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| Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 185 items) |
| Abstract | J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones (1810-1866) was an editor, author, and Confederate War Department clerk. The collection is chiefly family correspondence of Jones's wife, Frances T. Custis Jones. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, 1830s and 1840s, received by Frances Jones from her Parsons and Custis relatives in Accomack county, Va., Northhampton county, Va., and Norfolk, Va.; in Wilmington, Del.; and in New Bern, N.C. Most of these letters concern family and community affairs; some of them are from or about Governor Henry Alexander Wise, a kinsman. Also included is some 1860s correspondence of J. B. Jones, while he was a clerk in the Confederate War Department; a draft of an unpublished novel intended to be volume 2 of his "Wild Western Scenes" (1841); a European travel diary, 1893, of the Reverend Custis P. Jones, son of J. B. Jones; and other items. |
| Creator | Jones, J. B. (John Beauchamp), 1810-1866. |
| Language | English |
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J. B. (John Beauchamp) Jones (1810-1866) was an editor, author, and Confederate War Department clerk. Publications with which he was involved include the Madisonian and the Southern Monitor. His wife was Frances T. Custis Jones (fl. 1830-1850).
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The collection is chiefly family correspondence of Frances T. Custis Jones. The bulk of the collection consists of letters, 1830s and 1840s, received by Frances Jones from her Parsons and Custis relatives in Accomack and Northhampton counties and Norfolk, Va.; in Wilmington, Del.; and in New Bern, N.C. Most of these letters concern family and community affairs; some of them are from or about Governor Henry Alexander Wise, a kinsman. Also included is some 1860s correspondence of J. B. Jones, while he was a clerk in the Confederate War Department; a draft of an unpublished novel intended to be volume 2 of his "Wild Western Scenes" (1841); a European travel diary, 1893, of the Reverend Custis P. Jones, son of J. B. Jones; and other items.
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J. B. Jones Papers, 1794-1894 and undated.
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, June 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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