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Box 6

 Container

Contains 7 Results:

Speeches, 1906-1914, & undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F36
Scope and Contents Includes a speech entitled "Pocahontas and Other Colonial Dames of Virginia," given in Geneva, New York (22 Feb 1906); a hand written speech on John Randolph of Roanoke, entitled "Hamlet of American Politics," given before William & Mary alumni (1908); a speech given on behalf of Democratic congressional candidate Vance McCormick, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (8 Sep 1914); and a speech on Nathaniel Bacon and his rebellion, given before the Association for the Preservation of Virginia...
Dates: 1906-1914, & undated

Political Papers, 1923, 1930

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F37
Scope and Contents Includes a program for a Jackson Day Dinner (10 Jan 1923), sponsored by the Democratic City Executive Committee of Philadelphia; two copies of a memorandum from the Ways and Means Committee of the Liberal Party (7 Oct 1930); a typed transcript of an interview with Robert Bright by the Chairman of the Bankers and Brokers Committee of the Liberal Party (20 Oct 1930); and a letter from the Pennsylvania division of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment (6 Jun 1930). Pierre S. DuPont...
Dates: 1923; 1930

Miscellaneous Papers, c.1898-1930

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F38
Scope and Contents Includes a wide variety of items, such as correspondence and legal notes, as well as : - a signed statement by Caroline Lane - transcripts from several law journals - a report card for H.M. Bright from the College of William & Mary (1894) - a typed letter from Samuel Maddox, P.A. to Charlotte B. Lovett (1898) - a deed between Ashton S. and Harriet Tourison and Louisa D. Lovett (1915) - an 18-page speech to the Board of Directors of the Fidelity Insurance Trust & Safe...
Dates: c.1898-1930

Invitations and RSVPs, 1895-1934

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F39
Scope and Contents

Includes invitations from the Lawyer's Club of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Club, and the Philobiblon Club, wedding invitations, an invitation to a Christmas day dinner, and to other social gatherings. Also included are RSVPs to a party hosted by Robert Bright and his wife (dated 1934).

Dates: 1895-1934

Greeting Cards, 1928-1934

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F40
Scope and Contents

Includes Christmas cards, an Easter card, Valentine cards, several get-well cards, and a frame made from cardboard and ringed with tissue paper, a small portrait of George Washington having been pasted in the center. Also included are envelopes, several of which are artistically decorated. These were all addressed to Robert S. Bright.

Dates: 1928-1934

Calling Cards & Miscellaneous Items, c.1894-1942

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F41
Scope and Contents

Includes calling cards and business cards from Robert Bright's friends and business associates. Also included is a 16-page address book; a church bulletin, "The Parish Intelligence," from Christ Church in Macon, GA; "Common Speech," a newsletter of the English-Speaking Union of the United States; a postcard; and three Christmas stamps from 1942.

Dates: c.1894-1942

Armistead et. al. v. Dandridge et. al., c.1821-1843

 File — Box: 6, Folder: F42
Scope and Contents

This case concerns a dispute between the two parties over the administration of the estates of William Langborne and William Dandridge. Included is a copy of the will of William Langborne (1821); a list of the defendants and plaintiffs in the case; several orders of summons issued to the Sergeant of the City of Williamsburg, Virginia; a notice of deposition; and other legal documents.

Dates: c.1821-1843