Scope and Contents
Correspondence is chiefly with William F. Wickham and Williams Carter Wickham. Topics include concern about the “military bill” in the South as a way for Congress to get at the landed property there (March 4, 1867); Wickham’s fondness for memoirs and other mentions of reading (December 17, 1868; May 30, 1873; June 15 and 20, 1875; February 11, 1876; May 4, 1877; July 2, 1880); and the offer of building supplies currently at “Broad Neck” in order to rebuild the house at “Hickory Hill” after a...
Dates:
1867-1873