A Guide to the Letters from Alexander H. H. Stuart , 1839-1887 Stuart, Alexander H. H., Letters from 228-c

A Guide to the Letters from Alexander H. H. Stuart , 1839-1887

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Accession Number 228-c

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

228-c

Title

Letters from Alexander H. H. Stuart 1839-1887

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 5 items.

Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Letters from Alexander H. H. Stuart, Accession #228-c, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These letters were purchased by the University of Virginia Library from Southern Cross Books, Clarendon Hills, Illinois, on December 4, 1998.

Scope and Content Information

This collection consists of five autograph letters, 1839-1887, from Alexander H.H. Stuart to William A. Harrison, Clarksburg, Harrison County, [West] Virginia; Joseph H. Sherrard, Winchester, Virginia; Samuel Price, Lewisburg, [West] Virginia; United States Senator, Walker Brooke, of Mississippi; and a single letter to John A. Kasson, Amos R. Little, and Hampton L. Carson.

Subjects include: attempts to solve problems with getting a patient, Mr. Bailey, presently housed in the Harrison County jail admitted to the Western Lunatic Asylum at Staunton, Virginia (1839 Dec 30); Stuart's acceptance of an invitation to attend a festival on August 22nd in [Winchester?] and celebrating the improving fortunes of the Whig Party (1844 Jul 28); request for help in getting information about the dates that his cases will come before the court because he has to go to Philadelphia and New York on business (1847 Jun 6); and asks for his opinion of reappointing William M. Whitehurst as Receiver of Public Moneys at Washington, Mississippi (1852 Mar 16).

Finally, Stuart thanks the three gentleman [of Philadelphia?]for the invitation on behalf of the Constitutional Centennial Commission to attend the celebration of the centennial of the United States Constitution but states that his advanced age prevented his attendance, although "It has always been a source of honorable pride to me, to have been, even indirectly, connected with this great charter of liberty, as being the son of Archibald Stuart, of Augusta County, Virginia, who was one of the youngest members of the convention of Virginia, who earnestly advocated its ratification" (1887 Aug 10).