Item Nos. 260-280, 1859–1860

Topics include:

Politics: Items 260-267, 269, 279-280 (Virginia election of 1859; invitations to speak about the election; WTW's views on dividing Virginia with free state in the west [item 261]; invitation to Henry Clay birthday party in Alexandria [item 280])



Family and Friends: Items 268, 273, 275-277 (temperance; church; son's suspension from college [items 273, 275])



Law/Business: Items 270-272, 274, 278 (how to build a telegraph line, railroad land obtained by condemnation of land)