| | 24 | Author: | Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Philosophicall rudiments concerning government and society. Or, a dissertation concerning man in his severall
habitudes and respects, as the member of a society, first secular, and then sacred. Containing the elements of civill politie in
the agreement which it hath both with naturall and divine lawes. In which is demonstrated, both what the origine of justice is,
and wherein the essence of Christian religion doth consist. Together with the nature, limits, and qualifications both of regiment
and subjection.  | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | LibertyEngraving and verse from 1651 De Cive by Thomas Hobbes | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 29 | Author: | Sanger, Margaret | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Woman and the New Race | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | THE most far-reaching social development of modern times is the
revolt of woman against sex servitude. The most important force in the
remaking of the world is a free motherhood. Beside this force, the
elaborate international programmes of modern statesmen are weak and
superficial. Diplomats may formulate leagues of nations and nations may
pledge their utmost strength to maintain them, statesmen may dream of
reconstructing the world out of alliances, hegemonies and spheres of
influence, but woman, continuing to produce explosive populations, will
convert these pledges into the proverbial scraps of paper; or she may,
by controlling birth, lift motherhood to the plane of a voluntary,
intelligent function, and remake the world. When the world is thus
remade, it will exceed the dream of statesman, reformer and
revolutionist. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 32 | Author: | Spillman, Robert | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, May 26, 1864 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | With pleasure I avail my self of the first opportunity to respond your ever dear
letter of the 1st
inst which was recd the 4th. I have been
very anxious to reply sooner but could not possibly do so my dear friend I can
not find words to express the delight with which your letter was received and
read, just at the time of its reception the two grand Armies in Virginia began
to move. That day we had been under arms & in the saddles alday. all was excitement
looking forward to the result of the coming great battle. of course it was a time for excitement, curious thought &
sadness. late on the evening above mentioned, when I
felt that our thoughts prayers & vigilent acts should be directed to the
great task before us to be performed, I, for my part felt quite dejected & very anxious as to
the issue of the next few days, Just then your pleasing & ever welcome
letter came The well recognized hand writing upon the back sent a thrill of joy
to my very soul & when I had given its interesting pages a carefull perusal you must know that my countenance wore
an expression of delight for just then a friend past
by & remarked "Bob that must be a letter from your lady love. See boys
said he how his brow is lit up. I answered no, but told him that it was from one
whom I love as such & true it is there is no one who has a larger space
in my heart than the one to whom I am now writing. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 33 | Author: | Armentrout, J | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Jacob Armentrout to Amanda C. Armentrout, July 64 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I am fine & we have beenthey are
Gordons John I think is going this evening
so I thought I would write to you I was in Richmond to day & was much pleased with the city. We rested one day
& then we had to drill we hav had pretty weather
since we hav been here excpet hot this has been very
severe the Wheat is nearly all distroyed oats is
good & some corn loooks well Cousin Ott he is his very day I have but little at Culpeper Cort House if so we will go in the morning John is going to start so I
must close hope God will bless you all. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 34 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, August 13, 1864 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | I avail myself of the pleasant opportunity of droping you a few lines which I
hope will reach you safe & find you in the full enjoyment of health
& prosperity. I have not heard from you since through your letter of the
2nd of July which I received while at the Hospital, I
answered it immediately telling you that I should leave for home in a short time
which I did. I left Richmond the 13th day of July. When I
last wrote I instructed you to direct your letter to Sorrells, Essex Co but on
my way home I learned that the mail was not running to that office owing to the enimy having broken up the Mail route while on his line
of March to Richmond but Since I have been home the line has been reestablished
consequently letters sent by the directions given you will reach me safe. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 35 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, December 28, 1864 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | The ever dear white winged messenger from your hand of the 23d just came duly to hand yesterday which found me comparitively well & truly glad to hear
from you. Tis useless for me to undertake to give you an idea of the pleasure it
affords me to receive a letter from you or to discribe the feeling & interest with which each & every
line is carefully read. Would that I could be the recipient of such dear letters
every day but truly it is a pleasure that such a character as I do not deserve.
