Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains two letters to a relative by Johnathan B. Beckwith. Both letters feature discussion of family business. Beckwith is attempting to act as an agent for a family member interested in estates in Virginia, but writes of how local troubles seem to be preventing him from success in 1861 and 1866. What dominates Beckwith's letters are his sentiments towards the charged climate in Virginia in 1861 during the American Civil War and his dissatisfaction with post-bellum Virginia...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains two letters to a relative by Johnathan B. Beckwith. Both letters feature discussion of family business. Beckwith is attempting to act as an agent for a family member interested in estates in Virginia, but writes of how local troubles seem to be preventing him from success in 1861 and 1866. What dominates Beckwith's letters are his sentiments towards the charged climate in Virginia in 1861 during the American Civil War and his dissatisfaction with post-bellum Virginia...