1891 July 15-1895 April 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id159852
  Correspondence with Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
  1895 April 26-1898 February 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id159853
  Letters to Brown from various people
  1876-1885
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id159908
    Letters from C.H. Bergner
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id159909
    Letters from D.R. Barton
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id159910
    Letters from Wood Bouldin
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id159854
  Letters to Brown from S.A. Brock, Frank Leslie's Publishing House, New York, NY
  1875
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id159855
  Letters to Brown from his uncle Andrew Brown, Cooerwull, Bowenfells, Sydney, Australia
  1867-1884
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id159856
  Letters to Brown from his uncle Andrew Brown, Cooerwull, Bowenfells, Sydney, Australia
  1885-1894
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id159857
  Letters to Brown from his cousin Charles Bruce
  1875-1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id159858
  Letters to Brown from his sister Cornelia
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id159859
  Letters to Brown from Mrs. M.B. Brown
  1876
  Scope and Contents
  Items concern the occasion of the death of his wife.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159860
  Letters to Brown from various people
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159861
    Letters from T.S. Brown, Wales and Luxor, Egypt
    1896
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159862
    Letters from Grace F. Brown
    1886
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159863
    Letters from J. Thompson Brown
    1876
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159864
    Letters from M.B. Brown
    undated
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159865
    Letters from his father, R.L Brown
    1874-1876
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id159866
    Letters from W.F. Butler
    1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id159867
  Letters to Brown from W. Cabell in England
  1883-1884
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id159868
  Letters to Brown from Decatur Axtell, Richmond and Allegheny Railroad Company
  1884-1887
  Scope and Contents
  Items concern Brown's claim against the company.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id159869
  Letters to Brown from Decatur Axtell, C.T. Dabney, and T.C. Eggleston, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
  1889
  Scope and Contents
  Items concern Brown's claim against the company for damages inflicted on his property during the floods of June 1 and after.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id159870
  Letters to Brown from correspondents whose names begin with C
  undated
  Scope and Contents
  Some correspondents include Charles Washington Coleman, February 20, 1896, notifying Brown of his election to Phi Beta Kappa; C.B. Clawborne; Fanny Cook; Joseph Cohn; Margaret C. Cabell, N.F. Cabell; and P.H. Cabell.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id159871
  Letters to Brown from various individuals
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id159872
    Letters from William D. Cabell
    1865-1876
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id159873
    Letters from Paul C. Callaway
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id159874
    Letters from J.L. Campbell
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id159875
    Letters from W.C. Carrington
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id159876
  Letters to Brown serving in the Confederate Army
  1861-1866
  Scope and Contents
  There is an afterward from his grandmother Eliza Callaway.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159877
  Letters to Brown from various individuals
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159878
    Letters from Henry Dreer
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159879
    Letters from Dornin & Waldron
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159880
    Letters from G.A. Diuguid, an undertaker
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159881
    Letters from John Dildine
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id159882
    Letters from John W. Daniel
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159883
  Letters to Brown from various individuals
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159884
    Letters from T. Davis Evans
    1885-1886
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159885
    Letters from M.K. Estes
    1875-1876
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159886
    Letters from J.J. English
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159887
    Letters from Charles Ellis
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159888
    Letters from J.C. Echard
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159889
    Letters from A.L. Edward
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159890
    Letters from C.H. Early
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23 id159891
    Letters from Henry H. Eames
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159892
  Letters to Brown from various individuals
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159893
    Letters from Thomas P. Kilpatrick
    1876-1881
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159894
    Letters from J.N. Gordon
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159895
    Letters from James Harvey
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159896
    Letters from William W. Hill
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159897
    Letters from Charles L. Hill
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159898
    Letters from R.A. Coghill
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159899
    Letters from Wm.L. Akers
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id159900
    Letters from J.D. Horsley
    1893-1898
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159901
  Letters to Brown from various individuals
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159903
    Letters from Richard Irby
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159904
    Letters from Lee, Seddon & Co.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159905
    Letters from Lily M. Pleasants
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159906
    Letters from Daughters of the American Revolution
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 25 id159907
    Letters that were unsigned
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id159902
  Photostats of letters and other items
  1887-1889
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id159911
    Letters from J.L.M. (Jabez Lamar Monroe) Curry to Alexander Brown
    