Well Christmas is over, it past very quietly with me I met with no gay crowds or
rather visited no place where there was merry making. Christmas day I went to
Church & heard a very good & appropriate Surmon delivered by Doctor Duncan of this City in the after noone I called on a friend for a Short time
& at night went to Church again. Thus past the day making the fourth
Christmas Since the war all of which I have spent away from home. The only treat
I had during this Christmas week was the receipt of you Ever welcome letter
which was handed me yesterday about noone. I am just
learning how to appreciate such
pleasures. it was always very agreeable to me to
correspond with my friend, but situated as I am now makes it doubly so. a way from my home & among Entire strangers leaves
me quite a lonely life, it is truly more monotonous here than it was in all my
Experiences in camp. tis true, I believe that I have made many freinds while here but I am deprived of the social
comforts that I enjoyed with my company for there, I have a fond brother whose
society has been the greatest source of my pleasure ever since I have been old
enough to duly appreciate a brothers love and were I deprived of a correspondance with you dear Kate - dreary, & all most
comfortless, would be Every hour of my life. Just think what a pleasure to have
some dear loved one who, though separated from me by many miles, still I have
the pleasure of speaking with though it be through the silent medium of the pen,
tis truly gratifying believing as I do that I am honored to night with this
pleasure of writing to one who loves me with a pure
sisterly unselfish love on whose word I may, with impunity confide,
believing that her pure heart knows no treachery, one whom I love above all
others of her sex, save her to whom I have given my heart & hand, with
the promise that the arm & hand
which wields this pen shall shield her fragile form, through a life time that I
hope may be as pleasantly ahead as the few short hours are now in writing to my
dear Sister Kate. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 36 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, January 12, 1865 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Again I have the pleasure of responding to your Ever dear & affectionate
letter that reached me to day the perusal of which was done with no little
degree of pleasure. I can not find words to express my self on the present
occasion could I but wield the pen of a novelist, I might passibly be able to
give some faint idea of my high appreciation of your dear letters and the pure
unselfish friendship you have to long & so repeatedly expressed for me
how often in my silent musings does my mind wander back to the days when I had
no knowledge of you, before I was honoured with your
acquaintance & your friendship. how different
were the lonely hours spent then, no fond anticipation lay before me of a day
that would bring with its natural charms a messenger from a dear dear friend in the distance, a letter from you dear Kate. How sad
& still how pleasing are the many changes since first we met, both
combined are truly almost incomprehensible. think, for a moment, but a little
more than a year ago we were as those who had never lived to each other but time
with its many changes find us now as it
were bonded & bossom friends. how pleasing it is to me to think that I have the esteem &
confidence of a friend so pure, so noble, as your self. Tis truly an honour not
merited by me I can scarecely realize that one so insignificant as my self
should enjoy such pleasures as are realized from such a pleasing correspondence.
Well dear Kate, you had need not expect a
long or interesting letter this time as my mind is restive it seems that it
cant possibly be concentrated or centered upon any
one particular subject. Not withstanding the present moment is a time when I
should feel or rather be able to produce some sentimental language for now it is
about Eleven oclock at night. No sound breaks the
stillness of the night save the constant roar of the rapid waters of the James
River as it rushes madly over the rocky falls wending its way along the winding
current towards its mother ocean. Other than that, all is quiet. The blazing
stars shine brilliantly high up in their orbit while the gentle moon sheds its
silvery light over all nature. Still I cant feel
sentimental since I cant find words to express my self
to night. I hope you will excuse my brevity
& I'll promise to do better nex time, but that
is a promise that I aught not to make,
as I'll be most sure to break it for I am
not endowed with the mental faculties which enables one to write a communicative
or interesting letter. still I am fond of writing, if I
cant interest or give information. I dont exactly agree with my dear little friend Lou. She
seems to think that letters should not be
written unless it bears important news, or something cheering or animating but
it is not so with me. I like to speak at a distance with my dear friend through
the silent medium of the pen tis truly a pleasure that I would not be deprived
for the world. I could not dispence with such a
pleasure while I am blessed with the power of writing I must profit by it. Well
dear Kate the old Bacon Clock has just told by its lonesome ring the approach of
midnight hour, so I must close. My love to all with a full portion for your
self. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 37 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, January 29, 1865 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Your very kind & dear letter of the 21st
inst reached me safely a three
days ago which found me quite well & truly glad to hear from you
& to hear that you with your Fathers family were
well but I am very sorry to hear of your unpleasant feelings from the tone of
your letter you appear to be in a measure greatly troubled. your language was such as would lead one to believe that you feel
like one forsaken, like one enshrouded with the dark shaddows of gloom wending this way as it were in some isolated
region amid trials & troubles unspeakable with no one to cheer you.
no sound of a merry or well known voice to brake the stillness of the midnight hour. no strong arm to shield thy fragile form in the hour of apparant danger. no fond eye to
meet the steady gaze as you look to the dark
& untried future. dearest Kate, would that I
was capable to day of speaking to you with lanugage that would cheer your
drooping spirits, to clear remove the dark cloud from oer your way & brighten your path with the
briliant sunshine of joy & consolation, but as it is using one of your
expressions "You must take the will for the deed." I am exceedingly anxious to
have the full causes of your troubles
not that I could feel that I would be able to soothe you in the least but I would be very glad to know all
that in any way gives trouble or displeasure to my dear & ever faithful
friend Kate. If the secret of your discomfort is not too profound I will be much
gratified to know all about it, with a promise never to divulge it to any one.
