Box 1
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Jones Family Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-16957
Content Description
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1785-1946
Jones family papers
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2025-0058
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1785 - 1946
Jones family papers-addition 1
Unprocessed Material — Box: 1, Folder: ViU-2026-0009_001
Identifier: ViU-2026-0009
Letters: W. Jones; Winfield Scott, 1839-1848
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1839-1848
War Letters, 1812-1818
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1812-1818
Letters from Winfield Scott, 1826-1855
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1826-1855
Letters: William Jones; Winfield Scott, 1815-1835
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1815-1835
Letters from Winfield Scott, 1819-1849
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1819-1849
Letters from Winfield Scott, 1830-1834
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1830-1834
Letters: William Page Jones to Sister Mary Jones; Winfield Scott, 1815-1836
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1815-1836
Resignation of Walter Jones; William Page West Point Acceptance Letter, 1836-1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1836-1861
Letters: Jacob Brown; Alex Macomb, 1818-1829
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1818-1829
Lewis Cass letter; Unsigned note, 1835
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1835
William Page Jones letter to sister Mary Jones, 1839
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1839
Roger Jones, Adj. General Silhouette, 1843
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1843
Recruiting News; Sidney A. Merriam letter, 1931-1934
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1931-1934
May Ball invitation, 1830
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1830
Letter from President Andrew Jackson, 1831
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1831
Letter from President Franklin Pierce to Adj. General Roger Jones, 1847
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1847
Letter from John Tyler, inviting General Roger Jones to a dinner, 1844
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Content Description
From the Collection:
This collection documents five generations of the Jones family, a Virginia military family, through commissions, correspondence, printed military orders, and personal artifacts. Most of the materials consists of military commissions, appointments, and presidential correspondence directed to Roger Jones (1789–1852), the longest-serving Adjutant General of the United States Army, with the bound commission volume documenting his career from his initial 1809 Marine Corps appointment through his...
Dates:
1844