    Scope and Contents
    Items concern copies of letters which Brown had ordered.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id159912
    Letter from Brown to Clarence W. Bowen
    
    Scope and Contents
    Items concern dues to the American Historical Association, enclosed in the letter.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 26 id159913
    Unidentified portrait

id159914

Series 2: Business Receipts of Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 2 id159845
Box 2: Business Receipts of Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id159915
  Papers of Alexander Brown, Justice of the Peace
  
  Scope and Contents
  These items include the papers of Alexander Brown in his capacity as justice of the peace of Nelson County, Va. Included is a notice signed by Alexander Brown Justice of the Peace of Nelson County, authorizing the patrolling of Negro quarters and other places suspected of unlawful assemblies of slaves, 1857 September 19. (This must be another Alexander Brown as he would have been only 14 years old at the time.)
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id159916
  Business receipts
  1870-1874
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id159917
  Business receipts
  1875
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id159918
  Business receipts
  1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31 id159919
  Business receipts
  1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32 id159920
  Business receipts
  1878
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 33 id159921
  Business receipts
  1879
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 34 id159922
  Business receipts
  1880
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 35 id159923
  Business receipts
  1881
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 36 id159924
  Business receipts
  1882
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 37 id159925
  Business receipts
  1883
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 38 id159926
  Business receipts
  1884
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 39 id159927
  Business receipts
  1885
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 40 id159928
  Business receipts
  1886-1887
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 41 id159929
  Business receipts
  1888-1889
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 42 id159930
  Business receipts
  1890-1893
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 43 id159931
  Business receipts
  1894-1896
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 44 id159932
  Business receipts
  1897-1899

id159933

Series 3: Business Receipts and Papers

Scope and Contents

Business receipts and papers of various members of the Cabell family.

Mixed Materials Box 3 id159934
Box 3: Business Receipts and Papers
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 45 id159935
  Letter of Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell. Business receipts of Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell
  1855, 1869-1877
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 46 id159936
  Miscellaneous papers of Clifford Cabell
  1852-1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 47 id159937
  Business receipts of D.S.G. Cabell
  1860-1861
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 48 id159938
  Business receipts of Ed. A. Cabell
  1836-1869
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 49 id159939
  Business receipts of Edwd. M. Cabell
  1859-1879
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 50 id159940
  Business receipts of George W. Cabell
  1858
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 51 id159941
  Business receipts of Joseph C. Cabell
  1859-1873
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 52 id159942
  Business receipts of Lucy G. Cabell, 1875, A copy of Littell's Living Age, 1840, 1879 September 20
  1840, 1875,1879, undated

id159943

Series 4: Papers of Mayo Cabell

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id159944
Box 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 53 id159945
  Letters written by Mayo Cabell
  1850-1903
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 54 id159946
  Letters written to Mayo Cabell by correspondents, A-C
  
  Scope and Contents
  Some correspondents include Clifford Cabell, a letter, 1867 July 29, from L. M. Blackford, N.Y., commenting on the attitude of the Radicals and a letter, 1849 January 17, from William M. Cabell to his uncle Mayo Cabell commenting on Louis Napoleon's election to the Presidency of France and on the California gold rush.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 55 id159947
  Letters written to Mayo Cabell by correspondents, D-L
  
  Scope and Contents
  Some items included are a letter, 1864 April 23, from John. H. Daniell, a Confederate soldier in Early's Division to Mayo Cabell and letters, 1867 September 20 and 1868 January 10 from Thomas W. Gilmer, Fredericksburg, Va. to Mayo Cabell about Texas land values.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 56 id159948
  Letter written to Mayo Cabell by correspondents, M
  
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents Some items included are a letter, 1865 April 29, from Martin & Cardoza, Richmond, Virginia to Mayo Cabell reporting damage in the burning of Richmond.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 57 id159949
  Letters written to Mayo Cabell by correspondents, P
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 58 id159950
  Letters written to Mayo Cabell by correspondents, R-W.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 59 id159951
  Legal documents and business papers of Mayo Cabell
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 60 id159952
  Account of Mayo Cabell with Isaac R. Watkins

id159953

Series 5: Papers concerning the books written by Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 4 id159954
Box 4: Papers Concerning Books Written by Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 61 id159955
  Notes used by Brown for The Genesis,The First Republic, and The Cabells and Their Kin
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 62 id159956
  Notes used by Brown for The Genesis,The First Republic, and The Cabells and Their Kin
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 63 id159957
  Scrapbook
  