well for a change of the subject I will give you a
little of the news of the day. it is generally believed
that our Government is about to send commissioners to confer with the Federal
authorities preparatory to coming to some terms of peace. may the blessed Lord grant that they may be able to come to some
honorable terms of peace. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 38 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, October 15, 1865 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Your very kind long looked for & ever welcome letter of the 11th just reached me safely about 8 oclock last night. I was truly delighted to hear from you. I felt
exceedingly anxious about you when I wrote to you in September I was by no means
sure that my letter would ever reach you. consequently I laboured under many fears
& doubts as to whether I should ever hear from you again or not & to be deprived of a
correspondence with so dear a friend as I claim you to be would be truly hard to
bear with. Ah! my dear Kate I am sure you can form no idea how much I missed the
pleasures of your dear sweet letters during our long silence. I was truly
deprived of a pleasure beyond the comprehension of many but now that our
correspondence has commenced again I feel perfectly delightful I hope that
nothing may happen to prevent a regular
correspondence as long as we continue to be such devoted friends. I am satisfied
that marriage on my part will never make me forget my dear sweet sister Kate as
for my dear little friend Lou she is well aware that you & I are devoted
friends & correspondents & I know her well enough to be
perfectly satisfied that one of her kind & gentle nature will, or does
highly appreciate your true & unselfish friendship for sure, but as for
marrying, indeed my friend that is something that I certainly dont expect to do soon my present situation will not admit of any
thing of the sort. were I to get married now I dont think that I would be doing any lady justice in
consequece of my embarrassed situation in life. I am fully determined never to marry any one until I feel capable of
placeing the object of my affections in a paralel
condition to her present one or better it if possible. Therefore I fear it will
be a long long time before I can realize any thing of
the kind. Well enough on that subject I
am truly glad to hear that your dear brother & friend Willis are safe at
home after the great fall of our poor old Confederacy. it
is truly a great blessing that they were spared to return to their homes
& loved ones. I assure you that I have really enoyed peace &
quietude since the close of the war not withstanding that it did not end in
accordance with my desire & at first I was truly thunderstruck, but when
I considered that the grief of one could not possibly do any good I concluded I
would try to enjoy peace & the sweets of home once more & try to
thank God that it was no worse & that a few of us were spared to tell
the tale. You see from the steading of my letter that I have left old westmoreland for a season & am at this
time staying at this place where I expect to be for several weeks. will try to keep you posted as to when I shall remove from
here so that your letters may always be properly directed so they may reach me
safely. you must write to me as often as you can your
letters are such a great comfort & satisfaction to me. You must remember me kindly to your Pa
& Ma & sisters & all enquiring friends if there be any,
but of course I dont expect there are any from the fact
that I have no acquaintances in that section of the County. With much love for
your dear self believe dear Kate to be as ever | | | Similar Items: | Find |
| 39 | Author: | Spillman, Robert B. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Robert B. Spillman to Amanda C. Armentrout, December 22, 1865 | | | | Published: | 2002 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Civil War Collection | UVA-LIB-BrandLetterscivilwar | | | | Description: | Your most dear, & ever welcome letter of the 3rd
inst. reached me safely a few days ago which found
me very well & truly glad to hear from & to hear that you
together with your father's family were enjoying good health &
prosperity, with the exception of the little bad feeling which prevented you
from attending Church but I truly hope that ere this reaches you, you may be
fully restored to perfect health again. Well Sis.
Kate it is now drawing very near
Christmas. Many in this place are in anticipation of a gay time, at balls
& parties but I dont expect to be here during
the Christmas. My calculation is to leave here Christams night for home if I am
not disappointed. That is if the Steam Boat does not fail to make its usual trip
from Baltimore. I cannot tell now whether I will return to this place soon or
not, it depends altogether upon future arrangements. I reckon you had better not
answer this, until you hear from me again as
there is no regular line of communication to my County & as it is near
mid winter the Steamers are about making there last
trips. Consequently we are soon to be
deprived of the only means of Public conveyence or Communications with this
place Should I return to Fredericksburg again I will write to you immediately. I
truly hope you may spend a pleasant time during the Christmas. I really wish it
was in my power to visit you this Christams I am sure I could spend a pleasant
time. it was two years the 14th of
this month since we parted. Well do I remember that eventfull day. What strange things time has brought about. Two years
ago we knew each other only as strangers tonight I address you my Dear Kate as
Sister & must say as I have often said I love you as such I feel like I
am writing to one who truly merits all
my love, in whose heart I am proud to say I have a place, according to my
unshaken confidence in your most noble & worthy self. Remember my dear
Sister that though we be ever separated, you will ever be a bright star on the
pages of my fond memory if life is spared & fortune smiles I am
determined to see you. I assure you there is nothing that would be more
gratifying to me than a visit to Rose Dale, the home of my much love Sister Kate. The night is growing old I must close
for the present by wishing you a Merry Christmas & happy New Year my
love to all, wish your dear self may God forever bless you. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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