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MEMOIR OF

JOHN HOWE PEYTON,

CONTEMPORARIES, ANN M. PEYTON. PREFACE. MEMOIR OF JOHN HOWE PEYTON. 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,

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.

EDITORIALS FROM THE STAUNTON PAPERS.

JOHN HOWE PEYTON. PORTRAIT OF HON. JOHN HOWE PEYTON. PRESENTATION OF A PORTRAIT. LETTERS. FROM GEN. ECHOLS.

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.

to the memory of

MRS. ANNE MONTGOMERY PEYTON.

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.

COL. HENRY PEYTON—A HERO OF 1776.

OLD LETTER OF COL. JOHN L. PEYTON. LETTER OF COL. JOHN LEWIS PEYTON.

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