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Memoir of John Howe Peyton

by J. Lewis Peyton

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Memoir of John Howe Peyton
  3. 3Mr. Peyton’s Report in 1810
  4. 4Disease Leads to His Change of Home
  5. 5Agricultural Society
  6. 6Military Schools
  7. 7The War of 1812
  8. 8Anecdote of the Fighting Major
  9. 9A Western Trip in 1815
  10. 10Declines an Appointment
  11. 11Old Family Letters
  12. 12Speech of John H. Peyton 72 Years Ago
  13. 13Major John Lewis
  14. 14Anecdote of John H. Peyton in a Criminal Case
  15. 15Mr. Peyton Declines a Judgeship
  16. 16Mr. Peyton’s Letter on the Convention of 1829-30
  17. 17Mrs. Anne Peyton
  18. 18African Colonization
  19. 19Retires From the Bar and Is Elected to the Senate
  20. 20Mr. Peyton’s Letter Consenting to Run for the Senate. His Political…
  21. 21More Old Letters
  22. 22Jefferson, Stuart, Peyton
  23. 23Mr. Peyton’s Welcome to Henry Clay
  24. 24Campaign of 1840
  25. 25Mr. Peyton’s Speech in the Canvass of 1840
  26. 26Mr. Peyton’s Speech in Charlottesville
  27. 27Visitor to West Point
  28. 28Mr. Peyton’s Letter on Behalf of the Bar to Judge Tucker
  29. 29Nominated for Judge Tucker’s Judgeship
  30. 30John H. Peyton for the Court of Appeals
  31. 31An Interesting Reminiscence of John H. Peyton and Thomas J. Michie
  32. 32Protects a Weak Minded Girl
  33. 33Letter From John Howe Peyton, Esq., to the Committee of the Amherst…
  34. 34A Deplorable Accident
  35. 35A Bundle of Miscellaneous Letters
  36. 36Mr. Peyton’s Resignation of Office of Attorney for the Commonwealth
  37. 37Sketch of John Howe Peyton
  38. 38Sketch of John Howe Peyton
  39. 39Sketch of John Howe Peyton
  40. 40Sketch of John Howe Peyton
  41. 41D — S. Young’s Impressions of John Howe Peyton
  42. 42Letter From Hon. Geo. W. Thompson
  43. 43Dedication
  44. 44Presentation of Mr. Peyton’s Portrait to the County of Augusta
  45. 45The Stout and Peyton Correspondence
  46. 46The Public Meeting
  47. 47Major Elder’s Address
  48. 48Col. John L. Peyton’s Remarks
  49. 49Editorials From the Staunton Papers
  50. 50John Howe Peyton
  51. 51Portrait of Hon. John Howe Peyton
  52. 52Presentation of a Portrait
  53. 53Letters
  54. 54From Gen. Echols
  55. 55Letters From Contemporaries at the Bar
  56. 56From Judge Alexander Rives
  57. 57From John B. Minor, Ll. D.
  58. 58Prof. John B. Minor, Ll. D.
  59. 59From Mrs. Louisa Dupuy
  60. 60Mrs. John H. Peyton
  61. 61To the Memory of Mrs. Anne Montgomery Peyton
  62. 62Appendices — The Descendants of John H. and Ann M. Peyton
  63. 63Mrs. Susan M. Baldwin
  64. 64C — Anecdote of Gen. Peyton of Kentucky
  65. 65Col. Henry Peyton — A Hero of 1776
  66. 66Old Letter of Col. John L. Peyton
  67. 67Letter of Col. John Lewis Peyton

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