  Scope and Contents
  Scrapbook contains reviews of The Genesis of the United State, and the author's reply to critics of The First Republic in America, as well as newspaper clippings of reviews of his books.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 64 id159958
  Clippings concerning the reviews of books
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 65 id159959
  Notes taken by Brown for his books
  
  Scope and Contents
  Included in these items are autobiographical notes on Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 66 id159960
  Miscellaneous papers of Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 67 id159961
  List of subscribers to Brown's books
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 68 id159962
  Brown manuscript about Colonial Virginia
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 69 id159963
  Brown's notes and manuscripts about Colonial Virginia
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 70 id159964
  Printed copy of Brown's The History of Our Earliest History Miscellaneous newspaper clippings

id159965

Series 6: Bills, receipts and papers of Mayo Cabell and his son

Mixed Materials 5 id159966
Box 5: Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
1816-1869, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 71 id159967
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1816-1839
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 72 id159968
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1840-1849
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 73 id159969
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1850-1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 74 id159970
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1854
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 75 id159971
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 76 id159972
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1856
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 77 id159973
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1857
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 78 id159974
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1858-1859
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 79 id159975
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1860-1862
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 80 id159976
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1862-1864
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 81 id159977
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1865-1868
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 82 id159978
  Bills and receipts of Mayo Cabell
  1869, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 83 id159979
  Miscellaneous receipts and letters of Mayo Cabell
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 84 id159980
  Receipts and letters to William M. Cabell and William D. Cabell
  circa 1850
  Scope and Contents
  Items include four letters, 1852 and 1853,from Mayo Cabell to his son William D. Cabell, a student at the University of Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 85 id159981
  Bills and receipts of William Cabel
  1846-1900

id159982

Series 7: Correspondence of Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 6 id159983
Box 6: Correspondence of Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 86 id159984
  Folder 86
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 86 id159986
    Letters written to Brown from the President of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
    1891
    Scope and Contents
    Items were written upon Brown's election to membership.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 86 id159987
    Business letters from Henry Loving & Son, Richmond, VA
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 86 id159988
    Business letters from Taliaferro & Loving, Richmond, VA
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 87 id159985
  Folder 87
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 87 id159989
    Letters from the Maine Historical Society
    1892
    Scope and Contents
    Letters concern notification of membership and general correspondence.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 87 id159990
    Letters from the Massachusetts Historical Society
    1891
    Scope and Contents
    Letters concern notification of membership and general correspondence.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 87 id159991
    Letters from the Maryland Historical Society
    1881
    Scope and Contents
    Letters concern notification of membership and general correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 88 id159992
  Letters from the New England Historic Genealogical Society
  1880
  Scope and Contents
  Letters concern confirmation of membership onto Brown; and legal and business correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 89 id159993
  Folder 88
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 89 id159994
    Letter from Alexander Rives, Charlottesville, VA
    1875 December 20
    Scope and Contents
    Letter concerns rumors of Brown's political activities while serving as postmaster.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 89 id159995
    Letter
    1887
    Scope and Contents
    Letter informs Brown that he has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 90 id159996
  Folder 89
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 90 id159997
    General business correspondence
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 90 id159998
    Charter membership certificate of the Sons of the American Revolution
    1891 March 25
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 90 id159999
    Correspondence regarding historical matters
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 91 id160000
  Folder 90
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 91 id160001
    Letters relating to mining in Virginia and Texas land
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 91 id160002
    Letters from Lyon G. Tyler
    1900 October 12, 1901 May 15
    Scope and Contents
    2 letters. Letters concern notification of Brown of the Doctor of Laws degree awarded him by the College of William and Mary.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 93 id160003
  Folder 91
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 93 id160004
    Letters from J.W. Tyson of Baltimore and Marietta, Georgia
    1877
    Scope and Contents
    Letters are in regard to copper mining and property.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 93 id160005
    Letters from J.W. Tyson
    
