Manuscripts

Brock Collection: Papers of the editors of the Richmond Whig, (bulk 1849-1883)

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Description: Scattered correspondence accumulated by the editors, chiefly by Wyatt M. Elliott, Alexander Moseley, and John Camden Shields. Included are letters from readers, contributors, subscribers, and advertisers, mostly relating to accounts and subscriptions.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1828-1885.
Call number: mssBR Boxes 178 & 179
Additional description: Also included is a group of letter relating to an attempt to attract young voters during the Bell-Everett presidential campaign (1860); a few articles on the post-war state and national politics, and a few private letters addressed to John Camden Shields and Alexander Moseley
Provenance: Purchased with the Brock collection from Elizabeth Brock, 1922.

Brock Collection: Papers of the editors of the Richmond enquirer, (bulk 1867-1876)

Manuscripts

Papers, chiefly routine correspondence with a few documents, accumulated by the editors and managers. Included are accounts, advertisements, letters from contributors, readers, subscribers, and advertisers, correspondence relating to the merger with Richmond Examiner (1866) and the company management. The majority of the letters are addressed to George C. Wedderburn and W. W. Berry.

mssBR Box 176

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editor of the Richmond standard

Manuscripts

Scattered correspondence accumulated by the editors of the Richmond Standard, chiefly by George Watson James. Included are letters to James from contributors, readers, and subscribers; articles, books reviews, etc. The articles and letters to the editor deal with Virginia history and genealogy

mssBR Box 177

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editors of the Religious herald (Richmond, Va.), (bulk 1858-1880)

Manuscripts

Correspondence, accumulated by the editors of the Religious Herald, particularly by Alfred Elijah Dickinson, with a few letters addressed to Jeremiah B. Jeters. Most ante-bellum and Civil War letters deal with colporteurs. The post-war correspondence relates mostly to accounts of the individual and corporate subscribers and advertisers. There are also few items dealing with the affairs of the Southern Baptist Convention. Included are letters from John Albert Broadus, a manuscript of his "The Revised New Testament: General Remarks" (ca. 1866), a group of articles by Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry, articles and reviews by Jeremiah Bell Jeters, and a few other articles and letters to the editor

mssBR Box 184

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editors of the Richmond dispatch, (bulk 1870-1897)

Manuscripts

Correspondence accumulated by the editors of the Richmond Dispatch. The collection includes articles, reports, literary contributions, book reviews, letters to the editor, and other pieces submitted for publication. Many articles deal with Virginia history, particularly colonial and Civil War era, state and national politics, and foreign affairs. Also included are pieces dealing with the newspaper's finances, subscription, and editorial policies, and a few pieces of personal correspondence of William D. Chesterman, one of the editors.

mssBR Boxes 174 & 175

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editors of The Central Presbyterian

Manuscripts

Letters and articles accumulated by the editors of The Central Presbyterian, particularly William Brown, his wife Elizabeth H. Smith Brown, William T. Richardson, and James Power Smith

mssBR Boxes 180-183

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Brock Collection: Correspondence of the editors of the Richmond Christian advocate

Manuscripts

Letters received by Rev. W. W. Bennett and Rev. John J. Lafferty

mssBR Box 185

Brock Collection: Papers of the editors of the Richmond Whig, (bulk 1849-1883)

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