Brown, John Willcox.
Reminiscences, 1904-1913.
Accession 87. 1 volume (54 leaves)
Reminiscences, 1904-1913, of John Willcox Brown (1833-1914) of Afton, Chesterfield County, Virginia, concerning Virginia's post-Civil War debt controversy and loss of a large private mortgage investment operation due to the failure of the state legislature to repeal Virginia's usury law.
The failed effort of an English contractor to purchase the James River and Kanawha Canal due to the Virginia general assembly.
Brown's post-Civil War recovery plan for the state.
Why Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was never tried on charges of treason.
Robert E. Lee's (1807-1870) polite refusal to become managing director of the Richmond, Virginia, branch of the Universal Life Insurance Company.
Brown's personal relationships with slaves before and freedmen after the Civil War.
Includes a transcript of a letter, 23 December 1868, from Robert E. Lee to J. Willcox Brown, and a letter, 18 March 1913, from Brown to H. R. McIlwaine (1864-1934), Virginia State Librarian.
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Brown, John Willcox.
Reminiscences, 1904-1913.
Accession 87. 1 volume (54 leaves)
Reminiscences, 1904-1913, of John Willcox Brown (1833-1914) of Afton, Chesterfield County, Virginia, concerning Virginia's post-Civil War debt controversy and loss of a large private mortgage investment operation due to the failure of the state legislature to repeal Virginia's usury law.
The failed effort of an English contractor to purchase the James River and Kanawha Canal due to the Virginia general assembly.
Brown's post-Civil War recovery plan for the state.
Why Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was never tried on charges of treason.
Robert E. Lee's (1807-1870) polite refusal to become managing director of the Richmond, Virginia, branch of the Universal Life Insurance Company.
Brown's personal relationships with slaves before and freedmen after the Civil War.
Includes a transcript of a letter, 23 December 1868, from Robert E. Lee to J. Willcox Brown, and a letter, 18 March 1913, from Brown to H. R. McIlwaine (1864-1934), Virginia State Librarian.
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