    Scope and Contents
    Letters include one, 1876 December 28 , regarding a country estate, mining property, and the proposed Clifton Forge Railroad to connect the canal and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 94 id160006
  Letters from J.W. Tyson
  1879
  Scope and Contents
  Letters mostly concerning mining.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 95 id160007
  Letters from J.W. Tyson
  1880-1881
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 96 id160008
  Letters from J.W. Tyson
  1878
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 97 id160009
  Miscellaneous letters about genealogical researches and business interests
  1887-1894
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 97 id160010
    Miscellaneous letters about genealogical researches and business interests
    1887-1894
    Scope and Contents
    Among the correspondents is William C. Rives of Cobham, Virginia, Newport, Rhode Island, and Washington, D.C.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 97 id160011
    Letters notifying Brown of membership in the Virginia Historical Society
    1878-1894

id160012

Series 8: Miscellaneous Materials of Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 7 id160013
Box 7: Miscellaneous Materials
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160014
  Items concerning the paper, New Views of Early Virginia History, 1606-1619
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160015
    Printed copy of Brown's paper, New Views of Early Virginia History, 1606-1619
    
    Scope and Contents
    Item includes corrections by the author.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160016
    Letters from Brown to Robert L. Taylor
    
    Scope and Contents
    2 letters. Items concern Taylor's purchase of Brown's paper, New Views of Early Virginia History,1606-1619.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160017
    Copy of The Richmond Dispatch, 14 Dec. 1894
    1894 December 14
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160018
    Newspaper clippings
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 98 id160019
    A printed copy of A Church Calendar
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160020
  Folder 99
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160021
    Printed picture of Sir Edwyn Sandys
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160022
    Photographs . Photograph of Rev. Robert J. Breckinridge
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160023
    Photograph of Ladies of the Norwood Institute
    1895
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160024
    Photograph of Wm. Wirt Henry
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160025
    Photograph of Rev. John Breckinridge
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 99 id160026
    Miscellaneous articles and printed matter
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 100 id160027
  Folder 100
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 100 id160028
    Miscellaneous papers of Brown
    circa 1873
    Scope and Contents
    Items include legal papers regarding Brown's being adjudged bankrupt, 1873.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 100 id160029
    Letter from Mrs.Caroline A. Cabell
    
    Scope and Contents
    Letter concerns Mrs. Caroline A. Cabell, giving consent to Brown's marriage with her daughter Kate.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 100 id160030
    Letters of condolence
    1880
    Scope and Contents
    2 items. Letters were written to Brown upon the occasion of his father's death.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 101 id160031
  Papers relating to Alexander Brown, Jr.
  1869-1875
  Scope and Contents
  Items concern the administering of the estate of Mrs. Lucy S. Brown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 102 id160032
  Folder 102
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 102 id160033
    Geological survey map of Nelson and Amherst counties
    circa 1878
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 102 id160034
    Field notes of land surveyed from N. Francis Cabell and John W. Mosby
    1851 February 6
  - Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 102 id160035
    Small volumes of miscellaneous entries
Mixed Materials box: 8 id160036
Box 8: Miscellaneous Materials
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 103 id160037
  Folder 103
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 103 id160038
    Church subscription list for the Rev. T.D. Godwin
    1847
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 103 id160039
    Itemized accounts of Dr. Paul C. Callaway for medical services to a family
    1855-1857
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 103 id160040
    Receipts
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 104 id160041
  Business receipts of Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 105 id160042
  Folder 105
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 105 id160043
    List of Confederate bonds
    1864 July 16
    Scope and Contents
    Bonds were held by P.A. Gilmer for produce sold to the Army.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 105 id160044
    List of clothes needed for slaves
    1847
    Scope and Contents
    List details winter clothes needed for 62 slaves (8 house servants, and 54 field hands).
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 105 id160045
    Letter from a Nacogdoches, Texas law firm
    1852
    Scope and Contents
    Letter from the Nacogdoches, Texas law firm regarding lands held by a group of Virginians.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 106 id160046
  Business papers
  
