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December 1831, Mrs. M. W. Morris wrote to Charles William Dabney, mostly about business
matters.
There is a letter dated 20 January 1832 from Elizabeth Dabney to her brother, written from
Washington, D.C., where she was stranded due to snow, on her way home from Baltimore, trying
to make plans for Edmund Dabney, who was very ill. There is correspondence from February
1832 between Charles Dabney and Charles William Dabney mostly about plantation matters; the
latter was admitted to the bar around this time. There are four letters dated May 1832 from
Charles Dabney to Betsey, his wife, while he was in Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington; he
described his journey by stage to Richmond, by ship to Baltimore, and by ship and horse-car to
Philadelphia for the Presbyterian Assembly; he also described Philadelphia, the business of the
Assembly, and the trip home.
In a letter from 1833, Elizabeth Dabney wrote to her son, Charles William Dabney, chiefly
about home news from Louisa County. In a letter dated 7 April 1833, Reuben Lewis wrote to
Charles William Dabney for help in obtaining the pedigree of a mare he recently bought. In a
letter dated 27 July 1833, Charles Dabney wrote to Charles William Dabney, mentioning a wheat
harvester and a meeting of Goochland and Louisa Railroad stockholders. There is a notice, from
September 1833, of the death of Charles Dabney of Louisa County, Virginia. There is the will,
dated 11 November 1833, of Charles Dabney. In a letter dated 22 November 1833, Reuben
Lewis wrote to Charles William Dabney, mentioning the funeral of Charles Dabney. There are
papers, dated 26 December 1833, relating to the estate of Samuel Dabney (Frank Dabney,
executor).
Undated material prior to 1834 consists mostly of numerous miscellaneous business receipts.
Subseries 1.2. (1834–1860) Papers for the years 1834–1842 are chiefly those of Charles
William Dabney at Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia, his brother Robert Lewis Dabney, and
their mother Elizabeth Dabney at Louisa County, Virginia.
In a letter dated 17 February 1834, Reuben Lewis wrote to Charles William Dabney, mostly
about plantation matters and miscellaneous business. In a letter dated 28 March 1834, Andrew
Stevenson (1784–1857) wrote to Charles William Dabney, acknowledging receipt of a pension
case to be looked into and commenting on the coming elections and politics. In a letter dated 12
October 1834, John A. Morris wrote to Charles William Dabney about plantation and personal
affairs. In a note, dated 19 October 1834, James Fontaine at Taylor’s Creek, invited Charles
William Dabney to his wedding. In a letter of 18 November 1834, Robert L. Dabney, aged 14,
wrote to his older brother Charles William Dabney about plantation and family news.
For the years 1836 to 1837, there are six letters from Charles William Dabney to Robert
Lewis Dabney at Hampden-Sydney College, Prince Edward County, in which he discussed social
life, crops, the death of Samuel Pettus, family news, and much abstract and theoretical advice
about life, society, and philosophy. In a letter dated 3 July 1837, Francis A. Williamson in
Cincinnati, Ohio, wrote to Charles William Dabney, lecturing on phrenology, giving Dabney
flattering opinions and asking for news of Elizabeth Wingfield with whom he had tried to elope. In
a letter dated 13 September 1837, Mildred M. Lewis at Hardin’s Tavern, Virginia, wrote to her
sister Miss Elizabeth Dabney at Jackson, Louisa County, Virginia, chiefly about orphaned
relatives who were turned over to Col. and Mrs. Johnson of Tennessee [John Dabney’s
children?]. In a letter dated 20 December 1837, Thomas Hord wrote to Charles William Dabney
about Charles Dabney’s Revolutionary War claims.
In a letter dated 27 June 1838, Lavinia Morrison at Blooming Green wrote to her sister Miss
Mary Morrison at Charleston, [West] Virginia, about new songs, weddings, and other local events.
In a letter dated 15 December 1838, from Mildred M. Lewis at Winchester, Tennessee (?), to her
sister, Elizabeth T. Dabney at Louisa County, she described a trip through Kentucky and
Tennessee and provided an account of the Meriwethers, Dabneys, and other relatives in that
area.
For the years 1840 to 1842, there are 16 letters from Charles William Dabney at Louisa
County, Virginia, to Robert Lewis Dabney at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville,
discussing plantation affairs, miscellaneous topics of current interest, and philosophical matters.
There are two items relating to cousin J. Fontaine’s personal bond to Charles William Dabney. In
a letter, dated 10 July 1841, William B. Dabney at Richmond wrote to Charles William Dabney at
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