Memoirs of John Howe Peyton

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Compiler

Peyton, J. Lewis (John Lewis), 1824-1896

Title

Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Julia Neufeld and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

F206: United States local history: The South. South Atlantic States

Subject

Peyton, Anne Montgomery, 1802-1850

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38007

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38007

Release Date

November 13, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber's note:
2. 2.MEMOIR OF — JOHN HOWE PEYTON, — CONTEMPORARIES,
3. 3.ANN M. PEYTON.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.MEMOIR OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON.
6. 6.MR. PEYTON'S REPORT IN 1810. — VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. — DISEASE LEADS TO HIS CHANGE OF HOME. — AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. — MILITARY SCHOOLS. — THE WAR OF 1812. — ANECDOTE OF THE FIGHTING MAJOR. — A WESTERN TRIP IN 1815. — DECLINES AN APPOINTMENT. — OLD FAMILY LETTERS. — SPEECH OF JOHN H. PEYTON 72 YEARS AGO. — MAJOR JOHN LEWIS. — ANECDOTE OF JOHN H. PEYTON IN A CRIMINAL CASE. — MR. PEYTON DECLINES A JUDGESHIP. — MR. PEYTON'S LETTER ON THE CONVENTION OF 1829-30. — MRS. ANNE PEYTON. — AFRICAN COLONIZATION. — RETIRES FROM THE BAR AND IS ELECTED TO THE SENATE. — MR. PEYTON'S LETTER CONSENTING TO RUN FOR THE SENATE. HIS POLITICAL SENTIMENTS. — MORE OLD LETTERS. — JEFFERSON, STUART, PEYTON. — MR. PEYTON'S WELCOME TO HENRY CLAY. — CAMPAIGN OF 1840. — MR. PEYTON'S SPEECH IN THE CANVASS OF 1840. — MR. PEYTON'S SPEECH IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. — VISITOR TO WEST POINT. — MR. PEYTON'S LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE BAR TO JUDGE TUCKER. — NOMINATED FOR JUDGE TUCKER'S JUDGESHIP. — JOHN H. PEYTON FOR THE COURT OF APPEALS. — AN INTERESTING REMINISCENCE OF JOHN H. PEYTON AND THOMAS J. MICHIE. — PROTECTS A WEAK MINDED GIRL. — LETTER FROM JOHN HOWE PEYTON, ESQ., TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE AMHERST FESTIVAL. — A DEPLORABLE ACCIDENT. — A BUNDLE OF MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS. — MR. PEYTON'S RESIGNATION OF OFFICE OF ATTORNEY FOR THE COMMONWEALTH. — SKETCH OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON, — SKETCH OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON, — SKETCH OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON, — SKETCH OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON, — D. S. YOUNG'S IMPRESSIONS OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON. — LETTER FROM HON. GEO. W. THOMPSON,
7. 7.PRESENTATION OF MR. PEYTON'S PORTRAIT TO THE COUNTY OF AUGUSTA. — THE STOUT AND PEYTON CORRESPONDENCE. — THE PUBLIC MEETING. — MAJOR ELDER'S ADDRESS. — COL. JOHN L. PEYTON'S REMARKS.
8. 8.EDITORIALS FROM THE STAUNTON PAPERS. — JOHN HOWE PEYTON. — PORTRAIT OF HON. JOHN HOWE PEYTON. — PRESENTATION OF A PORTRAIT. — LETTERS. — FROM GEN. ECHOLS.
9. 9.LETTERS FROM CONTEMPORARIES AT THE BAR. — FROM JUDGE ALEXANDER RIVES. — FROM JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D., — PROF. JOHN B. MINOR, LL. D. — FROM MRS. LOUISA DUPUY. — MRS. JOHN H. PEYTON.
10. 10.to the memory of — MRS. ANNE MONTGOMERY PEYTON.
11. 11.APPENDICES. — THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN H. AND ANN M. PEYTON. — MRS. SUSAN M. BALDWIN. — CONTENTS OF A PIGEON HOLE. — ANECDOTE OF GEN. PEYTON OF KENTUCKY.
12. 12.COL. HENRY PEYTON—A HERO OF 1776. — OLD LETTER OF COL. JOHN L. PEYTON. — LETTER OF COL. JOHN LEWIS PEYTON.
13. 13.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's note:

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