American letters--Virginia

One 1819 letter to Benjamin Pollard regarding a petition relating to taxes on property destroyed by fire in April 1819.

One 1825 letter concerning Mrs. Davidson's business, written by Ann Crosbie.

Twenty-five love letters between Jesse V. Bassett and Elizabeth Daisy Cross. The letters begin in the early days of the couple's courtship in 1886; two letters were written after the couple married. Most of the love letters are from Jesse V. Bassett.

Two 1914 letters postmarked Norfolk, Virginia from friends and sent to Beulah Smith.

Original handwritten correspondence between Kate Langley Bosher and Carrie Lee Whitehead Boswell dated 1912, both of Norfolk, Virginia.

Personal letters of the Digges, Calvert, and Hill families, mostly in the areas of Petersburg, Newport News, and Hampton, Virginia.

Fifty-three letters written between the Page and Jones families. Frequent correspondents include Edmonia Lee Page Neilson, Mary Ann Mason Jones, Hall Neilson, and Jane Byrd Page. Most of the correspondence was sent between Richmond, Virginia and Washington, D. C.

One 1848 letter concerning the safe arrival of the recipient's sister in Norfolk, Virginia.

Two 1843 letters to Anne P. Herron, five 2010 cemetery photographs, and one photocopied obituary.

One 1890s letter written on Purcell House letterhead, inquiring about mortgaging the writer's planing mill for $15,000 to become clear of debt.