Item Nos. 963-982, 1869

Topics include:

Politics: Items 963-972, 974, 976, 978-982 (requests for jobs, Grant appointees [item 965]; sale of Harpers Ferry property; taxes and bills in Congress; the Minister to Singapore has no money and wants WTW to help him to get some from the government--he is from Mississippi and has no senators to help him [item 974]; letter from a naval officer about Cuba; Marshall College thanks WTW for documents for its library [item 981])



Family and Friends: Item 973 (more on Van Winkle's retirement)



Law/Business: Items 975, 977 (use of coal and resources of West Virginia)