  Scope and Contents
  Papers include those of Capt. Paul Stratton and others.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 107 id160047
  Notebook of A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School
  1872-1873
  Scope and Contents
  Notebook contains questions relating to history kept by A.M. Morrell of Norwood High School.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 108 id160048
  Letters and postcards from Edgar Whitehead regarding tin mining
  circa 1880-1899
  Scope and Contents
  Letters and postcards are from Edgar Whitehead, Amherst Court House, regarding tin mining with references to Boise, Idaho, western lands, and climate.
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 109 id160049
  Folder 109
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 109 id160050
    Memorandum of agreement between Alexander Brown and Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
    
    Scope and Contents
    Item regards Brown's book The First Republic in America.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 109 id160051
    Letters from Charles L. Woodward, dealer in Rare Books and Pamphlets, New York, NY

id160052

Series 9: Papers of Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 9 id160054
Box 9: Papers of Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 110 id160055
  Brown family letters and receipts
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 111 id160056
  Brown family letters and receipts
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 112 id160057
  Letters written by Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 113 id160058
  Receipts from publishing companies and historical societies
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 114 id160059
  Receipts from publishing companies and historical societies
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 115 id160060
  Bills, receipts, and envelopes
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 id160061
  Oversize
  - Mixed Materials Box: 9 id160062
    Oversize MsV. 5
    
    Scope and Contents
    Ledger of Mayo Cabell and Company, a lumber firm in Lynchburg, Va., 1855-1856. The inside cover of the ledger lists the terms of the partnership and distributor in Richmond, Va.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 9 id160063
    Oversize MsV. 6
    
    Scope and Contents
    Account book of Norwood Plantation, Nelson County, Virginia, Feb. - June 1867.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 9 id160064
    Oversize See Oversize File
    
    Scope and Contents
    Surveys and charts probably made by Alexander Brown. Rolled up papers.
  - Mixed Materials Box: 9 id160065
    Oversize See Photographs in oversize file
    
    Scope and Contents
    Six photographs of member of the Brown family in Australia. Photographs. 6 items.

id160066

Series 10: Papers of R. L. Brown, the son of Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 10 id160067
Box 10: Account Books of R. L. Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id160068
  Manuscript volume containing the accounts of Robert L. Brown
  1842-1860
  Scope and Contents
  Approximately 400 pages.MsV. 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id160069
  Manuscript volume containing the accounts of "Belmont"; and "Benvenue" plantations
  1843-1864
  Scope and Contents
  Approximately 230 pages.MsV. 8
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id160070
  Manuscript volume containing the accounts of Robert L. Brown
  1867-1868
  Scope and Contents
  Approximately 70 pages.Remainder of pages torn out. MsV. 9
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 id160071
  Ledger from "Union Hill"
  1874-1886
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 10
Mixed Materials box: 11 id160072
Box 11: Account Books of R. L. Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 id160073
  R.L. Brown's ledger of the Lynchburg Female Seminary
  1860-1866
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 11
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 id160074
  R.L. Brown's ledger of the Lynchburg Female Seminary
  1867-1870
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 id160075
  Manuscript volume containing the accounts of Robert L. Brown
  1860-1867
  Scope and Contents
  Scope and Contents Approximately 202 pages.MsV. 13 Manuscript includes: Notes on shipping to Virginia, 1606-1625,listing name of ship, dates of sailing and arrival, captain, etc. Manuscript copies of A True and Sincere Declaration &c, 1610.(a copy made in the British Museum for Brown); Virginia Reviewed by George Donne, 1637; The Discourse of the old Company of Virginia, 1625.(printed in Virginia History Society Magazine, 1893-1894); and A Short Collection of the Most Remarkable Passages from Origin to the Dissolution of the Virginia Company (London 1651).
- Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 116 id160076
  Includes miscellaneous accounts of R.L. Brown

id160077

Series 11: Page Proofs of books written by Alexander Brown

Mixed Materials box: 12 id160078
Box 12: Page Proofs of books written by Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id160079
  Page proofs of The Genesis of the United States
  
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 14
- Mixed Materials Box: 12 id160080
  Page proofs of The Genesis of the United States
  
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 15
Mixed Materials box: 13 id160081
Box 13: Page Proofs of books written by Alexander Brown
- Mixed Materials Box: 13 id160082
  Page proofs of The First Republic in America
  
  Scope and Contents
  MsV. 16